Delaware Vital Records Information
Vital records can be invaluable while
researching your family. Those interested in Delaware genealogy
can find information such as mother's maiden names, previous address
and next of kin. Below you will find information about finding these
types of genealogy records in Delaware.
Order
Birth and Death Records Online
Address:
Office of Vital Statistics
Division of Public Health
P.O. Box 637
Dover, DE 19903
Birth and death records
$6.00 per copy
State office has birth records since
1926 and death records since 1958. Additional copies of the same
record requested at the same time are $4.00 each. For previous
years, write to Archives Hall of Records, Dover, DE (302)
739-5318. Check or money order should be made payable to
Office of Vital Statistics. Call (302) 739-4721 to verify current
fees.
State marriage records
$6.00 per copy
State office has records since
1958. Additional copies ordered at the same time are $4.00
each.
State divorce records
$6.00 per 5-year period search and verification
Records are available since 1935.
Inquiries will be forwarded to appropriate office.
County divorce records
$2.00 per copy
Up to 1975, contact the Prothonotary
in the county where the divorce was granted. For divorces
granted after 1975 the concerned parties should contact Family Court
in the county where the divorce was granted. |