DGS Policy, Procedures, and Fees for Queries

  • Queries are limited to Delaware and adjoining counties in bordering states:
    PA: Chester County and Delaware County
    NJ: Salem Co
    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.

  • Please try to focus your query upon one individual
    Please consult our list of Query Format Conventions for notes on abbreviations and other format conventions.

  • Use the proper Abbreviations

  • We reserve the right to edit queries,

  • We reserve the right to breakup long complicated queries into simpler, more focused ones.

  • Queries will appear in a single issue of the DGS Newsletter.

  • The cost for submitting a query is $5.00 for the first 30 words plus $0.10 for each additional word. Include with the query your contact information for a reply: name, address and/or phone and/or E-mail and/or world wide web site address
    Note: The word count does not include your contact information which is free.
    We will include your paper mail address in the Newsletter and link to your E-mail address in the Web posting.

  • If you are a DGS member you may submit one free 30-word query per year (add $0.10 for each additional word)

  • Make the check payable to "Delaware Genealogical Society" and mail it with the query submission to
    Delaware Genealogical Society
    505 North Market Street
    Wilmington, DE 19801-3091


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