Resources

There are many websites with genealogy-related info for Maryland family history research. If you know of additional helpful resources about Maryland ancestors, please share them with us.

Focus on Government Resources

• National Archives
• State of Maryland Archives
• State of Maryland Archives Guide to Government Records
• State of Maryland Archives Guide to Special Collections
• State of Maryland Archives Tax Assessment of 1783, Index
• State of Maryland Archives of Maryland Online
• Maryland Department of Health: Division of Vital Records
• Land Records at Maryland Archives

Focus on Map Resources

• Maplandia Satellite Map
• Map Collection at the Library of Congress
• Historical Maps of Maryland
• University of Texas: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection of Maryland Maps
• 1852 Gazetteer of the State of Maryland by Richard S. Fisher
• 1855 Metropolitan Railroad Map of Route through DC and Montgomery, Frederick and Washington Counties
• 1861 Pocket Map Showing the Probable Theatre of the War
• 1862 Gazetteer for the Antietam Campaign
• Map of the Maryland Campaign, Sept. 3rd to 29th 1862
• 1863 Upper Potomac from McCoy's Ferry to Conrad's Ferry and adjacent portions of Maryland and Virginia
• 1874 Asher & Adams' Map of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia & District of Columbia
• 1877 The Maryland Directory descriptive compilation of the counties, towns, villages and post offices, and names of merchants ...
• 1904 A Gazetteer of Maryland and Delaware by Henry Gannett

Focus on Book Resources

• Maryland Public Library Directory
• University of Maryland History Research Guide
• Internet Archives collection of Yearbooks from many Maryland schools
• Allegany College of Maryland Library Appalachian Collection
• Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society; a few of many links to Volumes   1   7   16   20Issue4   38   43   50 
• 1767 and 1775 General Store Ledgers of John Nelms of Salisbury, Maryland
• Transcribed pages of John Nelms Ledger
• 1869 Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman by Sarah H. Bradford
• 1875 Wingate's Maryland Register for 1874-'75-'6: A Legal, Political and Business Manual by James Wingate
• 1882 History of Western Maryland by J. Thomas Scharf   Volume 1   Volume 2
• 1883 Archives of Maryland by William H. Browne; a few links to the many available Volumes   1    5    15    26    30    33    36    40    50  
• 1886 History of Maryland with Brief Biographies of: Joshua Barney, Charles Carroll, John Carroll, Samuel Chase, Thomas John Clagett, John Eager Howard, Francis Scott Key, John McDonogh, William Paca, Charles Wilson Peale, William Pinkney, Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Ringgold, John Rodgers, Moses Sheppard, Thomas Stone, Roger Brooke Taney, Otho Holland Williams, William Wirt
• 1886 A History of the Catholic Church within the limits of the United States, by John G. Shea
• 1898 History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-5 by the Maryland Commission, Volume 1
• 1898 Portrait and Biographical Record of the Sixth Congressional District, Maryland by Chapman Publishing Company
• 1900 A Century of Growth; History of the Church in Western Maryland by Thomas J. Stanton,  Volume 1   Volume 2
• 1910 Men of Mark in Maryland, Volume 2 by Lynn R. Meekins
• 1913 Chronicles of Colonial Maryland, with Illustrations by James W. Thomas
• 1914 Distinguished Men of Baltimore and of Maryland
• 1914 Colonial Mansions of Maryland and Delaware by John M. Hammond
• 1916 Maryland's Colonial Eastern Shore by Swepson Earle and Percy G. Skirven; Historical Sketches of Counties [Cecil, Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester] and of Some Notable Structures
• 1922 Indians of the Eastern Shore of Maryland by Frank G. Speck
• 1935 Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland by Clayton Torrence
• 1936 Smoots of Maryland and Virginia by Harry W. Newman
• 1942 Maryland Main and the Eastern Shore by Hulbert Footner
• 1985 To Maryland from Overseas by Harry W. Newman
• 1995 Voyage to Maryland (1633) Relatio itineris in Marilandiam by White, Andrew
• 1998 Counties of Central Maryland by Elaine Bunting
• 2003 Court Record Glossary by James Edward Jensen
• Maryland Death Index 1973-2014 MSA SE-151 by Reclaim the Records
• Maryland Death Certificates 1898-1910 by Reclaim the Records - many Volumes available, such as 1900-1901  1902-1903  1904
• Maryland Marriages Index 1990-2013 MSA SE 144 by Reclaim The Records, many embedded links to follow
• 2024 The Riggin Family of Delmarva by George F. Riggin, comprehensive, factually-based and referenced, 2 volumes, ISBN: 9781977280077 and 9781977280275

Focus on Native People Resources

• Accohannock
• Assateague
• Baltimore American Indian Center
• Choptank - 1726-1727 Census
• Indigenous People of Maryland
• Mattaponi Indian Reservation
• Nanticoke
• Native American Legacy Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey
• Piscataway
• Pocomoke
• Resources by Tuscaroras
• Shawnee Nation Shaawanwaki, Ša˙wano˙ki
• Susquehannock History
• Tuscarora People
• Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793–1999
• Register of Guardians

Focus on Maryland's African-American Histories

• 1859 The Free Negro Question in Maryland by Curtis W. Jacobs
• 1881 Life and Times of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
• 1889 The Negro in Maryland: A Study of the Institution of Slavery by Jeffrey R. Brackett
• 1890 Notes on the Progress of the Colored People of Maryland Since the War by Jeffrey R. Brackett
• 1893 Frederick Douglass, the Orator by James M. Gregory
• 1914 Men of Maryland by George F. Bragg
• 1915 The Negro Tuberculosis Problem in Maryland by Maryland Association of Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis
• 1921 The Free Negro in Maryland by James M. Wright
• 1948 The Economic and Social Status of Rural Negro Families in Maryland by Arthur B. Hamilton
• 1964 The Mighty Revolution: Negro Emancipation in Maryland, 1862-1864 by Charles L. Wagandt
• 1969 The Negro in Maryland Politics, 1870-1912 by Margaret L. Callcott
• 1972 The Negro in Maryland: A Short History by Vera A. Foster Rollo
• Freedman's Bureau Marriages, 1815-1869
• Freedman's Bank Records
• Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
• African American GRIOTS Project
• FamilySearch African American Research Wiki
• National Archives - African American Heritage
• ACPL's African American Gateway
• BlackPast.org - The Genealogy Page
• PBS African American Lives - Who Am I? A Genealogy Guide
• Christine's Genealogy Web Site
• FamilyTree - 7 Steps to Finding Your Enslaved Ancestors
• Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture
• Legacy of Slavery in Maryland
• Digital Maryland African American Collections
• Maryland Patriots of Color
• Maryland Slave Narratives
• Maryland and Delaware, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872
• Free African Americans of VA, NC, SC, MD and DE
• Pathways to Freedom: Maryland and the Underground Railroad
• Delmarva African American History
• A History of African Americans of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore
• Abolitionists, Free Blacks, and Runaway Slaves: Surviving Slavery on Maryland's Eastern Shore

Focus on General Resources

• Wikipedia
• FindAGrave
• FamilySearch
• Chronicling America
• Maryland Hometown Locator
• Maryland Center for History
• Maryland Genealogical Society
• Ocean City Life Saving Station Museum
• Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
• Coalition to Protect MD Burial Sites
• Ulster Scots on the Eastern Shore of MD, DE, VA

Allen County Public Library Resources

• Marriage Surname Index to Maryland German Church Records
• Community United Methodist Church of Maryland City, Anne Arundel County
• Trappe Methodist Church, 173rd Anniversary, 1781-1954, Talbot County
• Govans Presbyterian Cemetery, Baltimore City
• Grace Falls Road United Methodist Church Cemetery, Baltimore County
• Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Baltimore City
• Mays Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Baltimore County
• Sherwood Episcopal Church Cemetery, Baltimore County
• St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery, Baltimore County

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