- The Ark and the Dove Adventurers
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : In November 1633 the 358-ton Ark and the 26-ton Dove sailed from the Isle of Wight in England, transporting some 125 colonists to settle the Proprietary Province of Maryland. This new work, The Ark and the Dove Adventurers, is the first comprehensive account of these original Maryland colonists, and it contains compiled genealogies of their descendants to the fifth generation when possible. -
- The Flowering of the Maryland Palatinate
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : The actual settlement of the Province of Maryland in 1634 was undertaken by Leonard Calvert, Lord Baltimore's second son, and the group of 200 adventurers who accompanied him on the Ark and the Dove. In addition to a succinct history of the Calvert family and the area in which they flourished in England, this work describes the life and times of the 200 passengers, their part in the founding and settlement of the colony, and the development of the feudal manorial system. The bulk of this volume, of course, consists of biographical and genealogical sketches of the 200 adventurers, each developed in meticulous detail from surviving documents by the famous Maryland genealogist, Harry Wright Newman. -
- A Guide to Genealogical Research in Maryland
- (Book - Amazon.com) : Contains information on archives in Maryland and state and county historical and genealogical societies and their holdings, as well as an extensive county by county bibliography of works useful to genealogists. Published by the Maryland Historical Society. -
- A Gazetteer of Maryland
- (Database Online - World Vital Records) : Detailed gazetteer of Maryland including towns, villages, post villages, post villages, creeks, lakes, rivers, mountains, and every other geographical feature. By Henry Gannett, Originally printed by USGPO, 1904. Search or browse. Requires payment. -
- A Gazetteer of Maryland and Delaware
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : This work consists of extensive alphabetical lists of Maryland and Delaware place names. Places listed in this gazetteer, one of many compiled by Gannett, include post villages, towns, counties, mountains, rivers, and other notable topographical features. Most places are identified in relation to a county and thereupon described in further detail. -
- Absconders, Runaways and Other Fugitives in the Baltimore City and County Jail
- (Book - Amazon.com) : Examination of the records of the Baltimore City and County Jail dockets for 1831 through 1864 reveals an abundance of genealogical clues, including records of prisoners who were identified as runaway slaves. However, the laws and institutions governing runaways were not limited to cases of runaway slaves. Deserting seamen, runaway indentured servants, deserting soldiers, and runaway apprentices were also found among the inmates and are include herein. -
- An Index of the Source Records of Maryland : Genealogical, Biographical, Historical
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : The major part of this work is an alphabetically arranged and cross-indexed list of some 20,000 Maryland families with references to the sources and locations of the records in which they appear. In addition, there is a research record guide arranged by county and type of record, and it identifies all genealogical manuscripts, books, and articles known to exist up to 1940, when this book was first published. Included are church and county courthouse records, deeds, marriages, rent rolls, wills, land records, tombstone inscriptions, censuses, directories, and other data sources. -
- Baltimore Life Insurance Company Genealogical Abstracts
- (Book - Amazon.com) : The Baltimore Life Insurance Company was among the first to actively sell life insurance in the U.S., selling their first policy in 1831. Business was generally confined to Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. In addition, the company possessed a virtual monopoly on slave life insurance until the end of the 1840's. By the summer of 1867, the Baltimore Life Insurance Company had officially closed their doors. The bulk of this valuable resource book is devoted to genealogical abstracts. The abstracts are listed alphabetically by surname (or given name in slave entries) and list (as available) their month/year and place of birth, place of residence, and occupation. Slaves are indicated along with the name of the person insuring them. -
- British Roots of Maryland Families
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : In this new and comprehensive collection of genealogies, noted Maryland genealogist Robert Barnes has put together the most authoritative account of the British origins of Maryland families ever published. Families included in this groundbreaking work were chosen by Mr. Barnes based on the following criteria: (a) there was some reason to believe that the families' home parish in Britain had been identified; (b) the families had taken root and left descendants in the New World; and (c) most had arrived before the year 1800. -
- British Roots of Maryland Families II
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : British Roots II is the culmination of research that was undertaken after the publication in 1999 of British Roots of Maryland Families, the groundbreaking work that identified 500 individuals and families who seeded the early population of Maryland. Using the same format as the parent volume, British Roots II discusses the British origins of an additional 203 Maryland settlers and establishes connections to 120 settlers in other colonies. -
- Calendar of Maryland State Papers : No. 1, The Black Books
- The work at hand is a calendar or chronological itemization of all 1,600 official papers pertaining to the affairs of the proprietary Province of Maryland between 1637 and 1784. The entries give the date of the document, a summary of the document's contents and various sources, and almost all of the entries have the virtue of placing one or more of the 5,000 individuals identified in the abstracts in a given place at a given time during the Provincial period. -
- Colonial Families of Maryland: Bound and Determined to Succeed
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : What actually became of the indentured servants and bonded immigrants who arrived in America during the colonial period? Were they able to cast off the shackles that had brought them here in the first place, and how long did it take? For his latest book, genealogist Robert Barnes traces the fortunes of more than 500 Maryland debtors. His findings will interest genealogists and historians alike. Click on link for list of surnames covered. -
- Colonial Records of Southern Maryland
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(Book - Amazon.com) Full title : Colonial Records of Southern Maryland: Trinity Parish & Court Records, Charles County;Christ Church Parish & Marriage Records, Calvert County; St. Andrew’s & All Faith’s Parishes, St. Mary’s County. Click on link for details. -
- Early Charles County, Maryland Settlers 1658-1745
- (Book - Amazon.com) : A compilation from the records which show familial relationships, ages (deponents & servants), dates of birth, marriage and death, and names of tracts. Drawing from Wills, Inventories and Accounts, Church Registers (Trinity Parish), and records of the County Court (including deeds and land commissions) and the Provincial Court. A wealth of information. -
- Index of Maryland Colonial Wills, 1634-1777 in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : This is an index to all the wills of colonial Maryland (1634-1777) as found in Will Books 1-41 at the old Land Office in Annapolis, now on file in the Hall of Records. It contains the names of approximately 16,000 testators, alphabetically arranged, giving the year of probate, the county, and the volume and page where the complete will is recorded. Among a host of other virtues, it is a convenient index to persons whose wills are abstracted in Jane Baldwin's Maryland Calendar of Wills, published in eight volumes between 1904 and 1928. -
- Land Office and Prerogative Court Records of Colonial Maryland
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : About two-thirds of this work is devoted to a history of the land administered by colonial Maryland, with a detailed inventory of Patents, Warrants, Proprietary Leases, Rent Rolls, Debt Books, etc. The remainder consists of a study of the colonial Prerogative Court, which had control over probate matters. -
- Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : Families of Bacon, Beall, Beasley, Cheney, Duckett, Dunbar, Ellyson, Elmore, Graves, Heydon, Howard, Jacob, Morris, Nuthall, Odell, Peerce, Reeder, Ridgley, Prather, Sprigg, Wesson, Williams, and Collateral Kin. -
- Maryland Marriage Evidences, 1634-1718
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : Maryland Marriage Evidences, 1634-1718, is a collection of 6,500 marriage records found in sources other than church records, closing the gap in the historical record and providing a clear alternative to traditional genealogical sources. -
- Maryland Mortalities 1876-1915 from the (Baltimore) Sun Almanac
- (Book - Amazon.com) : Death notices from around the state (principally Baltimore City) originally printed in the Baltimore Sun Almanac for a thirty-nine year period. In 1876, when the Almanac was established, death records began to be systematically maintained by Baltimore City. Basically, these reconstituted death notices consist of five elements: the name of the deceased, his age, occupation, residence and/or place of death, and the death date itself. The project involved many hours of record searching this newspaper from the collection at the Maryland Law Library in Annapolis, Maryland. -
- Maryland Records : Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources. 2 vols.
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : This is the most comprehensive collection of basic information ever compiled in the field of Maryland records of genealogical interest. Along with the 1776 census--which alone is worth the price of the set--are marriages, loyalty oaths, tombstone inscriptions, pensions, naturalizations, surveys, rent rolls, and other types of lists. Over 50,000 individuals are named. -
- Maryland Revolutionary Records
- (Database Online - World Vital Records) : Data obtained from 3,050 Pension Claims and Bounty Land Applications, including 1,000 Marriages of Maryland Soldiers and a List of 1,300 Proved Services of Soldiers and Patriots of other States. Subscription required. -
- Maryland Revolutionary Records
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : Data obtained from 3,050 pension claims and bounty land applications, including 1,000 marriages of Maryland soldiers and a list of 1,200 proved services of soldiers and patriots of other states. -
- Montgomery Circuit Records, 1788-1988 [Maryland]
- (Book - Amazon.com) : Records of marriages, deaths, baptisms, church membership, classes and preparatory classes span 200 years and have been transcribed from the ledgers of the Montgomery Circuit housed in Clarksburg, Forest Grove and Bethesda UMC. The ledgers contain information from the following Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal South and United Methodist Churches: Bethesda [Browningsville], Cedar Grove [Salem], Clarksburg M.E., Clarksburg M.E. South, Clarksburg U.M.C., Comus M.E. South, Mountain Chapel M.E. [Sugarloaf Chapel, Comus], Mt. Pleasant M.E. South, Dickerson U.M.C., Forest Grove M.E. South, Bennett Chapel, Poolesville M.E., Poolesville M.E. South, Hyattstown M.E., Hyattstown M.E. South, Flint Hill M.E. South, Oak Hill Class, Germantown Methodist, Pleasant Plains Class [Mountain Vies, Purdum], Mt. Lebanon Class and Darnestown M.E. Church. 2000, 272 pp., 8.5x11, fullname index. -
- Records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Maryland)
- (Book - Amazon.com) : At Union Chapel, Liberty District, Frederick County, Maryland 1864-1945, 1946-1947; Woodsboro, Maryland, January 1, 1862 - September 4, 1885; Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, Births and Baptisms October 21, 1848 - December 26, 1885. -
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