Delaware Death Records Search

The state of Delaware does not have proper record of birth, death and marriages before 1913, the Bureau of Vital Statistics was established in 1913 with a view to maintain and safety of the birth, marriages and death record. In recent years all the record of the Vital Statistics transferred their record to State Achieves. In July 1913, a law was established requiring the registration of birth, death and marriages of the citizens of the State. All the death record now can be located at the State of the Archives since after 1953. the prior record may also be obtained from Delaware State Archives.

There is another way to locate the death record under the vital Statistics of the State and that is SSDI (Social Security Death Index) and under this procedure a Death Master File is maintained by the social security administration. Which contains over 81 million records of the deceased?
The full legal formalities along with the application including information like name of deceased, date of birth, place of birth in the state of Delaware, full name of father, full maiden name of mother, relationship of the applicant with the deceased, reason for the request to get a death certificate, applicant complete address and signature along with $10 per copy may be proceeds to State of Delaware Public Archives for the birth certificate of the citizen of the State.

death certificate is a confidential certificate so the access to it is not open for general public and request may be forwarded from husband, wife, child, parent, legal guardian having a proof of guardianship like court order etc, authorized agent, attorney or legal representative which has relaxation by the court order to obtain death certificate.

death records from 1953 and onwards:
Office of Vital Statistics
Division of Public Health
P.O. Box 637
Dover, DE 19903-0637

Prior death record contact:
Delaware State Archives
Hall of Records
Bureau of Archives and Records Management
Duke of York St. & Legislative Ave.
Dover, DE 19901
Tel: 302-674-5680 302-739-5318 Fax: 302-739-6710