Garrett County, Maryland Genealogy

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County Courthouse
203 South Fourth Street, Room 207 Oakland, Maryland, 21550.

History



 * Named for John Work Garrett (1820-1884), president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Parent County

 * Last county created in the state, 4 November 1872, from west part of Allegany County.

Towns
Accident | Deer Park | Friendsville | Grantsville | Kitzmiller | Loch Lynn Heights | Mountain Lake Park | Oakland

Communities
Bittinger | Bloomington | Corunna | Crellin | Gorman | Hutton | Kempton | Keysers Ridge | McHenry | Jennings | New Germany | Sand Spring | Sang Run | Shalmar | Swanton

Neighboring Counties
Allegany | Pennsylvania counties: Fayette | Somerset | West Virginia counties: Grant | Mineral | Preston | Tucker

Census
Federal Census reports available 1880-1930.

Church
Maryland State Archives' Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions identifies all churches known to have existed in Garrett County, Maryland. It covers all denominations and includes record descriptions.

Web Sites

 * FamilyHart's Garrett County, Maryland This site contains online map, cemetery, marriage, military, land, historical, and biographical records for Garret County, Maryland.


 * The Garrett County MDGenWeb Project, a member of The MDGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Garrett County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Garrett County. (Backup site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Garrett County


 * FamilyHart Online Database This online database contains over 630,000 linked family names. It grows by 1,000 names per week, and is updated online quarterly.  There are many many Garrett County family in this database.