Caroline County, Maryland Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Office of the Commissioners of Caroline County 109 Market Street Room 123 Denton, Maryland 21629

History

 * Named for Lady Caroline Eden, wife of Maryland's last appointed royal colonial governor, Robert Eden, 1st Baronet of Maryland before he was usurped by the Annapolis Convention in 1776.
 * Pig Point was the county seat. The name has since been renamed Denton.

Parent County

 * 1773 Caroline County was created 15 June 1773 from Dorchester and Queen Anne's Counties.County seat: Denton.ref name="HBG">Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].

Neighboring Counties
Dorchester | Queen Anne's | Talbot | Delaware counties: Kent | Sussex

Web Sites

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