Maryland Genealogy Resources

Sub-regions for Maryland

Allegany
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
Calvert
Caroline
Carroll
Cecil
Charles
Dorchester
Frederick
Garrett
Harford
Howard
Kent
Montgomery
Prince George's
Queen Anne's
Somerset
St. Marys
Talbot
Washington
Wicomico
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Vital Records for Maryland

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Featured websites for Maryland

Maryland Cemeteries
Find links and information on locating cemeteries in Maryland...[More]
http://www.uscemeteries.net/maryland/cemeteries.htm

Maryland Obituaries
Learn how and where to locate obituaries and death records in Maryland...[More]
http://www.newspaperobituaries.net/maryland/obituaries.htm

1790 United States Federal Census
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1800 United States Federal Census
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1810 United States Federal Census
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1820 United States Federal Census
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1830 United States Federal Census
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1840 United States Federal Census
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1850 United States Federal Census
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A Key to Southern Pedigrees
This collection of colonial records is a comprehensive guide to the ancestry of important families in Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Alabama. ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3012

Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
This collection of abstracts of grave sites contains information originally published in the Senate documents of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as the Society magazine. Veterans and patriots of the Revolutionary War whose graves were found between 1900 and 1987 are included in this first volume. Included in eac...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4110

American Local History Network - Maryland
Has many links for all counties and all topics related to history and genealogy.
http://www.erols.com/fmoran/MD/md.html

Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, 1820-71
The United States has admitted more immigrants than any other nation. No official federal records were made for the influx of foreign peoples to the United States before 1820, but the number of immigrants arriving between 1776 and 1820 has been estimated at 250,000. This database, containing more than 2,700 immigrant names, will help researchers wh...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5315

Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 2: 1820-73
This database contains more than 5,300 immigrant names. Originally published by the National Archives as Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast and Ports on the Great Lakes, 1820-63, the database includes passenger lists from the following ports (dates for each port in brackets):...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5807

Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore Steamship Arrivals, 1890-1930
Around the turn of the century tens of thousands of steamships arrived in the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore laden with millions of immigrants seeking a new life in America. This database is a listing of ships that arrived in these ports as the nineteenth century ended and as the new century began. Researchers will find the ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3770

Colonial Families in the Southern States
Combining narrative history with genealogy, this work lists valuable information for over sixty family groupings and thousands of individuals. Devoted entirely to prominent southern families which settled in the American colonies prior to the Revolutionary War, entries often include the location in England where the family came from, land grants, l...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=1019

Cumberland, Maryland Directories, 1890
Located in northwestern Maryland, the city of Cumberland is the county seat of Allegany County. This database is a transcription of a city directory originally published in 1890. In addition to providing the resident's name, it provides their address and occupational information. It includes over 10,100 names, mostly heads of households. For the re...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4974

Loyalists and Their Times, Vol. 1
This is a history of the relations, disputes, and challenges between Great Britain, the American Colonies and the United States of America. This work is an attempt to present the story from the Loyalists' point of view, with the aid of documents and records. It also gives the early history and settlement in the British Provinces of America by the L...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3046

Loyalists and Their Times, Vol. 2
This is a history of the relations, disputes, and challenges between Great Britain, the American Colonies and the United States of America. This work is an attempt to present the story from the Loyalists' point of view, with the aid of documents and records. It also gives the early history and settlement in the British Provinces of America by the L...[More]
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Loyalists in the American Revolution
This work contains the history of the formation of the Tory or Loyalist party in the American Revolution, its persecution and overthrow, and the banishment or death of over 100,000 of these individuals who remained loyal to the British crown. It also contains a classification of the laws directed against the Loyalists in each colony during this tim...[More]
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Maryland and South Carolina Lutheran Newspapers, Marriages and Deaths
For researchers of Lutheran and German Reformed churche members, this database can be of immense value. Containing marriage and death notices from two east coast newspapers, this collection has nearly 5000 entries, many with four, five, or more names of relatives involved in the burial or marriage. Although the two newspapers were based in Maryland...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3385

Maryland Calendar of Wills
As stated in the subtitle, this database contains wills of Maryland residents from 1635-1685, yet there are many wills to be found even into the eighteenth century. Most entries will list name of testator (in bold); those persons bearing relationship to the testator, if stated in the will, are in bold type also. All others are in Roman Type. The ...[More]
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Maryland Census, 1772-1890
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Maryland Colonial Census, 1776
Granted by the King of England to George Calvert in 1632, Maryland was home to nearly 300,000 people before the Revolutionary War. This database is a transcription of a colonial census taken in 1776. Each record provides the name of the head of the household and location of residence. In many cases, the individual's age is provided along with the n...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4247

Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899
Maryland, which borders Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware, was one of the earliest states established in the United States. This database of Maryland marriage records previously contained only marriage records for Harford, Kent, Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's, Washington, Cecil, Somerset, Queen A...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4729

Maryland Military Men, 1917-18
Considered by many as the first "modern" war, World War One involved United States military units from 1917 to 1918. This database is a massive collection of military records for men who served in the war from Maryland. Originally compiled in 1933, it provides the names for men who served in the army, navy, and marines. In addition to providing the...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4545

Maryland Records Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church from Original Sources Vol. I
The following miscellaneous records form part of this valuable resource for Maryland records: Provincial Census of Prince George's County, 31 August 1776 Marriage Licenses issued at Upper Marleborough, Prince George's County, 1777-1800 Two Muster Rolls, Militia Prince George's County, French War 1799 Provincial Census of Fred...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=6161

Maryland Revolutionary War Records
Although no major battles were fought in Maryland during the Revolutionary War, the colony was an important contributor to the war effort. This database is a collection of pension and bounty land claims on the state for military service in the war. Most records provide the soldier's name, birth date, rank, spouse, marriage date, and location of mar...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4260

Maryland Soldiers in the Civil War, Vol. 1
With over 36,000 records of soldiers, sailors and marines in the Union Army and Navy from 1861 to 1865, this database is of interest to anyone with ancestors from Maryland who served in the Civil War. The data was obtained from official records of the Adjutant-General office, the War Department, State histories, and other records. This first volu...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3087

Maryland Soldiers in the Civil War, Vol. 2
The second volume in a two-volume series, this volume embraces all of the sailors, marines and other troops from Maryland who served in the Union army or navy. The data was obtained from official records of the Adjutant-General office, the War Department, State histories, and other records. ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3088

Maryland Vital Records
Find out how to obtain vital records by phone or visit the genealogical gateway to the state and counties. Contains maps and links to Maryland resources.
http://www.vitalrec.com/mdlinks.html

Naturalizations in America and the West Indies
The Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantation established the act for naturalization in the American and West Indian colonies in 1740. Pursuant to that act, commissioners in the Americas sent records back to England detailing those foreign protestants who were naturalized in the colonies. This collection of those naturalization records contains ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3291

Passenger Arrivals in the U.S., 1819-20
Prepared on order of the U. S. Senate, this informative database contains most of the immigrants who arrived in the nation between October 1819 and September 1820. The records contained herein reveal such facts about the immigrant as age, sex, occupation, nation of origin and in some records, the ship on which they arrived. To the researcher of U. ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3330

Persons of Quality Original Lists
This informative database contains lists of emigrants from Great Britain to the United States from 1600-1700. The individuals include emigrants, religious exiles, political rebels, men serving prison terms, children, and women. The records include, where possible, the person's age, where they were from, the name of the ship they travelled in, the d...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=2065

Revolutionary War Courts-Martial
The history of the American Revolution is familiar to any American citizen. This work contains the stories of the 3,315 men who did not meet the challenges of the war and were brought before military courts-martial. Even if an ancestor isn't found in this book, this book reveals in part the context surrounding the Revolutionary War, giving it parti...[More]
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Revolutionary War Officers
The result of an act of Congress, this collection of Revolutionary War officers constitutes one of the most complete databases of its kind. With over 14,000 listings, this collection includes not only those who served in the Continental Army, but also many who served in the various state militias during the war. The men are organized by rank, with ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=2030

Revolutionary War Pension Index
Affecting the lives of millions of people in North America, the Revolutionary War involved thousands of Americans fighting for independence. This database is an index to a list of pensions awarded to U. S. veterans of the war. It was taken from "Letter from the Secretary of Way, communicating A Transcript of the Pension List of the United States sh...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4691

Sons of the American Revolution
This work contains the entire list (thousands of members) of the membership of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution to December 31, 1901, including deceased members, with their line of descent from their Revolutionary ancestors. Search this database if you have ancestors who participated in the Revolution or who were members of the...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3072

St. James Parish Register, Maryland, 1787-1815
Located on the border between Baltimore and Harford Counties in Maryland, St. James of My Lady's Manor was built in 1752 and became an independent parish in 1777. The records in this database were compiled by the Rev. John Coleman between 1787 and 1815. Information provided includes dates for births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths. In some cases l...[More]
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Swiss Emigrants in the 18th Century
This important record effectively represents the history of Swiss emigration to the Americas in the eighteenth century. Originally located in the State Archives of Zurich, it contains the ship lists of emigrants to the American colonies from Switzerland, in particular to the Carolinas and Pennsylvania. Each list contains, where possible, the names ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=1031

USGenWeb Project - Maryland
The USGenWeb Project State web sites are your starting points for finding genealogical and historical information. Each state site features state information and also provides you with links to each county web site within the state....[More]
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgenweb

WWI Civilian Draft Registrations
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