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	\| seat = Cambridge		\| seat = Cambridge
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	== [http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Maryland Courthouse] ==		== [http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Maryland Courthouse] ==
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	<br><br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1780. Divorce records from 1821, equity docket record from 1821 and corporation records from 1858.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dorchester, Maryland page 317, {{WorldCat\|50140092\|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL\|1049485\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>		<br><br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1780. Divorce records from 1821, equity docket record from 1821 and corporation records from 1858.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dorchester, Maryland page 317, {{WorldCat\|50140092\|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL\|1049485\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
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	== Dorchester County Maryland History ==		== Dorchester County Maryland History ==

−	[[Image:Edward Sackville.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px]]	+	[[Image:Edward Sackville.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Edward Sackville.jpg]]

	*The county is believed to have been named after Dorchester, a city in England, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sackville,_4th_Earl_of_Dorset Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset], a family friend of the Calverts.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maryland_county_name_etymologies "List of Counties in Maryland,"] Wikipedia.</ref>		*The county is believed to have been named after Dorchester, a city in England, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sackville,_4th_Earl_of_Dorset Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset], a family friend of the Calverts.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maryland_county_name_etymologies "List of Counties in Maryland,"] Wikipedia.</ref>
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	==== Populated Places ====		==== Populated Places ====
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	===== City =====		===== City =====

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−	~~[[Image:~~MD Dorchester map.png\|~~thumb~~\|~~right~~\|~~350px~~\|MD Dorchester ~~map~~.~~png]~~]	+	{{Infobox U.S. County
		+	\| county = Dorchester County
		+	\| county_map = MD Dorchester map.png
		+	\| state = Maryland
		+	\| state_map = Maryland.png
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		+	\| founded year = 1668
		+	\| founded date = May 27
		+	\| seat = Cambridge
		+	\| building image =
		+	\| building address = Dorchester County Courthouse<br> 206 High Street/501 Court Lane<br>P O Box 26<br>Cambridge, MD 21613<br>Phone: 410-228-0480<br>[http://www.docogonet.com/ '''Dorchester County Website'''] }}

−	~~[[Image:Dorchester County Boundary Map.jpg\|thumb\|right\|350px\|Dorchester County Boundary Map.jpg]]~~

	== [http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Maryland Courthouse] ==		== [http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Maryland Courthouse] ==
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−	~~[http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Courthouse]~~<br>~~206 High Street/501 Court Lane<br>P O Box 26<br>Cambridge, MD 21613<br>Phone: 410-228-0480~~<br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1780. Divorce records from 1821, equity docket record from 1821 and corporation records from 1858.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dorchester, Maryland page 317, {{WorldCat\|50140092\|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL\|1049485\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>	+	<br><br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1780. Divorce records from 1821, equity docket record from 1821 and corporation records from 1858.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dorchester, Maryland page 317, {{WorldCat\|50140092\|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL\|1049485\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>

	== Dorchester County Maryland History ==		== Dorchester County Maryland History ==

−	[[Image:Edward Sackville.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px~~\|Edward Sackville.jpg~~]]	+	[[Image:Edward Sackville.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px]]

	*The county is believed to have been named after Dorchester, a city in England, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sackville,_4th_Earl_of_Dorset Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset], a family friend of the Calverts.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maryland_county_name_etymologies "List of Counties in Maryland,"] Wikipedia.</ref>		*The county is believed to have been named after Dorchester, a city in England, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sackville,_4th_Earl_of_Dorset Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset], a family friend of the Calverts.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maryland_county_name_etymologies "List of Counties in Maryland,"] Wikipedia.</ref>
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	==== Populated Places ====		==== Populated Places ====
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	===== City =====		===== City =====

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	''[[United States\|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Maryland\|Maryland ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Dorchester_County,_Maryland\|Dorchester County]]''		''[[United States\|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Maryland\|Maryland ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Dorchester_County,_Maryland\|Dorchester County]]''

−	Guide to '''Dorchester County Maryland genealogy.''' Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.	+	Guide to '''Dorchester County Maryland genealogy.''' Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

	{{MDDC}}		{{MDDC}}

−	[[Image:MD Dorchester map.png\|thumb\|right\|350px]]	+	[[Image:MD Dorchester map.png\|thumb\|right\|350px\|MD Dorchester map.png]]

−	[[Image:Dorchester County Boundary Map.jpg\|thumb\|right\|350px]]	+	[[Image:Dorchester County Boundary Map.jpg\|thumb\|right\|350px\|Dorchester County Boundary Map.jpg]]

−	== [http://www.docogonet.com/ County Courthouse] ==	+	== [http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Maryland Courthouse] ==

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	[http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Courthouse]<br>206 High Street/501 Court Lane<br>P O Box 26<br>Cambridge, MD 21613<br>Phone: 410-228-0480<br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1780. Divorce records from 1821, equity docket record from 1821 and corporation records from 1858.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dorchester, Maryland page 317, {{WorldCat\|50140092\|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL\|1049485\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>		[http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Courthouse]<br>206 High Street/501 Court Lane<br>P O Box 26<br>Cambridge, MD 21613<br>Phone: 410-228-0480<br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1780. Divorce records from 1821, equity docket record from 1821 and corporation records from 1858.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dorchester, Maryland page 317, {{WorldCat\|50140092\|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL\|1049485\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>

−	== History ==	+	== Dorchester County Maryland History ==

−	[[Image:Edward Sackville.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px]]	+	[[Image:Edward Sackville.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Edward Sackville.jpg]]

	*The county is believed to have been named after Dorchester, a city in England, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sackville,_4th_Earl_of_Dorset Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset], a family friend of the Calverts.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maryland_county_name_etymologies "List of Counties in Maryland,"] Wikipedia.</ref>		*The county is believed to have been named after Dorchester, a city in England, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sackville,_4th_Earl_of_Dorset Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset], a family friend of the Calverts.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maryland_county_name_etymologies "List of Counties in Maryland,"] Wikipedia.</ref>
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	==== Record Loss ====		==== Record Loss ====

−	== Places/Localities ==	+	== Dorchester County Maryland Places/Localities ==

	==== Populated Places ====		==== Populated Places ====
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	[[Calvert County, Maryland\|Calvert]]\| [[Caroline County, Maryland\|Caroline]]\| [[St. Mary's County, Maryland\|St. Mary's]]\| [[Somerset County, Maryland\|Somerset]]\| [[Talbot County, Maryland\|Talbot]]\| [[Wicomico County, Maryland\|Wicomico]]\| Deleware Counties: [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex]]		[[Calvert County, Maryland\|Calvert]]\| [[Caroline County, Maryland\|Caroline]]\| [[St. Mary's County, Maryland\|St. Mary's]]\| [[Somerset County, Maryland\|Somerset]]\| [[Talbot County, Maryland\|Talbot]]\| [[Wicomico County, Maryland\|Wicomico]]\| Deleware Counties: [[Sussex County, Delaware\|Sussex]]

−	== Resources ==	+	== Dorchester County Maryland Genealogy Resources ==

	==== Cemeteries ====		==== Cemeteries ====
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	*Dorchester County, Maryland Cemeteries, Death Certificate Indexes, Death Certificate Abstracts, Abstracts of Obituaries are [http://dcgm.tripod.com/dcfiles.html available online].		*Dorchester County, Maryland Cemeteries, Death Certificate Indexes, Death Certificate Abstracts, Abstracts of Obituaries are [http://dcgm.tripod.com/dcfiles.html available online].

−	== Societies and Libraries ==	+	== Dorchester County Maryland Genealogy Societies and Libraries ==

	==== Family History Centers<br> ====		==== Family History Centers<br> ====
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	*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]		*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]

−	== ~~Web Sites~~ ==	+	== Dorchester County Maryland Genealogy Websites ==

	*The Dorchester County MDGenWeb Project, a member of [[MDGenWeb\|The MDGenWeb Project]], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb\|The USGenWeb Project]].		*The Dorchester County MDGenWeb Project, a member of [[MDGenWeb\|The MDGenWeb Project]], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb\|The USGenWeb Project]].
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	*{{FHL\|Maryland%2C+Dorchester\|subject\|disp=FamilySearch.org}} Family History Library Catalog for Dorchester County.		*{{FHL\|Maryland%2C+Dorchester\|subject\|disp=FamilySearch.org}} Family History Library Catalog for Dorchester County.

−	== References ==	+	== Dorchester County Maryland Genealogy References ==

	<references />		<references />

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	''[[United States\|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Maryland\|Maryland ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Dorchester_County,_Maryland\|Dorchester County]]''		''[[United States\|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Maryland\|Maryland ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Dorchester_County,_Maryland\|Dorchester County]]''

−	~~{{MDDC}}~~	+	Guide to '''Dorchester County Maryland genealogy.''' Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

−	~~[[Image:MD Dorchester map.png\|thumb\|right\|350px\|MD Dorchester map.png]]~~	+	{{MDDC}}

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	== [http://www.docogonet.com/ County Courthouse] ==		== [http://www.docogonet.com/ County Courthouse] ==
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−	[[Image:Dorchester County, Maryland Courthouse.JPG\|thumb\|right\|400px]]	+	[[Image:Dorchester County, Maryland Courthouse.JPG\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Dorchester County, Maryland Courthouse.JPG]]

−	[http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Courthouse]<br>206 High Street/501 Court Lane<br>P O Box 26<br>Cambridge, MD 21613<br>Phone: 410-228-0480<br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1780. Divorce records from 1821, equity docket record from 1821 and corporation records from 1858.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dorchester, Maryland page 317, {{WorldCat\|50140092\|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL\|1049485\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>	+	[http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Courthouse]<br>206 High Street/501 Court Lane<br>P O Box 26<br>Cambridge, MD 21613<br>Phone: 410-228-0480<br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1780. Divorce records from 1821, equity docket record from 1821 and corporation records from 1858.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dorchester, Maryland page 317, {{WorldCat\|50140092\|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL\|1049485\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==

−	[[Image:Edward Sackville.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px~~\|Edward Sackville.jpg~~]]	+	[[Image:Edward Sackville.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px]]

	*The county is believed to have been named after Dorchester, a city in England, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sackville,_4th_Earl_of_Dorset Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset], a family friend of the Calverts.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maryland_county_name_etymologies "List of Counties in Maryland,"] Wikipedia.</ref>		*The county is believed to have been named after Dorchester, a city in England, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sackville,_4th_Earl_of_Dorset Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset], a family friend of the Calverts.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maryland_county_name_etymologies "List of Counties in Maryland,"] Wikipedia.</ref>
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	*'''[Ennalls]''' "The Ennalls and Waggaman Families of Maryland," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct. 1893):98-105. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920131 JSTOR] - free.		*'''[Ennalls]''' "The Ennalls and Waggaman Families of Maryland," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct. 1893):98-105. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920131 JSTOR] - free.
−	*'''[Wright]''' Wright, Charles W. ''The Wright Ancestry of Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset and Wicomico Counties Maryland''. Baltimore: Baltimore City Printing and Binding Co., 1907. Available at {{FSbook\|87788}}; {{FHL\|195603\|title-id\|disp=FHL}}; and [http://books.google.com/books?id=iRVlAAAAMAAJ Google Books].	+	*'''[Wright]''' Wright, Charles W. ''The Wright Ancestry of Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset and Wicomico Counties Maryland''. Baltimore: Baltimore City Printing and Binding Co., 1907. Available at {{FSbook\|87788}}; {{FHL\|195603\|title-id\|disp=FHL}}; and [http://books.google.com/books?id=iRVlAAAAMAAJ Google Books].
	*'''[Wroughton]''' Loeser, Rudolf. "Margaret (__) (Wroughton) (Attowell) Grimes and Some Relatives," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 42, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1998):111-118; Vol. 42, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1998):194-204. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/Search.aspx?Ca=098&Da=285 American Ancestors] ($). {{FHL\|33159\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg}}.		*'''[Wroughton]''' Loeser, Rudolf. "Margaret (__) (Wroughton) (Attowell) Grimes and Some Relatives," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 42, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1998):111-118; Vol. 42, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1998):194-204. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/Search.aspx?Ca=098&Da=285 American Ancestors] ($). {{FHL\|33159\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg}}.

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	*[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/library/periodicals/perbib/html/bibd.html "Dorchester Co.,"] in ''Genealogical Sources in Periodicals at The Maryland State Archives.''		*[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/library/periodicals/perbib/html/bibd.html "Dorchester Co.,"] in ''Genealogical Sources in Periodicals at The Maryland State Archives.''
	*[http://usgwarchives.net/md/dorchester/ The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Dorchester County.		*[http://usgwarchives.net/md/dorchester/ The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Dorchester County.
−	*[http://usgwarchives.~~org~~/md/dorchester/ The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Dorchester County. (Backup site)	+	*[http://usgwarchives.net/md/dorchester/ The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Dorchester County. (Backup site)
	*{{FHL\|Maryland%2C+Dorchester\|subject\|disp=FamilySearch.org}} Family History Library Catalog for Dorchester County.		*{{FHL\|Maryland%2C+Dorchester\|subject\|disp=FamilySearch.org}} Family History Library Catalog for Dorchester County.

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	*Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Intercepted Letters Relating to America 1777-1811," ''The Genealogist'', Vol. 14, No. 2 (Fall 2000):184-200; Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring 2001):53-74. [Overseas correspondence of a resident of Vianna [Vienna, Dorchester County] with the following surname: Dennis.]		*Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Intercepted Letters Relating to America 1777-1811," ''The Genealogist'', Vol. 14, No. 2 (Fall 2000):184-200; Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring 2001):53-74. [Overseas correspondence of a resident of Vianna [Vienna, Dorchester County] with the following surname: Dennis.]
−	*[http://www.~~immigrantservants~~.com/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=Dorchester&placeOfIndentureColony=Maryland&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial Dorchester County, Maryland (work in progress), courtesy: [http://www.immigrantservants.com Immigrant Servants Database]. [Includes Richard J. Cox's abstracts of ''Maryland Gazette'' runaways.]	+	*[http://www.pricegen.com/immigrantservants/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=Dorchester&placeOfIndentureColony=Maryland&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial Dorchester County, Maryland (work in progress), courtesy: [http://www.immigrantservants.com Immigrant Servants Database]. [Includes Richard J. Cox's abstracts of ''Maryland Gazette'' runaways.]

	==== Land ====		==== Land ====

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	*'''[Ennalls]''' "The Ennalls and Waggaman Families of Maryland," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct. 1893):98-105. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920131 JSTOR] - free.		*'''[Ennalls]''' "The Ennalls and Waggaman Families of Maryland," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct. 1893):98-105. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920131 JSTOR] - free.
−	*'''[Wright]''' Wright, Charles W. ''The Wright Ancestry of Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset and Wicomico Counties Maryland''. Baltimore: Baltimore City Printing and Binding Co., 1907. Available at {{FSbook\|87788}}; {{FHL\|195603\|title-id\|disp=FHL}}; and [http://books.google.com/books?id=iRVlAAAAMAAJ Google Books] (~~full~~-~~view~~).	+	*'''[Wright]''' Wright, Charles W. ''The Wright Ancestry of Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset and Wicomico Counties Maryland''. Baltimore: Baltimore City Printing and Binding Co., 1907. Available at {{FSbook\|87788}}; {{FHL\|195603\|title-id\|disp=FHL}}; and [http://books.google.com/books?id=iRVlAAAAMAAJ Google Books].
		+	*'''[Wroughton]''' Loeser, Rudolf. "Margaret (__) (Wroughton) (Attowell) Grimes and Some Relatives," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 42, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1998):111-118; Vol. 42, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1998):194-204. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/Search.aspx?Ca=098&Da=285 American Ancestors] ($). {{FHL\|33159\|item\|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg}}.

	==== Gazetteers ====		==== Gazetteers ====

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−	[http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Courthouse]<br>206 High Street/501 Court Lane<br>P O Box 26<br>Cambridge, MD 21613<br>Phone: 410-228-0480<br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1780~~; divorce~~ records from 1821, equity docket record from 1821 and corporation records from 1858<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dorchester, Maryland page 317, {WorldCat\|50140092\|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL\|1049485\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>	+	[http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Courthouse]<br>206 High Street/501 Court Lane<br>P O Box 26<br>Cambridge, MD 21613<br>Phone: 410-228-0480<br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1780. Divorce records from 1821, equity docket record from 1821 and corporation records from 1858.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dorchester, Maryland page 317, {{WorldCat\|50140092\|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL\|1049485\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==

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	[http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Courthouse]<br>206 High Street/501 Court Lane<br>P O Box 26<br>Cambridge, MD 21613<br>Phone: 410-228-0480<br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1780; divorce records from 1821, equity docket record from 1821 and corporation records from 1858<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dorchester, Maryland page 317, {WorldCat\|50140092\|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL\|1049485\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>		[http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Courthouse]<br>206 High Street/501 Court Lane<br>P O Box 26<br>Cambridge, MD 21613<br>Phone: 410-228-0480<br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1780; divorce records from 1821, equity docket record from 1821 and corporation records from 1858<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dorchester, Maryland page 317, {WorldCat\|50140092\|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL\|1049485\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
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	== History ==		== History ==

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	*The county is believed to have been named after Dorchester, a city in England, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sackville,_4th_Earl_of_Dorset Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset], a family friend of the Calverts.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maryland_county_name_etymologies "List of Counties in Maryland,"] Wikipedia.</ref>		*The county is believed to have been named after Dorchester, a city in England, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sackville,_4th_Earl_of_Dorset Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset], a family friend of the Calverts.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maryland_county_name_etymologies "List of Counties in Maryland,"] Wikipedia.</ref>
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−	[http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Courthouse]<br>206 High Street/501 Court Lane<br>P O Box 26<br>Cambridge, MD 21613<br>Phone: 410-228-0480<br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1780; divorce records from 1821, equity docket record from 1821 and corporation records from 1858<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dorchester, Maryland page 317, {WorldCat\|50140092\|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL\|1049485\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>	+	[http://www.docogonet.com/ Dorchester County Courthouse]<br>206 High Street/501 Court Lane<br>P O Box 26<br>Cambridge, MD 21613<br>Phone: 410-228-0480<br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1780; divorce records from 1821, equity docket record from 1821 and corporation records from 1858<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dorchester, Maryland page 317, {WorldCat\|50140092\|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL\|1049485\|item\|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==
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	*15 June 1773, [[Caroline County, Maryland\|Caroline]] County was set off.		*15 June 1773, [[Caroline County, Maryland\|Caroline]] County was set off.

−	==== Record Loss ====	+	==== Record Loss ====

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	*1776 Transcription and Index		*1776 Transcription and Index
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	Trinity Church was built by 1690.<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4045 Trinity P.E. Church], The Historical Marker Database, accessed 7 March 2011.</ref> A chapel of ease served parishioners on Taylor's Island.<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4043 Chapel of Ease Old Trinity Episcopal Church Circa 1707], The Historical Marker Database, accessed 7 March 2011.</ref>		Trinity Church was built by 1690.<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4045 Trinity P.E. Church], The Historical Marker Database, accessed 7 March 2011.</ref> A chapel of ease served parishioners on Taylor's Island.<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4043 Chapel of Ease Old Trinity Episcopal Church Circa 1707], The Historical Marker Database, accessed 7 March 2011.</ref>

−	[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See also [[Dorchester Parish, Maryland\|Dorchester Parish]]<br>[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See also [[Great Choptank Parish, Maryland\|Great Choptank Parish]]	+	[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See also [[Dorchester Parish, Maryland\|Dorchester Parish]]<br>[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See also [[Great Choptank Parish, Maryland\|Great Choptank Parish]]

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	'''''Bibliography'''''		'''''Bibliography'''''

−	*'''[Ennalls]''' "The Ennalls and Waggaman Families of Maryland," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct. 1893):98-105. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920131 JSTOR] - free.	+	*'''[Ennalls]''' "The Ennalls and Waggaman Families of Maryland," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct. 1893):98-105. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920131 JSTOR] - free.
−	*'''[Wright]''' Wright, Charles W. ''The Wright Ancestry of Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset and Wicomico Counties Maryland''. Baltimore: Baltimore City Printing and Binding Co., 1907. Available at {{FHL\|195603\|title-id\|disp=FHL}}; ~~digital versions at [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH15,61663 BYU Family History Archives]~~ and [http://books.google.com/books?id=iRVlAAAAMAAJ Google Books] (full-view).	+	*'''[Wright]''' Wright, Charles W. ''The Wright Ancestry of Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset and Wicomico Counties Maryland''. Baltimore: Baltimore City Printing and Binding Co., 1907. Available at {{FSbook\|87788}}; {{FHL\|195603\|title-id\|disp=FHL}}; and [http://books.google.com/books?id=iRVlAAAAMAAJ Google Books] (full-view).

	==== Gazetteers ====		==== Gazetteers ====
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	==== Military ====		==== Military ====

−	===== Revolutionary War =====	+	===== Revolutionary War =====

−	Dorchester County men served in the [[5th Maryland Regiment (Revolutionary War)\|5th Maryland Regiment]].<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "5th Maryland Regiment," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Maryland_Regiment, accessed 31 May 2012.</ref>	+	Dorchester County men served in the [[5th Maryland Regiment (Revolutionary War)\|5th Maryland Regiment]].<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "5th Maryland Regiment," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Maryland_Regiment, accessed 31 May 2012.</ref>

	*''A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]''. 1841. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google Books] ''et. al''. 1967 reprint: {{FHL\|282860\|item}} 973 X2pc 1840. [See Maryland, Dorchester County on page 128.]		*''A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]''. 1841. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google Books] ''et. al''. 1967 reprint: {{FHL\|282860\|item}} 973 X2pc 1840. [See Maryland, Dorchester County on page 128.]
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	*''List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance...'' Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. {{FHL\|286899\|item}} 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at [http://books.google.com/books?id=t7oqAAAAMAAJ Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org/details/listpensionerso02buregoog Internet Archive]. [See Vol. 5, Maryland, Dorchester County, pp. 145-146. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]		*''List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance...'' Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. {{FHL\|286899\|item}} 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at [http://books.google.com/books?id=t7oqAAAAMAAJ Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org/details/listpensionerso02buregoog Internet Archive]. [See Vol. 5, Maryland, Dorchester County, pp. 145-146. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

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	<br>Civil War service men from Dorchester County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Dorchester County.		<br>Civil War service men from Dorchester County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Dorchester County.

−	:- [[~~1st_Regiment~~,~~_Maryland_Eastern_Shore_Infantry~~\|1st Regiment, Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry]], Company A, B, and C.	+	:- [[1st Regiment, Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry\|1st Regiment, Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry]], Company A, B, and C.

	==== Newspapers ====		==== Newspapers ====
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	== Societies and Libraries ==		== Societies and Libraries ==

−	==== Family History Centers<br> ====	+	==== Family History Centers<br> ====

	*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]		*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]
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	== Web Sites ==		== Web Sites ==

−	*The Dorchester County MDGenWeb Project, a member of [[MDGenWeb\|The MDGenWeb Project]], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb\|The USGenWeb Project]].	+	*The Dorchester County MDGenWeb Project, a member of [[MDGenWeb\|The MDGenWeb Project]], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb\|The USGenWeb Project]].
	*[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/library/periodicals/perbib/html/bibd.html "Dorchester Co.,"] in ''Genealogical Sources in Periodicals at The Maryland State Archives.''		*[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/library/periodicals/perbib/html/bibd.html "Dorchester Co.,"] in ''Genealogical Sources in Periodicals at The Maryland State Archives.''
	*[http://usgwarchives.net/md/dorchester/ The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Dorchester County.		*[http://usgwarchives.net/md/dorchester/ The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Dorchester County.
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	== References ==		== References ==

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	{{Maryland\|Maryland}}		{{Maryland\|Maryland}}

	[[Category:Dorchester_County,_Maryland]]		[[Category:Dorchester_County,_Maryland]]