Kent County, Delaware Genealogy


 * This article is about a county in state of Delaware. For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation)

United States Delaware  Kent County

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

County Courthouse
Kent County Courthouse 414 Federal Street Dover, De 19901 Phone: 302-744-2347

Clerk of Peace has marriage records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records. Recorder of Deeds has land records from 1680. Register of Wills has probate records.

http://www.co.kent.de.us/] Kent County Levy Court Administrative Complex 555 Bay Road Dover, DE 19901

Kent County, Delaware Historical Facts

 * Renamed from St. Johns County, 17 December 1682.
 * Interesting note - Kent County is one of few counties bordering another county with same same across state line, Kent County, Maryland

Parent County
Kent County was created 8 August 1673 from St. Jones County.

Populated Places
Cities:

Towns:

Communities:

Hundreds: More information can be found at Delaware Hundreds.

Military:


 * Dover Air Force Base

Gazetteers

 * USGS GNIS

Revolutionary War

 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital version at Google Books. 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Delaware, Kent County on page 126.]

Probate
Index and Images

Kent County, Delaware Probate records, 1680-1800 on line at http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4020 original data: Valinger, Leon de, com/ Calendar of Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800.


 * DeValinger, Leon. A Calendar of Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800. Dover, Delaware: Public Archives Commission, 1944. (Family History Library .) Facsimile reproduction of the original (Family History Library .)
 * Indexes to probate records 1801-1833, in three volumes by Mary Marshall Brewer (Lewes,Del.: Delmarva Roots, 2002.)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Dover Delaware Family History Center

Web Sites

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