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Birth, Marriage, Death, Divorce, and Veterans Certificates

The Delaware Public Archives holds Delaware birth certificates older than 72 years (certificates before 1939) and death and marriage certificates older than 40 (certificates before 1971). The Office of Vital Statistics holds Delaware birth certificates from 1939 to the present and death and marriage certificates from 1971 to the present.
 

Birth Certificates

 - Before 1939
 - 1939 to present
 - Adoptees
 

Marriage Certificates

 - Before 1971
 - 1971 to present
 

Death Certificates

 - Before 1971
 - 1971 to present
 

Divorce or Annulment Decrees

Years 1975 to Present
Kent County
Family Court
 400 Court Street
 Dover, DE 19901
 Records Section
 Diane McAllister
 (302) 672-1045

New Castle County
Family Court
 Divorce Unit
 500 N. King Street
 Wilmington, DE 19801
 Terri Tucker
 (302) 255-2610
Sussex County
Family Court
 Divorce Section
 22 The Circle
 Georgetown, DE 19947
 Heather Morton
 (302) 855-7463
Years 1974 and Before
Kent County
Prothonotary
 Kent County Court House
 38 The Green
 Dover, DE 19901
 Annette Ashley
 (302) 739-3184 x 111
New Castle County
Prothonotary
 Superior Court
 500 N. King Street
 Wilmington, DE 19801
 Mike Monti
 (302) 255-0745
Sussex County
Delaware Public Archives
 121 Duke of York Street
 Dover, DE 19901
 (302) 744-5000
 

Veterans' Forms (DD214/D530)

-Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs
Updated: Wednesday, 01-Feb-2012
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