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{{Maryland-stub}} ''[[United States|United States]] > [[Maryland|Maryland]] > Howard County'' [[Image:MD Howard map.png|thumb|right|400px]]  
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{{Maryland-stub}} <br>''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Maryland|Maryland]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Howard_County,_Maryland|Howard County]]''  
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== [http://www.co.ho.md.us/ County Courthouse]  ==
 
== [http://www.co.ho.md.us/ County Courthouse]  ==
  
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Howard County Government<br>3430 Courthouse Drive<br>Ellicott City, MD 21043
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Main phone:<br>410-313-3000<br>  
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[http://www.co.ho.md.us/ Howard County Courthouse]<br>3430 Courthouse Drive<br>Ellicott City, MD 21043 <br>Phone: 410-992-2025/<br>Phone: 410-313-3000<br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, court and land records. <br>Register of Wills has probate records. <ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Howard, Maryland page 318, {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
  
 
== History  ==
 
== History  ==
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[[Blackstone Cemetery, Columbia, Howard County, Maryland|Blackstone Cemetery, Columbia]]  
 
[[Blackstone Cemetery, Columbia, Howard County, Maryland|Blackstone Cemetery, Columbia]]  
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Blackwell, Boston, Fuller &amp;&nbsp;Howard Gravestones (see Pine Orchard Methodist Episcopal Cemetery)
  
 
[http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/howard/cemeteries/bonnie.txt Bonnie Brae Cemetery]  
 
[http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/howard/cemeteries/bonnie.txt Bonnie Brae Cemetery]  
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[[Brown Family Cemetery at Good Fellowship, Woodstock, Howard County, Maryland|Brown Family Cemetery at Good Fellowship, Woodstock]]<br>
  
 
Bushy Park Community Cemetery  
 
Bushy Park Community Cemetery  
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[http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/howard/cemeteries/cook.txt Cook Cemetery, Columbia]  
 
[http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/howard/cemeteries/cook.txt Cook Cemetery, Columbia]  
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[[Davis-Wagon Gravesite, Woodstock, Howard County, Maryland|Davis-Wagon Gravesite, Woodstock]]
  
 
[[Dorsey Cemetery, Columbia, Howard County, Maryland|Dorsey Cemetery, Columbia]]  
 
[[Dorsey Cemetery, Columbia, Howard County, Maryland|Dorsey Cemetery, Columbia]]  
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[[Doughoregan Manor Chapel, Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland|Doughoregan Manor Chapel, Ellicott City]]<br>  
 
[[Doughoregan Manor Chapel, Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland|Doughoregan Manor Chapel, Ellicott City]]<br>  
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Elkridge Community Christian Church
  
 
[http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/howard/cemeteries/ellicott.txt Ellicott Family Graveyard, Ellicott Mills] (Now Ellicott City)  
 
[http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/howard/cemeteries/ellicott.txt Ellicott Family Graveyard, Ellicott Mills] (Now Ellicott City)  
  
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[[Ellicott Family Graveyard, Hollifield, Howard County, Maryland|Ellicott Family Graveyard, Hollifield]]
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[[Ellicott Family Graveyard, Hollifield, Howard County, Maryland|Ellicott Family Graveyard, Hollifield]]  
  
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<br> France Gravestones
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[[Fox Graves, Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland|Fox Graves, Ellicott City]]<br> [[France Gravestones, Glenwood, Howard County, Maryland|France Gravestones]]
  
 
[[Gary Memorial Methodist Church Cemetery, Ellicott City, Howard Country, Maryland|Gary Memorial Methodist Church Cemetery, Ellicott city]]  
 
[[Gary Memorial Methodist Church Cemetery, Ellicott City, Howard Country, Maryland|Gary Memorial Methodist Church Cemetery, Ellicott city]]  
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[http://usgwarchives.net/md/howard/tsimages/mountain/mtview.html Mountain View Cemetery, West Friendship]  
 
[http://usgwarchives.net/md/howard/tsimages/mountain/mtview.html Mountain View Cemetery, West Friendship]  
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[[Pine Orchard Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland|Pine Orchard Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Ellicott City]]
  
 
[[Rhine Stone at Pine Orchard, Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland|Rhine Stone at Pine Orchard, Ellicott City]]<br>  
 
[[Rhine Stone at Pine Orchard, Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland|Rhine Stone at Pine Orchard, Ellicott City]]<br>  
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[[Whipp's Garden Cemetery, Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland|Whipp's Garden Cemetery, Ellicott City]]  
 
[[Whipp's Garden Cemetery, Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland|Whipp's Garden Cemetery, Ellicott City]]  
  
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[[Zion Cemetery, Savage, Howard County, Maryland|Zion Cemetery, Elkridge]]
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[[Zion Cemetery, Savage, Howard County, Maryland|Zion Cemetery, Elkridge]]  
  
 
==== Census  ====
 
==== Census  ====
  
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Federal Census reports available 1860-1930.<br>
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Federal Census reports available 1860-1930. {{Census|Maryland}}
  
 
==== Church  ====
 
==== Church  ====
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*[http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccolm/m0000/m0200/m273/pdf/m273.pdf Protestant Episcopal (Church of England), Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish 1712-1939] (includes parish register 1712-1937 and vestry minutes 1728-1776, 1809-1939)
 
*[http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccolm/m0000/m0200/m273/pdf/m273.pdf Protestant Episcopal (Church of England), Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish 1712-1939] (includes parish register 1712-1937 and vestry minutes 1728-1776, 1809-1939)
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:*'''1708-1985''' - [http://hsp.org/collections/catalogs-research-tools/members-only-database Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985] at [http://hsp.org/ Historical Society of Pennsylvania] – $, free to members of the society; Also available at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2451 Ancestry.com] – $; 7,542,774 entries. ''This database is incomplete for all counties.''
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::Contains the church records of:
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::*Elkridge: Elkridge Methodist Church
  
 
===== Church of England  =====
 
===== Church of England  =====
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==== Military  ====
 
==== Military  ====
  
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===== War of 1812  =====
  
 
*''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, Howard County, p. 151. 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, Howard County, p. 151. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]
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:-&nbsp; [[2nd Regiment, Maryland Cavalry (6 months, 1863-1864)|2nd Regiment, Maryland Cavalry (6 months, 1863-1864)]], Company C
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:- [[3rd Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade|3rd Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade ]]Company I
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:- [[7th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Ashby's) (Confederate)|7th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Ashby's) (Confederate)]]. Company B (1st) (Howard Dragoons).<ref>Richard L. Armstrong, ''7th Virginia Cavalry'' (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1992). {{FHL|96627|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 88}}.</ref>
  
 
==== Newspapers  ====
 
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== Societies and Libraries  ==
 
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==== Family History Centers  ====
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*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]
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*[[Columbia Maryland Family History Center]]
  
 
== Web Sites  ==
 
== Web Sites  ==
  
 
*[http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdhoward/ The Howard County MDGenWeb Project], a member of [[MDGenWeb|The MDGenWeb Project]], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]].  
 
*[http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdhoward/ The Howard County MDGenWeb Project], a member of [[MDGenWeb|The MDGenWeb Project]], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]].  
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*[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/library/periodicals/perbib/html/bibh.html "Howard Co.,"] in ''Genealogical Sources in Periodicals at The Maryland State Archives.''
 
*[http://usgwarchives.net/md/howard/ The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Howard County.  
 
*[http://usgwarchives.net/md/howard/ The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Howard County.  
 
*[http://usgwarchives.org/md/howard/ The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Howard County. (Backup site)  
 
*[http://usgwarchives.org/md/howard/ The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Howard County. (Backup site)  
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Contents

County Courthouse

Beginning Dates for Howard County, Maryland Government Records
Birth Marriage Death Census Land Probate
1898 1840 1898 1860 1840 1840
Howard County, Maryland Courthouse.JPG

Howard County Courthouse
3430 Courthouse Drive
Ellicott City, MD 21043
Phone: 410-992-2025/
Phone: 410-313-3000

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, court and land records.
Register of Wills has probate records. [1]

History

Howard-johneager.jpg
  • Named for John Edger Howard, a Colonel in the American Revolutionary War, later the 5th Governor of Maryland.

Parent County

  • Made a separate county in 1838 from Anne Arundel County with a part from Baltimore County, but it was not formally recognized until 13 May 1851 by the state Constitutional Convention.

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Census Districts
  • Columbia
  • Elkridge
  • Ellicott City
  • Jessup
  • North Laurel
  • Savage-Guilford
Communities
  • Clarksville
  • Cooksville
  • Daniels
  • Dayton
  • Dorsey
  • Fulton
  • Glenelg
  • Glenwood
  • Granite
  • Hanover
  • Henryton
  • Highland
  • Ilchester
  • Lisbon
  • Marriottsville
  • Scaggsville
  • Simpsonville
  • West Friendship
  • Woodbine
  • Woodstock

Neighboring Counties

Anne Arundel | Baltimore | Carroll | Frederick | Montgomery | Prince George's

Resources

Cemeteries

Asbury Jessup UMC Churchyard

Blackstone Cemetery, Columbia

Blackwell, Boston, Fuller & Howard Gravestones (see Pine Orchard Methodist Episcopal Cemetery)

Bonnie Brae Cemetery

Brown Family Cemetery at Good Fellowship, Woodstock

Bushy Park Community Cemetery

Bushy Park Manor Cemetery

Cavey Cemetery, Ellicott City

Cook Cemetery, Columbia

Davis-Wagon Gravesite, Woodstock

Dorsey Cemetery, Columbia

Dorsey Family Cemetery, Village of Harpers Choice, Columbia

Dorsey Graveyard at Arcadia, Ellicott City

Doughoregan Manor Chapel, Ellicott City

Elkridge Community Christian Church

Ellicott Family Graveyard, Ellicott Mills (Now Ellicott City)

Ellicott Family Graveyard, Hollifield

Fox Graves, Ellicott City
France Gravestones

Gary Memorial Methodist Church Cemetery, Ellicott city

Gardner Cemetery, Jessup

Good Shepherd Cemetery, Ellicott City

Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Elkridge

Hammond Graveyard at Burleigh Manor, Ellicott City

Holy Trinity Orthodox Cemetery, Elkridge

Jones Cemetery, Ellicott City

McKendree Church Cemetery, West Friendship

McKenzie (MacKenzie) Gravestones, Ellicott City

Meadowridge Memorial Park, Elkridge

Melville Chapel UMC Cemetery, Elkridge

Mountain View Cemetery, West Friendship

Pine Orchard Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Ellicott City

Rhine Stone at Pine Orchard, Ellicott City

Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park, Elkridge

Saint Augustine Roman Catholic Cemetery, Elkridge

Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Columbia

Saint John's Howard County Cemetery, Ellicott City

Saint Marys Cemetery, Ellicott City

Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Ellicott City

Saint Stephens Cemetery, Elkridge

Smith Family Cemetery, Ellicott City

Stackhouse Cemetery, Poplar Springs

Trinity Cemetery, Elkridge

Trinity Cemetery, Pfeiffer Corners

Trinity Waterloo Cemetery, Columbia (Trinity Chapel Cemetery)

Tucker Cemetery, Ellicott City

Whipp's Garden Cemetery, Ellicott City

Zion Cemetery, Elkridge

Census

Federal Census reports available 1860-1930. For tips on accessing Howard County, Maryland census records online, see: Maryland Census.

Church

Maryland State Archives' Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions identifies all churches known to have existed in Howard County, Maryland. It covers all denominations and includes record descriptions. The following records, taken from its collection, have been digitized and made available to view for free online:

Contains the church records of:
  • Elkridge: Elkridge Methodist Church
Church of England

See also Queen Caroline Parish

Court

Gazetteers

Land

Through a Joint eGovernment Service of the Maryland Judiciary and the Maryland State Archives, free images and indexes of the complete series of Howard County Deed Books (1840-present) have been uploaded to their website: MDLandRec.Net: A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records in Maryland. (Requires free registration.)

Local Histories

Maps

Military

War of 1812
  • 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 Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Maryland, Howard County, p. 151. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]
Civil War

Regiments. Service men in Howard County, Maryland served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Howard County, Maryland:

-  2nd Regiment, Maryland Cavalry (6 months, 1863-1864), Company C
- 3rd Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade Company I
- 7th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Ashby's) (Confederate). Company B (1st) (Howard Dragoons).[2]

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

Web Sites

References

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Howard, Maryland page 318, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. ↑ Richard L. Armstrong, 7th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1992). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 88.
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