Sussex County, Delaware Genealogy

United States Delaware  Sussex County

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)