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Cultural Groups
African-Americans


 * See African American Resources for Maryland

Chinese

Czeck

the first Czeck was Augustine Hermann (mapmaker)who settled in Cecil Country in 1640.

Dutch

English

French


 * 1755 brought French from Nova Scotia(Acadians).

German


 * In 1684 a small group of Labadist, from Friesland came to Maryland. in 1732 Lord Baltimore and Charles Calvert offered two hundred acres in fee to Germans to settle between Patapsco and Susquehanna. Many Germans from Pennsylvania settled in Frederick and Washington counties.

Hispanic

Indigenous Peoples
 * Several indigenous tribes resided in Maryland for centuries. Information about them can be found at Indigenous Peoples of Maryland.

Irish

Italian


 * Italians began settling in the eighteenth century.

Japanese

Jewish

Latin American

Pacific Islanders

Polish


 * The Poles started to settle in Maryland during the Civil War.

Scandinavians

Scottish

Welsh