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U.S. States - Delaware Vital Records

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Class Outline: Goal 3

Speaker Notes: Click the down-arrow next to Slideshow and select Presenter View. Then click the link on the main slide. For each item in quotes below, open the similar link in The Family History Guide. Last updated: 2023-12-22 Home Page

GOAL 3: Vital Records

Choice A:

“FS: Delaware Vital Records”

- Scroll down to Birth Records and briefly review the information for 1881-present. Also note the table with the types of information included in birth records by time period.

- In Marriage Records summarize the first two paragraphs for info about where to find copies of marriage records. Also note the table with the types of information included in marriage records by time period.

- In Death Records review the second sentence for info about where to find copies of death records. Also note the table with the types of information included in death records from 1881.

- In Substitute Records discuss each of the bullet points for types of non-vital records that can be helpful in researching births, marriages, and deaths.

- In Tips discuss each bullet point for suggestions in working with vital records.

“Access Genealogy” link

- Scroll down to Birth Records. Explain that this article has tips for ordering vital records from the state of Delaware. Each main section in the article - birth, marriage, death, and divorce - has similar tips.

Choice B:

“FS: How to Find Delaware Birth Records”

- Scroll through the article to show the basic sections. Explain that it has info for finding records by time period, as well as how to obtain records from state agencies.

“FS: Delaware Bible Records”

- In Online Resources and Websites, mention the categories for Databases, Transcriptions … and Digital Books as places to find family bibles.

- In Why Search for Family Bibles briefly summarize the paragraph for key points about family bibles.

“LDS Genealogy” link

- Explain that this article has links for county and statewide vital records. In County Specific Birth Records click the “See More” link to show additional county resources.

“Vital Records Practice” link

- Click the link to show a sample research problem to solve with a selected record collection (QUIKLink).

- Click “Hints” to show tips for solving the problem.

- Mention that the “Answers” link has the answers to the research problem.

- Also mention that there are additional Practice Exercises later in this Goal.

Choice C:

“FS: How to Find Delaware Marriage Records”

- Scroll through the article to show the basic sections. Explain that it has info for finding records by time period, as well as how to obtain records from state agencies.

“Explore links for Delaware marriage records”

- Click the link to open the “I Dream Of” site.

- Scroll down to Sussex County and click the Marriages link.

- Review the columns in the table and briefly scroll through the list.

Choice D:

Explain that the first several steps have links to obituary resources. Most of these are for recent obituaries, but some older obits have been transcribed on the Ancestor Hunt site.

“Explore The Ancestor Hunt for obituaries”

- Scroll down to the first list of links and explain that these have good background info for obituaries.

- Scroll down to “Delaware Obituaries” and select “Delaware Obituaries - Obit City” - then briefly browse the list.

“FS: How to Find Delaware Death Records”

- Scroll through the article to show the basic sections. Explain that it has info for finding records by time period, as well as how to obtain records from state agencies.

“Explore Maine Death Records …”

- Click to open the DeathIndexes.com site and scroll down to the “by County” section.

- Open a link to demonstrate a county resource.

Choice E:

“FS: Delaware Census Records”

- In Non-Population Schedules summarize the first paragraph to emphasize the information captured on federal censuses for Delaware, outside the regular population name list.

- In Online State and Territorial Censuses summarize the first paragraph about state censuses. Then review the table with state census information.

- In Why Use the Census? review the bullet list items for types of information commonly found in census records.