• Baltimore : When She Was What She Used to Be, 1850-1930 - (Book - Amazon.com) : Baltimore: When She Was What She Used to Be takes an affectionate look back at the city during an earlier era. More than 250 handsome vintage photographs and a selection of period newspaper and magazine stories recapture a bygone time with warmth and fidelity. Using never-before-published photographs reproduced with care and craftsmanship, Mame and Marion Warren capture the essence of American city life from the Civil War to the Great Depression. -

• Chronicles of Colonial Maryland : With Illustrations - First published in 1900. A third of the book is devoted to Maryland's first capital, St. Mary's City, and its surrounding county. Here the genealogist can benefit from a discussion of the laying out of the city, the founding of the Catholic Church in Maryland, the Calverts and their descendants, Governor Calvert's manors, early civil divisions, and more. The author has included an oversized topographical map of St. Mary's City showing the location of principal lots and homes. Read more... -

• History of Baltimore City and County : With a Reorganized Index (2 Volumes) - There is hardly a subject not covered by Scharf, which explains why this book is in constant use as a reference on subjects as diverse as, say, inns and hotels, secret societies and orders, manners and customs, houses and parks, mobs and riots, benevolent and charitable societies, and roads and transportation. One minor chapter alone, for example, contains abstracts of the obituary notices of no fewer than 3,000 19th-century Baltimoreans. In addition the researcher will find biographical sketches (most of them illustrated) of nearly 200 luminaries of Scharf's day or their predecessors. Many of the sketches trace the subject's family for several generations. -

• History of Cecil County, Maryland - (Book - Genealogical.com) : This is an exhaustive study of the county from its infancy to the middle of the 19th century, with chapters on the early settlements and towns, churches, schools, businesses and industries, and sketches of the county's participation in the Indian Wars, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. People who played a role in the development of the county are the mainstays of this book. -

• History of Dickerson, Mouth of Monacacy, Oakland Mills, and Sugarloaf Mountain [MD] - (Book - Amazon.com) : Dickerson is a small community of farms, homes and businesses. The village began to grow in 1869 when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad constructed its Metropolitan Branch. This area boomed during the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal's largest aqueduct in 1830. A good book for those interested in the B & O Railroad, the C & O Canal and the Civil War.,., illus., maps, fullname index -

• Pioneers of Old Monocacy : The Early Settlement of Frederick County, Maryland 1721-1743 - (Book - Genealogical.com) : This is a definitive account of the land and the people of Old Monocacy in early Frederick County, Maryland. The outgrowth of a project begun by Grace L. Tracey and completed by John P. Dern, it presents a detailed account of landholdings in that part of western Maryland that eventually became Frederick County. At the same time it provides a history of the inhabitants of the area, from the early traders and explorers to the farsighted investors and speculators, from the original Quaker settlers to the Germans of central Frederick County. -

• The History of Barnesville and Sellman, Maryland - (Book - Amazon.com) : More than 100 historic pictures, some as old as 1862, highlight the book. Also included are maps of both Barnesville and Sellman, a bibliography and a fullname index. 1999, 151 pp., illus., maps, bibl., fullname index, paper. -

• The History of Comus - (Book - Amazon.com) : By Dona L. Cuttler. Comus, Maryland, is located at the base of Sugarloaf Mountain in upper Montgomery County, and is bordered by Barnesville, Hyattstown and the Frederick County line. Surrounding areas, such as Thurston, Thompson’s Corner and Peachtree are also included in this book. Explorers Martin Chartier and Louis Michel charted the area in 1711 and soon after settlers were attracted. Many photos, some more than one hundred years old, add a delightful touch to this book. A map of Comus is included, as well as a bibliography and a fullname plus subject index. This is the second book in a series of four on rural villages which surround the base of Sugarloaf Mountain. 1999, 88 pp., illus., maps, bibl., fullname plus subject index, paper. -

• The History of Hyattstown, Maryland - (Book - Amazon.com) : Houses, businesses, and other buildings along the Great Road (Main Street) are described, accompanied by more than 50 maps and illustrations. Rosters list postmasters, postal patrons, teachers, and ministers. People and places are indexed. The author is currently a public school teacher in South Carolina but has lived in Maryland for 16 years, and has written several local histories and genealogies. 1998, 199 pp., illus., maps, bibl., fullname plus place-name index. -

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