Garrett County, Maryland

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* [http://midatlantic.rootsweb.ancestry.com/MD/garrett/ FamilyHart's Garrett County, Maryland] This site contains online map, cemetery, marriage, military, land, historical, and biographical records for Garret County, Maryland.
  
 
*[http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdgarret/ The Garrett County MDGenWeb Project], a member of [[MDGenWeb|The MDGenWeb Project]], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]].  
 
*[http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdgarret/ The Garrett County MDGenWeb Project], a member of [[MDGenWeb|The MDGenWeb Project]], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]].  
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*[http://usgwarchives.org/md/garrett/ The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Garrett County. (Backup site)  
 
*[http://usgwarchives.org/md/garrett/ The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Garrett County. (Backup site)  
 
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=189742&subject_disp=Maryland%2C+Garrett&columns=*,0,0 FamilySearch.org] Family History Library Catalog for Garrett County
 
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=189742&subject_disp=Maryland%2C+Garrett&columns=*,0,0 FamilySearch.org] Family History Library Catalog for Garrett County
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* [http://midatlantic.rootsweb.ancestry.com/familyhart/ FamilyHart Online Database]  This online database contains over 630,000 linked family names. It grows by 1,000 names per week, and is updated online quarterly.  There are many many Garrett County family in this database.
  
 
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[[Category:Garrett_County,_Maryland]]
 
[[Category:Garrett_County,_Maryland]]

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United States > Maryland > Garrett County
Garrett County, Maryland in green.

Contents

County Courthouse

203 South Fourth Street, Room 207
Oakland, Maryland, 21550.

History

John Work Garrett
  • Named for John Work Garrett (1820-1884), president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Parent County

  • Last county created in the state, 4 November 1872, from west part of Allegany County.

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Towns

Accident | Deer Park | Friendsville | Grantsville | Kitzmiller | Loch Lynn Heights | Mountain Lake Park | Oakland

Communities

Bittinger | Bloomington | Corunna | Crellin | Gorman | Hutton | Kempton | Keysers Ridge | McHenry | Jennings | New Germany | Sand Spring | Sang Run | Shalmar | Swanton

Neighboring Counties

Allegany | Pennsylvania counties: Fayette | Somerset | West Virginia counties: Grant | Mineral | Preston | Tucker

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

Federal Census reports available 1880-1930.

Church

Maryland State Archives' Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions identifies all churches known to have existed in Garrett County, Maryland. It covers all denominations and includes record descriptions.

Court

Gazetteers

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Web Sites

  • FamilyHart Online Database This online database contains over 630,000 linked family names. It grows by 1,000 names per week, and is updated online quarterly. There are many many Garrett County family in this database.

References

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