Sussex County, Delaware
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Formerly known as Deale County, the name was changed to Sussex on 4 Dec 1682. <br>The Recorder of deeds has land records from 1693. <br>Register of Wills houses the probate records<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Sussex, Delaware Page 121 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref> | Formerly known as Deale County, the name was changed to Sussex on 4 Dec 1682. <br>The Recorder of deeds has land records from 1693. <br>Register of Wills houses the probate records<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Sussex, Delaware Page 121 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:43, 30 January 2013
United States 
Delaware Sussex County
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| Founded | August 8, 1673 | ||||||
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| County Seat | Georgetown | ||||||
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| Address | Administrative Office Building, 1st Floor, 2 The Circle PO Box 589 Georgetown, DE 19947 Phone: (302) 855-7785 Sussex County Courthouse | ||||||
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Contents |
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[1]
History
Parent County
1673--Sussex County was created 8 August 1673 from Deale (old) County. County seat: Georgetown [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places / Localities
Populated Places
Cities:
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Hundreds: More information can be found at Delaware Hundreds.
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Unincorporated communities:
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Neighboring Counties
Kent | Cape May County, New Jersey | Maryland counties: Caroline | Dorchester | Wicomico | Worcester
Resources
Cemeteries 
Desussex.jpg
Census
For tips on accessing Sussex County, Delaware census records online, see: Delaware Census.
Church
Court
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.)
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Newspapers
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.)
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
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
- FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Sussex County
- Sussex County, Delaware Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Sussex County Genealogy (Delaware Genealogy)
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Sussex, Delaware Page 121 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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