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Delaware's most prized documents, photographs of Delaware in the past, historic audio clips, and much more.

The Mabel Lloyd Ridgely Research Room is open to the public from 8:30a to 4:00p, M-F unless otherwise noted.

Guides to our Military records and Agency Histories are just a few of the links available.

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Responsible for the administration and implementation of the Delaware Public Records law.

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The Delaware Public Archives will service Delaware marriage certificates up to 1970. For marriage certificates from present-day to 1971, please contact the Office of Vital Statistics.
In celebration of Black History month, we have created an online display, “Delta Sigma Theta & The March for Women’s Suffrage.”
Delaware Public Archives
121 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. North
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 744-5000