Ask for Help

Ask for Help -- That's Why We're Here!

Ask Someone within the DGS

Ask a speaker or a member for assistance with your search.
Ask a tutor at one of our help sessions at the Delaware Historical Society library.

Several Delaware residents who specialize in Delaware genealogical research will -- for a fee that varies with the extent of the work done -- assist you by finding documents that answer your questions and by sending you copies of documents from various Delaware or nearby repositories.

Submit a (Free) Postal Query

Anyone may submit a short, one-subject query by postal mail to:

Postal Queries

Delaware Genealogical Society

505 North Market Street

Wilmington DE 19810-3091

You must enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your query. These queries must be limited to Delaware and the adjoining counties in bordering states:

-- NJ: Salem County and Gloucester County

-- PA: Chester County and Delaware County

-- MD: Cecil County and Eastern Shore*

-- VA: Eastern Shore*
* "Eastern Shore" refers to all counties on the DelMarVa Peninsula -- which forms the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay.

Postal queries will not be published in the DGS Newsletter nor posted on the DGS Website.

The Delaware Genealogical Society does not have a volunteer equipped to answer general queries by Email.

Submit a Query to the DGS Newsletter

Anyone may submit a query to be published in the DGS Newsletter.
See Query Policy, Procedure, and Fees

Ask for Help Outside the DGS

The Delaware Historical Society will, for a modest fee, do a basic search of their resources. For details see their Web site:

www.dehistory.org

Send an Email to subscribe to one of the Rootsweb Newgroups:
Note: You must put "subscribe" as only message (no signature file)

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Read the FAQs.)

Lower Delmarva (MD and VA only)

New Castle County

Chester Co PA:

Web newsgroups in other areas

Send a Query to an Ancestry.com Message Boards:

Delaware Counties:

New Castle Co,

Kent Co,

Sussex Co

Hire a Professional

Directory of Genealogists

Association of Professional Genealogists

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What does certification mean?

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