Most archives, historical societies, and genealogical societies have special collections and indexes of genealogical value. These must usually be searched in person.

Manuscript Collections

Major manuscript collections and compiled genealogies for Maryland include:

Calvert Papers. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1973. (FHL films 1685848-874.)

Daughters of the American Revolution (Maryland). Genealogical Collection. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971. (On 30 FHL films beginning with 859284; computer number 453515.) This collection consists of transcripts of Bible records, cemetery records, church records, marriage records, death records, obituaries, and wills. The volumes are generally arranged by county, and many have individual indexes.

Holdcraft, Jacob Mehrling. Obituaries, Bible Records, Church Records, Family Genealogies, County Records, etc. for Frederick County, Maryland, 1800-1977. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975, 1977. (On 59 FHL films beginning with 1001455; computer number 203400.) This card file has 250,000 alphabetical references emphasizing records of Frederick County and also includes material from neighboring counties in Maryland and Pennsylvania. This collection is maintained by Jack and Betty Linton, 814 Trail Ave., Frederick, MD 21701, Telephone 301-663-0150.

Holdcraft's tombstone inscriptions have been published in:

Holdcraft, Jacob Mehrling. Names in Stone: 75,000 Cemetery Inscriptions from Frederick County, Maryland. 2 vols. Reprinted as More Names in Stone. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985. (FHL book 975.287 V3h 1985; computer number 370192.)

Dielman-Hayward File. This is a collection of 250,000 obituaries, marriages, and biographical items from Maryland newspapers from the late 1700s to the present. The clippings are in 375 drawers of three-inch by five-inch cards and nine file cabinet drawers. This collection is at the Maryland Historical Society.

Manuscript Genealogies. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949. (FHL films 013171-75; computer number 180388.) These are alphabetical folders microfilmed at the Maryland Historical Society. They contain correspondence, genealogies, and clippings concerning Maryland families.

WPA-HRS Index. The Baltimore City Archives has petitions, licenses, bonds, War of 1812 and Civil War muster rolls, police reports, correspondence, burial records, coroner's inquests, and other records from 1756 to 1938. The Historical Records Survey produced a helpful index to over 233,000 names found in these records. Most of the names are from 1810 to 1890. The Baltimore City Archives will search the index and collection for a $4.00 fee. The Maryland State Archives has a copy of this index.

Cox, Richard J., ed. Calvert Papers. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1973. (FHL films 1685848-874; computer number 543546.) These records include quitrents, debt books, wills, marriage settlements, court records, land records, and family papers. A guide to the microfilm edition is available for purchase from the Maryland Historical Society (FHL book 975.2 A3e).

Register of Provincial Families. This is a small but growing collection of information about families who lived in Maryland prior to 4 July 1776. The collection is open to the public at the George Peabody Library. Additional families can register by writing to Mary Keysor Meyer, 5179 Perry Road, Mt. Airy, MD 21771.

Published Sources

Some major published genealogical collections and indexes for Maryland are:

Maryland Genealogies: A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine. 2 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. (FHL book 975.2 D2m; computer number 108340.)

Passano, Eleanor Phillips. An Index to the Source Records of Maryland: Genealogical, Biographical, Historical. 1940. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967. (FHL book 975.2 D22p; computer number 238360.) This volume is a 20,000 name index to printed and manuscript sources at the DAR Library, Maryland Historical Society, and other archives.

Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church, from Original Sources. 1915. Reprint, Lancaster, Pa.: Lancaster Press, 1928. (FHL book 975.2 D29b 1975; film 1033832; fiche 6046943; computer numbers 199795, 199799, and 39799.) This is an index of names found in numerous sources, including the 1776 census, marriage licenses, muster rolls, tombstone inscriptions, oaths of fidelity, naturalizations, and pensions.

Virdin, Donald Odell. Maryland and Delaware Genealogies and Family Histories: A Bibliography of Books about Maryland and Delaware Families. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1993. (FHL book 975.2 D23vm; computer number 707862.) The Maryland families are in alphabetical order.

Parran, Alice Norris. Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families. 2 vols. Baltimore: Parran, 1935, 1937. (FHL book 975.2 D2pa; computer number 243954.) Both volumes were sponsored by the Southern Maryland Society Colonial Dames. Volume two includes index to volume one and an addendum.

National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland. Register of the Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1891-1938. 2 vols. Baltimore: The Society, 1915. 1915, 1940. (FHL book 975.2 C4n; fiche 6019836; computer number 230754.)

Rider, Fremont, ed. American Genealogical- Biographical Index. Vols. 1-186+. Middletown, Conn.: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952-. (FHL book 973 D22am ser. 2; on 31 FHL films beginning with 1698167; computer number 49554.) This is a continuing series. It contains over 4 million brief citations (name, date, and source) to manuscripts, periodicals, and books.

An earlier version of 48 volumes was published as The American Genealogical-Biographical Index, 1942-1951. This earlier version indexed 350 sources. The second version includes the original 350 sources and an additional 800 sources. The second version uses about 800 sources.

To help interpret citations and find the original sources, use the colored pages in volume ten of The American Genealogical Index or:

Clark, Patricia L., and Dorothy Huntsman, eds. Key Title Index to the American Genealogical-Biographical Index: Register of Family History Library Call Numbers. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. (FHL book 973 D22am index; film 1698167 item 4; fiche 6088377; computer number 491052.) This work shows which sources are at the Family History Library and gives their call numbers.

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