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This best selling guide is the standard on how to do genealogical research in Delaware. The third edition improves clarity, adds an index and many cross-references for ease of use, includes many new Internet and Web resources and incorporates all the revisions, corrections and additions to the 2nd edition as outlined on http://delgensoc.org/dgsguidu.html. The guide lists the current and former names of all Delaware hundreds (a political subdivision) plus four pages of towns, including current and former names. There are sections on how to find vital records, family genealogies and city directories and also on tax, census, probate, land and military records. A unique Timeline" shows at a glance which records are available for what time periods. The eleven-page church and cemetery section lists most all churches before 1900 by town and hundred with a statewide index by name and a chronological list up to 1820. There are four Delaware maps of hundreds spanning 220 years, including a two-page copy of an original 1796 map. A fourteen-page section in the back describes the key libraries and record repositories including web sites, email addresses, locations, directions, maps, hours, copying charges and important holdings.