Charles County, Maryland Genealogy

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County Courthouse
200 Baltimore Street La Plata, MD 20646

History



 * Named for Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore.

Parent County

 * Created 13 April 1658 from Colonial lands by the order in Council, likely much of remaining portion of old Charles County that was created 1650 and dissolved 1653.

Census Districts
Communities

Neighboring Counties
Calvert | Prince George's | St. Mary's | Virginia counties: Fairfax | King George | Prince William | Stafford | Westmoreland

Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records Vol. 21 page 85 - New Saint Peters Cemetery page 97 - Old Saint Peters Cemetery Vol. 24 - page 100 - Trinity Parish Episcopal Church Cemetery

Census
Federal Census reports available 1790-1930 including slave and veterans schedules.

Family Histories

 * [Forbes] Gordon, John Steele. "Who Was the Wife of James Forbes, Member of the Continental Congress from Maryland?," The American Genealogist, Vol. 76, No. 1 (January 2001):29-35.
 * [Glaze] Harris, Gale Ion. "John Glaze, Planter, of Charles County, Maryland: With Notes on Other Early Glaze Families in America," The Genealogist, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Spring 2003):37-60.

Web Sites

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