DESCRIPTION:

This database is an index to individuals who were married in select areas of the Delaware between 1645 and 1899. A complete list of which cites and counties are included in this index is provided below. Information that may be found in this database for each individual includes:

• Name
  
• Gender
  
• Spouse's name
  
• Spouse's gender
  
• Marriage date
  
• Marriage place
  
• Source information
  

Marriage records are great sources for genealogists because they document an individual in a particular place and time as well as provide details about that person's marriage.

It is important that you use the information found in this database to locate your ancestor in the original records that this index references. Usually more information is available in the records themselves than is found in an index. For example, marriage records sometimes provide the birth dates and places of the bride and groom, their parents' names, their addresses, and witnesses' names, in addition to the information listed in this index.

The following locations and time periods are included in this database:

• Kent County, 1684-1899
  
• New Castle County, 1684-1889
  
• Sussex County, 1645-1894
  
• City of Middletown, 1849
  
• City of Milford, 1810
  
• City of Newark, 1822-1849
  
• City of Wilmington, 1805-1849
  
• Unknown location, 1657-1895