Sussex County, Delaware Genealogy

United States Delaware  Sussex County

Guide to Sussex County Delaware genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Formerly known as Deale County, the name was changed to Sussex on 4 Dec 1682. The Recorder of deeds has land records from 1693. Register of Wills houses the probate records

Parent County
1673--Sussex County was created 8 August 1673 from Deale (old) County. County seat: Georgetown

Populated Places
Cities:

Towns:

Hundreds: More information can be found at Delaware Hundreds.

Unincorporated communities:

Neighboring Counties
Kent | Cape May County, New Jersey | Maryland counties: Caroline | Dorchester | Wicomico | Worcester

Gazetteers

 * United States Geographic Survey Place Names - GNIS for Sussex County (over 1990 entries) (may not always be present in alphabetic order on first try.)

Probate

 * DeValinger, Leon. A Calendar of Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800. Dover, Delaware: Public Archives Commission, 1964.
 * Moore, Marguerite R. indexes for Sussex 1800-1869, three volumes(Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1995-97.)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * The Sussex County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The DEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Sussex County
 * Family History Library catalog for Sussex County
 * Sussex County, Delaware Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Sussex County Genealogy (Delaware Genealogy)