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United States Maryland

Welcome to the Maryland page,
the Old Line State

A Civil War battle at Antietam in MD was the bloodiest 24 hours in Western Hemisphere history.

Most unique genealogical features:

Maryland State Archives has state and county records, land, probate, vital records, & indexes since 1634.
3/4 colonists arrived in bondage as a slave, convict, or indentured servant^[1]
Some MD colonial wills were sent to England or Scotland for probate^[2]

	Maryland Online Records

Counties

Click on a county to go to that county's page:

Extinct or Renamed Jurisdictions: New Netherland | Charles (old) | Durham | Patuxent | Worcester (old)

Did you know?

Want to locate an historic place in Maryland such as learning which county a town was in? Fisher's 1852 Gazetteer of the State of Maryland is on Google Books.
Maryland Genealogy (located on Sailor: Maryland's Public Information Network)
The websites of any Maryland county association (such as a county genealogical society) are listed on the county pages linked above.

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:

The Research Forums have been closed. For a limited time the Mid-Atlantic State Research Forum will be available in read-only mode.

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↑ Peter Wilson Coldham published a series of books indexing British court records to help find indentured servants, and convicts transported to America. His immigrants in bondage series is indexed at Ancestry.com. Maryland court records may show releases from indenture, convict sentences, or slave manumissions. Some counties have slave registers, and deeds may show slaves sold. Wills (probate records) may also show slave names. Plantation records sometimes list slaves.
↑ American Source Records in England (Genealogy.com, 2000) (FHL CD-ROM no. 9 pt. 364) (WorldCat entry). Also indexed at Ancestry.com.

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Topics	Introduction · American Indians · Archives and Libraries · Bible Records · Biography · Cemeteries · Census · Church Records · Court Records · Directories · Emigration and Immigration · Gazetteers · Genealogy · History · Land and Property · Maps · Military Records · Minorities · Naturalization and Citizenship · Newspapers · Online Records · Periodicals · Probate Records · Public Records · Societies · Taxation · Vital Records · For Further Reading

Counties	Allegany · Anne Arundel · Baltimore · Baltimore (City) · Calvert · Caroline · Carroll · Cecil · Charles · Dorchester · Frederick · Garrett · Harford · Howard · Kent · Montgomery · Prince George's · Queen Anne's · St. Mary's · Somerset · Talbot · Washington · Wicomico · Worcester

Extinct Co.	Charles (old) · Durham · Patuxent · Worcester (old) · New Netherland

Major Repositories	Maryland State Archives · Maryland State Law Library · Maryland Historical Society · University of Maryland Libraries · George Peabody Library · Enoch Pratt Free Library · Baltimore City Archives · National Archives and Records Administration · Library of Congress

Migration Routes	Bank Road · Braddock's Road · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal · Fall Line Road (or Southern Road) · Gist's Trace (or Memacolinis Path) · Great Indian Warpath · Great Valley Road · King's Highway · Maryland Road · National Road (or Cumberland Road) · Old Northwestern Turnpike · Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway · Baltimore and Ohio Railroad · Atlantic Coast Ports

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 *[http://www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives] has state and county records, land, probate, vital records, &amp; indexes since 1634.
 *3/4 colonists [[Maryland Emigration and Immigration|arrived]] in bondage as a slave, convict, or indentured servant<ref>Peter Wilson Coldham published a series of books indexing British court records to help find indentured servants, and convicts transported to America. His immigrants in bondage series is indexed at Ancestry.com. Maryland court records may show releases from indenture, convict sentences, or slave manumissions. Some counties have slave registers, and deeds may show slaves sold. Wills (probate records) may also show slave names. Plantation records sometimes list slaves.</ref>
 *Some [[Maryland Probate Records|MD colonial wills]] were sent to England or Scotland for probate<ref>''American Source Records in England'' (Genealogy.com, 2000) ({{FHL|996822|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 9 pt. 364}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58921496 WorldCat entry]). Also indexed at Ancestry.com.</ref>
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 '''Extinct or Renamed Jurisdictions:&nbsp;''' '''[[New Netherland]]''' | [[Charles County (old), Maryland|Charles (old)]] | [[Durham County, Maryland|Durham]] | [[Patuxent County, Maryland|Patuxent]] | [[Worcester (old) County, Maryland|Worcester (old)]]
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-[http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/bankroad.cfm Bank Road]{{·}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braddock_Road_(Route_40) Braddock's Road]{{·}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal Chesapeake and Ohio Canal]{{·}} [[Fall Line Road]] (or Southern Road){{·}} [http://tinyurl.com/7ok7qwm Gist's Trace] (or Memacolinis Path){{·}} [[Great Indian Warpath]]{{·}} [[Great Valley Road]]{{·}} [[King's Highway]]{{·}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Frederick_Road Maryland Road]{{·}} [[National Road]] (or Cumberland Road){{·}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_Turnpike Old Northwestern Turnpike]{{·}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_and_Harrisburg_Railway Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway]{{·}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]{{·}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ports_and_harbours_of_the_Atlantic_Ocean Atlantic Coast Ports]
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+[http://tinyurl.com/7ok7qwm Gist's Trace] (or Memacolinis Path)
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+[[Great Indian Warpath]]
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+[[Great Valley Road]]
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+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Frederick_Road Maryland Road]
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+[[National Road]] (or Cumberland Road)
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+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_Turnpike Old Northwestern Turnpike]
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+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_and_Harrisburg_Railway Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway]
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+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]
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+[[Atlantic Coast Ports]]
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+[[Potomac River]]
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