Delaware Public Records by County

Below is a list of Delaware counties with links to public records they offer online. This list will be updated with links to more public records online. 

These records include:

• property & land searches at Assessor (known  as Commissioner of Revenue)

• recorded documents and deeds at Recorder

• tax records at Tax 

• and plat surveys at GIS & Mapping

For genealogy and family history purposes we’ve used these resources to look up addresses of former homes, figure out when someone lived there, track the value of the real estate, & document upturns and downturns in a family’s economic situation. It’s also helpful to look up any recorded documents, probate, deeds, lawsuits to track family members & add some depth to the family history.

Kent County

• Bowers
• Camden
• Cheswold
• Clayton
• Dover, and Dover Land, Tax
• Farmington
• Felton
• Frederica
• Harrington
• Hartly
• Houston
• Kenton
• Leipsic
• Little Creek
• Magnolia
• Milford, and Milford Land, Tax
• Smyrna
• Viola
• Woodside
• Wyoming

New Castle County

• Arden
• Ardencroft
• Ardentown
• Bellefonte
• Delaware City
• Elsmere
• Middletown, and Middletown Land, Tax
• New Castle
• Newark, and Newark Land, Tax
• Newport
• Odessa
• Townsend
• Wilmington, and Wilmington Land, Tax

Sussex County

• Bethany Beach
• Bethel
• Blades
• Bridgeville
• Dagsboro
• Delmar
• Dewey Beach
• Ellendale
• Fenwick Island
• Frankford
• Georgetown
• Greenwood
• Henlopen Acres
• Laurel
• Lewes
• Milford
• Millsboro
• Millville
• Milton
• Ocean View, and Ocean View Land and Tax Records
• Rehoboth Beach
• Seaford, and Seaford Land and Tax Records
• Selbyville
• Slaughter Beach
• South Bethany