Maryland, Dorchester County Historical Society Obituary Collection - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection consists of images to obituaries and other personal documents from collection at the Dorchester County Historical Society in Cambridge, Maryland for the years 1923 to 2013.

What Can these Records Tell Me?
The information varies by record. You may find:
 * The name of the primary individual
 * Age
 * The birth date and place
 * The marriage date and place
 * The death date and place
 * The names of parents, spouse or other relatives
 * Biographical details
 * The name of a newspaper, date and place of publication

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of the individual
 * The approximate date of death

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use the information to locate the actual death record.
 * Use the age listed to determine an approximate birth date to find other church and vital records such as birth, baptism, and marriage records. Also search for immigration, military, land and probate records.
 * Use the information to find additional family members in censuses.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Try viewing the original record. Indexes and transcriptions may not include all the data found in the original records. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relatives that can be verified by records.
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search.
 * Try variant spellings of your ancestor’s name.
 * Search the indexes and records of Maryland, United States Genealogy.

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Maryland.
 * Maryland Guided Research
 * Maryland Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.