Vicki, Am interested in records in Kent Co. DE Ducks Creek One Hundred. Phillip ALEXANDER. Have gotten estate papers from Dover. No other records, unless I haven't asked for the right ones. What do you suggest? Thanks. Elaine Suhre ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cooking0404@aol.com> To: <DEKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 1:48 PM Subject: Spam Alert: Re: [DEKENT] Where do I look? > This is the home page. You will find much listed here > > DELAWARE PUBLIC ARCHIVES HOMEPAGE > > This is the page with the information you will need to find out how far back > records go and infomation on having the Archives locate your particular vital > record. > > REQUESTING RECORDS > > I ahve searched at the Archives many times. You state New Castle, Delaware. > Are you referring to New Castle County, Delaware or New Castle, New Castle > County, Delaware? Also if you are searching for Vital Records, some births, > deaths and marriages are not on certificates but in "registers". > For example, Wilmington, Delaware kept records in registers, this is just a > recording of these vitals. The many not necessarily be a birth, marriage or > death certificate but a "record" only on the register. I have looked at some > of > these registers. Some are so beautifully written and microfiled clearly, some > look like the chickens scratched them very lightly and not only are hard to > decipher their handwriting but too light to read. > > The Archives will do some lookups for a small fee by email. Try to give them > all the info you can. > > Hope this helps. Feel free to contact me if I can give you any more > information. I can give you some other sites for Delaware information too. > We are a small state but our records are pretty good. Not much is on line > because no one has ever approached the Achives to microfilm or copy things > in > quantity. > > Have to run. > Take care. > Vickie > > ______________________________ > > > Vickie > > > ==== DEKENT Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Kent Co., DE Mailing list, > send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to DEKENT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or if you are on > the Digest List to DEKENT-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >