Death Records and Death Certificates in Delaware

Delaware Death Records

The population of Delaware was recorded 973,764 on July 1, 2019, an 8.4% increase since the 2010 United States Census. According to the 2010 United States Census, the racial composition of the state was 68.9% White American (65.3% Non-Hispanic White, 3.6% White Hispanic), 21.4% Black or African American, 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 3.2% Asian American, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 3.4% some other race, and 2.7% multiracial American. Ethnically, Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 8.2% of the population.

This page is created to provide genealogists and researchers an ultimate guide to the state of Delaware death records. Use the links and the tips below for Delaware death records, certificates, online tools and databases. Additional information on how to obtain Delaware death certificates is available below.

How to Find a Death Record in Delaware

Delaware death records search

This webpage gives you access to all of the online databases containing Delaware death records, Delaware death certificates, Delaware death notices, Delaware death indexes, and other related Delaware genealogy records.

Delaware death records free

Below are some of the most comprehensive resource for death records in Delaware.

• 50 States Delaware Vital Records
• Vitalrec Delaware

Delaware Death Index

Delaware death records database

Links to Delaware death and burial indexes and databases are as below:

• Delaware Death Records, 1861-1933
• Delaware Church Deaths Records, 1750-1886
• Delaware Deaths and Burials, 1815-1955
• Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961

Delaware social security death index

The Social Security Death Index contains information on millions of deceased individuals in Delaware with social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Try the links below to search the index:

• Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• United States Social Security Death Index, 1962-2014

Public Death Record Delaware

In addition to the indexes and databases above, there are some other resources that gives to almost the same or might even more information about a deceased individual. Here are some to check out:

• Delaware Cemetery, Obituary and Funeral Records
• Delaware free genealogy

Delaware Death Certificates

How to get a death certificate in Delaware

Though the Bureau of Vital Statistics was created in 1913, many records have been transferred to the State Archives in recent years. Records of the bureau after 1913 are restricted, and copies are only available to those with “a direct interest” or a need to establish personal or property rights. The city of Wilmington has had a registrar of vital statistics since 1881. For birth records after 1920 and death and marriage records from 1953, write:

Office of Vital Statistics
Division of Public Health
P.O. Box 637
Dover, DE 19903-0637

Delaware death certificates online

Use the links below to get death certificates and vital records in Delaware.

• Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Death Certificate Form
• Go Certificates Delaware
• Delaware Vital Chek

Delaware Death Notices

Check local newspapers and local online news websites which frequently publish notices. Use the link below for more information on Delaware news agencies.

• Delaware Newspaper Obituaries 1690-Today
• Delaware Newspapers

Delaware counties for death record research

• Kent County
• New Castle County
• Sussex County