The Knowles Collection: Delaware, Death Records, 1855-1961

06 March 2013

Delaware, Death Records, 1855-1961

It seems that in the last few weeks FamilySearch has added a lot of very good death records to the Historical Collections page. Last week on this blog we showed the death records for India and the Netherlands, and today we have the records from the state of Delaware.
The collection, Delaware, Death Records, 1855-1961, is a collection that is search able by name, and as of today includes over 420,000 records.

The search in the index provides the basic information (shown below)

By clicking on the view image link, the original record can be viewed. The record below shows the death certificate for Abraham Cohen.

This source will be a great tool for those with ancestors in Delaware.

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Growth and Change

In the 12 years since the Knowles Collection was first published, the numbers have climbed from 7,500 to over 1,4000,000. So many of our ancestors left their native lands for new homes. Because of that movement the collection will now be in 6 different databases. All of them will be under the Knowles Collection umbrella. They are Jews of The British Isles; Jews of the North America; Jews of Europe; Jews of South America and the Caribbean; and Jews of Africa and the Orient and the newest one, Jews of the Southern Pacific.. This is a great indication of how universal our families are, and of how much still needs to be done.