Worcester County, Maryland Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Worcester County Courthouse     

Contact Information
E-mail: –

Address:


 * PO Box 40
 * 1 West Market Street
 * Snow Hill, MD 21863-1073

Clerk's Office telephone:   410-632-5500

Hours: 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

Judicial Branch Internet Site: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/wo/html/woj.html Circuit Court Internet site: http://www.courts.state.md.us/worcester.html

Collection Description
Circuit Court Clerk has marriages from 1866 to ____?, divorce records from 1900, and court records from 1916.

Substitute Repositories
Family History Library - has books and microfilms of Worcester County marriages from 1795 to 1906.

Maryland States Archives - Marriage records from 1777 through 1950

Worcester County, Maryland, District Court -

Worcester County, Maryland, Orphans' Court -

History

 * Named for the Earl of Worcester, exactly which Earl is unknown.

Parent County

 * Created 22 October 1842 from Somerset County.

Boundary Changes

 * Wicomico County was set off 17 August 1867.

City

 * Pocomoke City

Neighboring Counties
Somerset | Wicomico | Sussex County, Delaware | Accomack County, Virginia

Register of Wills
Worcester County Register of Wills     

Contact Information
E-mail:   [mailto:register@ezy.net register@ezy.net]

Address:


 * PO Box 40
 * 1 West Market Street
 * Snow Hill, MD 21863-1073

Clerk's Office telephone:   410-632-5500

Hours: 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

Judicial Branch Internet Site: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/wo/html/woj.html#district Circuit Court Internet site: http://www.courts.state.md.us/worcester.html

Collection Description
Circuit Court Clerk has marriages from 1866 to ____?, divorce records from 1900, and court records from 1916.

Substitute Repositories
Maryland States Archives

Family History Library

Web Sites

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