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Maryland Research Outline |
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Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
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
Native Races
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Public Records
Societies
Taxation
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES The following archives
Computers with modems
You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Maryland in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.
Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of April 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:
The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources
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, libraries, and societies have major collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers.
Hall of Records Building
350 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, MD 21401
Telephone: 410-974-3915
Fax: 410-974-3895
The Maryland State Archives has nearly all available public records from 1634 to 1789; most original state and county records through the mid-twentieth century; microfilm copies of land, probate, and vital records to the present; and an extensive number of volume and card indexes.
The microfilmed records can be borrowed through interlibrary loan and a mail inquiry reference service is provided. For a fee of five dollars, an archivist will search all general indexes that are appropriate for a specific search and send photocopies to you.
For more information about the state archives, see:
Maryland. Hall of Records. A Guide to the Index Holdings at the Hall of Records. Rev., Bulletin, [Maryland. Hall of Records] No. 17. Annapolis, Md.: Hall of Records, 1972. (FHL book 975.2 A1 no. 56; computer number 229241.) This is a county-by-county list of indexes and years covered.
Papenfuse, Edward C., et al. A Guide to Government Records at the Maryland State Archives: A Comprehensive List by Agency and Record Series. Annapolis, Md.: Maryland State Archives, 1992. (FHL book 975.2 A3g; computer number 697031.) This guide lists record types, years covered, and series number.
Papenfuse, Edward C., et. al. A Guide to the Maryland Hall of Records: Local, Judicial and Administrative Records on Microfilm. Vol. 1. Annapolis, Md.: Hall of Records Commission, 1978. (FHL book 975.2 A3pa; fiche 6049468; computer number 437295.) Volume one is a detailed list of many records on microfilm for Allegany County, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, and Baltimore City. These include court, probate, and land records. The archives has additional computer printout lists for all counties. You can write to them for information about records of specific localities and time periods.
Radoff, Morris Leon, et al. The County Courthouses and Records of Maryland, Part Two: The Records. Annapolis, Md.: Hall of Records Commission, 1963. (FHL book 975.2 B4ma no. 13; fiche 6054101 parts 4-6; computer number 236405.) This is a county-by-county list of record types, years covered, and series number.
5000 Wissahickon Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Telephone: 215-597-3000
Fax: 215-597-2303
National Archives Library
Pennsylvania Avenue at Eighth Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20408
Telephone: 202-501-5415
Fax: 202-501-7006
This is the mailing address. The actual location of the records is Washington National Records Center, 4205 Suitland Road, Suitland, Maryland.
201 West Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Telephone: 410-685-3750, extension 359
Fax: 410-385-2105
A useful guide is:
Cox, Richard J., and Larry E. Sullivan, eds. Guide to the Research Collections of the Maryland Historical Society: Historical and Genealogical Manuscripts and Oral History Interviews. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1981. (FHL book 975.2 H23g; computer number 104546.) This index has about 20,000 references to individuals and families.
c/o Mrs. Jean Brandau, Secretary
3603 Monterey Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21218
201 West Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Telephone: 410-685-3750, extension 360
211 East Pleasant Street, Room 201
Baltimore, MD 21202
Telephone: 410-396-4861
Two useful guides to Baltimore records are:
Cox, Richard J., and Patricia M. Vanorny. “The Records of a City: Baltimore and Its Historical Sources.” Maryland Historical Magazine 70 (Fall 1975): 286-310. (FHL book 975.2 H25m v. 70; computer number 225566.)
LeFurgy, William G. The Records of a City: A Guide to the Baltimore City Archives. Baltimore: City Archives, 1984. (Not at FHL.)
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-4484
Telephone: 410-396-5430
Fax: 410-837-0582
George Peabody Library
17 East Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD 21202
Telephone: 410-659-8179
Fax: 410-659-8137
Theodore R. McKeldin Library
College Park, MD 20742
Telephone: 301-314-9428
Fax: 301-314-9408
Courts of Appeal Building
To learn more about the record-keeping systems of Maryland counties, use the inventories of the county archives published in about 1940 by the Historical Records Survey. The Family History Library has copies of most of these inventories.
361 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, MD 21401-1697
Telephone: 410-974-3395
Fax: 410-974-2063
Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards
are important tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:
and lecture sessions
http://www.usgenweb.com/
A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and nation.
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/
To get started with computer network research regarding Maryland, contact the following:
A quality list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly-updated research coordination list.
http://www.serve.com/bcgs/link.html
Lists on-line searches, resources, and libraries.
http://sailor.lib.md.us/mdlibs/mdlibs.html
For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups
Lists public, college, and special libraries and periodicals.
for family history research, see the United States Research Outline (30972), 2nd ed., "Archives and Libraries" section.
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