CATHOLIC
DIOCESE OF
WILMINGTON
PARISH
REGISTERS FHL Call# Parishes and Records Included
[City of Wilmington] 1787748 Cathedral of St. Peter, Baptisms, Marriages, 8/1796 to 4/1834 (includes St. Mary of the Assumption, Coffee Run, 1804-1834), Baptisms 5/1829 to 6/1907, Confirmations 8/1830-10/1849. 1787872 Cathedral of St. Peter, Baptisms from 6/1907, Marriages 5/1829 to 4/1910. 1787873 Cathedral of St. Peter, Marriages from 5/1908, Interments 1849-1853, Confirmations from 1869. 1787874 Cathedral of St. Peter, 1st Comm. from 1833, Trustees Minutes 1845-1900; Christ Our King, Marriages from 9/1926; Sacred Heart, Baptisms from 6/1875, Transcripts 1875-1910. 1787875 Sacred Heart, Bapt. Transcripts from 1911, Marriages, Other; St. Ann (was St. James), Baptisms & Marriages 1870-1890. 1788019 St. Ann, Bapt. Transcripts, Bapt. and Marr. from 1890; Deaths. 1788020 St. Ann, Confirmations from 1891, First Comm. from 1901; see also 1845819, below.; St. Anthony, Marriages 12/1924-6/1960. 1788021 St. Anthony, Marriages from 6/1960; St. Elizabeth, Baptisms & Marriages from 5/1908. 1788022 St. Hedwig, Baptisms from 1/1891. 1788023 St. Hedwig, Marriages and Deaths. 1788024 St. Hedwig, Confirmations & First Communions; St. Joseph, from 10/1889; Blessed Sacrament Mission, 1937-42; see also 1760318, 22E-1, at end of list; St. Mary of the Immac. Concept., Baptisms 8/1857-1882. 1788025 St. Mary of the Immac. Concept., Baptisms 1883-1912; see also 1819985, and 1845818, items 11 & 12, below. 1819985 St. Mary of the Immac. Concept., Baptisms from 1913, Marriages from 12/1857, Deaths and Confirmations. 1788083 St. Patrick, Baptisms from 7/1881 (1st book is item #2), Marriages 8/1881-5/1942. 1788084 St. Patrick, Marriages from 5/1942, Confirmations & Deaths; St. Paul, Baptisms 12/1869-10/1912. 1822155 St. Paul, Baptisms from 10-1912, Marriages from 5/1870. 1822156 St. Paul, Deaths, Confirmations, First Communions. 1822157 St. Stanislaus Kostka, from 9/1916. St. Thomas, Baptisms from 1/1904. 1822158 St. Thomas, Marriages from 4/1904. Bishops's Own Chapel, 1902-1943. [Parish Cemeteries, New Castle County DE & Cecil County, MD] 1822512 Parish Cemeteries: St. Joseph, Greenville, Del., Plans and Index Cards; St. Francis Xavier, Bohemia (Warwick), Md., Annotated Plan; St. Peter, New Castle, Del., Plan and Records; Immaculate Conception, Elkton, Md., Plan and Index. [Suburban New Castle County DE] 1822513 St. Helena, Bellefonte, from 1/1937; Holy Rosary, Claymont, from 6/1922; St. Joseph on the Brandywine, Greenville, Baptisms and Marriages from 9/1846, Interments, Confirmations to 1889. 1822514 St. Joseph, Greenville, Confirmations from 1895, First Comm.; Immaculate Heart of Mary, Liftwood, from 2/1957; St. Mary Magdalen, Sharpley, from 1/1952; Corpus Christi, Elsmere, from 2/1949; St. John the Evangelist, Hockessin (St. Patrick, Ashland, 1880- 1887; St. Mary of the Assumption, Hockessin, since 1965), Baptisms, Marriages, Confirmations from 1887, Burials 1940-1958, First Communions to 1958. [Suburban New Castle County DE and Cecil County MD] 1822515 St. John the Evangelist, Hockessin, Interments 1894-1940, Deaths and First Communions from 1958; St. Catherine of Sienna, Price's Corner, from 4/1961; St. John the Beloved, Sherwood Park, from 11/1956; St. Joseph, Middletown (St. Francis Xavier ["Old Bohemia"], Warwick, Md., 1704-1908), from 1750; St. John the Baptist-Holy Angels, Newark, from 6/1891. 1822516 Immaculate Conception, Elkton MD, Baptisms, Baptism Transcripts, Marriages from 7/1856. 1822517 Immaculate Conception, Elkton Cecil Co MD, Interments; Good Shepherd, Perryville MD, (St. Teresa, Port Deposit MD,1866-1949), from 1867; Our Mother of Mercy, Belvedere, from 7/1930; St. Paul, Delaware City, from 1/1855; Holy Spirit, Garfield Park, from 9/1954. [Suburban New Castle County DE] 1822624 St. Peter, New Castle, Baptisms, Marriages, Confirmations,Deaths from 5/1845. 1822625 St. Peter, New Castle, First Communions from 1905; Our Lady of Fatima, Wilmington Manor, from 1949; St. Matthew, Woodcrest, from 8/1941. [Kent County DE and MD Eastern Shore Counties] 1822625 Holy Cross, Dover, Kent Co DE, Deaths, Marriages, Confirmations 1870-1879; St. Dennis, Galena, Kent Co MD, 1856-1876; see also 1845817, below; St. Joseph, Cordova, Talbot Co MD (Mission of SS. Peter & Paul, Easton, since 1901), Baptisms & Marriages 1803-1878, Deaths 1803-1888. 1845814 St. Rose Missiom, Chesapeake City, Cecil Co MD, Cemetery Records; Holy Cross, Dover, from 2/1869, Cemetery Records. [Kent and Sussex Counties DE] 1845815 St. Bernadette Mission, Harrington, Kent Co DE, from 2/1954; St. John the Apostle, Milford, Sussex Co DE, from 2/1911; St. Polycarp, Smyrna, Kent Co DE, (St. Joseph, Clayton, 1898-1967), from 1/1914; St. Michael the Archange, Georgetown, Sussex Co DE, from 8/1957; St. Edmond, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex Co DE, from 6/1952; Our Lady of Lourdes, Seaford, Sussex Co DE, from 2/1945. [Maryland Eastern Shore Counties] 1845816 St. Francis de Sales, Salisbury, Wicomico Co MD, from 5/1910; Holy Name of Jesus, Pcomoke City, Somerset Co MD, from 6/1952; St. Elizabeth Mission, Denton, Caroline Co MD, from 1/1841; Immaculate Conception, Marydel, Caroline Co MD, from 7/1920; St. Benedict, Ridgely, Caroline Co MD, from 11/1888. 1845817 St. Mary Refuge of Sinners, Cambridge, Dorchester Co MD, from 7/1902; Sacred Heart, Chestertown, Kent Co MD, from 2/1947; St. Dennis, Galena, Kent Co MD, from 11/1876, Cemetery Plan. 1845818 Our Mother of Sorrows, Centreville, Queen Annes Co MD, (St. Peter, Queenstown,1871-1898) from 4/1871; see also St. Joseph Mission, Cordova, 1822625, above. St. Christopher, Chester (Kent Island), Queen Annes Co MD, from 6/1954; SS. Peter and Paul, Easton, Talbot Co MD, (started at St. Mary Star of the Sea Mission, Golden Hill), from 4/1869. [City of Wilmington] St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, original Baptisms 1895-1912 (photocopied and retired ca 1940); 1st Communions from 1942. 1845819 St. Ann, Burials 1934-1965, 1st Communions and Confirmations from 1901. [Indexed Transcripts by Rev. Edward B. Carley From Pre-1868 Registers] 1846653 St. Joseph, Cordova, Md., Baptisms 1760-1878; St. Francis Xavier, Bohemia (Warwick), Md., Baptisms 1750-1868; St. Peter, Wilmington, Del., Baptisms 1795-1834; St. Peter, New Castle, Del., Baptisms 1845-1866; St. Dennis, Galena, Md., Baptisms 1856-1876; St. Joseph, Cordova, Md., Deaths, Confirm., 1st Comm., 1787-1888; St. Peter, Wilmington, Del., Marriages 1797-1834; St. Joseph, Cordova, Md., Marriages 1847-1860; St. Francis Xavier, Bohemia, Md., Marriages 1775-1874. [City of Wilmington] 1760318 St. Joseph, Wilmington, Marriages 1890-1931 (from 1959 film); [Accomack and Northampton Counties, VA (in Diocese of Richmond since 1974)] St. Charles, Cape Charles, Northampton Co, VA from 1890 (from 1959 film); St. Peter, Onley (Onancock), Accomack Co, VA from 1943 (from 1959 film).Baptisms After 1920, Subject to 72-Year Restriction on Access (23 Rolls) Baptisms between 1921 and 1960 were filmed in four ten-year increments. Each ten-year increment will be released for unrestricted use 72 years after its closing year, coinciding with release of the U.S. Census schedules for the same year.

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