Frederick County, Maryland Genealogy

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County Courthouse
12 East Church Street Frederick, MD 21701 (301) 600-9000

History



 * Named for Frederick Calvert, 6th Lord Baltimore, last of the Lords Baltimore.

Parent County

 * Created 10 June 1748 from Prince George's County.

Boundary Changes

 * 6 September 1776, Montgomery and Washington counties were set off.

Record Loss
Timeline: The following important events in the history of Frederick County affected political jurisdictions, family movements, and record keeping.

Village

 * Rosemont

Neighboring Counties
Carroll | Howard | Montgomery | Washington | Pennsylvania counties: Adams | Franklin | Loudoun County, Virginia

Cemeteries
Holdcraft's tombstone inscriptions have been published in:

Holdcraft, Jacob Mehrling. Names in Stone: 75,000 Cemetery Inscriptions from Frederick County, Maryland. Two Volumes. Reprinted as More Names in Stone. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985. (Family History Library book 975.287 V3h 1985)

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

Church
Maryland State Archives' Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions identifies all churches known to have existed in Frederick County, Maryland. It covers all denominations and includes record descriptions.

Family Histories

 * [Appollo] Russell, George Ely. "Frenchmen Early in Frederick County, Maryland," The Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Fall 2001):225-255.
 * [Beckwith] See de Hinojosa.
 * [de Hinojosa] Hoff, Henry B. "Alexander de Hinojosa and His Descendants in Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 4 (Oct. 2004):260-273.
 * [Bellameaude de la Vincendiere] See Appollo.
 * [Boisneuf] See Appollo.
 * [Chevalier de Petray] See Appollo.
 * [de Heaulme] See Appollo.
 * [de la Marche] See Appollo.
 * [DeButts] Russell, George Ely. "DeButts Family of Maryland and Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):131-188.
 * [Denoue] See Appollo.
 * [Eckman] See Appollo.
 * [Huguest de Court]See Appollo
 * [Josse] See Appollo.
 * [Julian] See Appollo.
 * [LaBeron] See Appollo.
 * [Louie] See Appollo.
 * [Marcilly] See Appollo.
 * [Puzenot] See Appollo.
 * [St.-Martin de Bellevue] See Appollo.
 * [Seguin] See Appollo.
 * [Zins] See Appollo.

Immigration

 * [http://www.immigrantservants.com/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=Frederick&placeOfIndentureColony=Maryland&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial Frederick County, Maryland (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Through a Joint eGovernment Service of the Maryland Judiciary and the Maryland State Archives, free images and indexes of the complete series of Frederick County Deed Books (1748-present) have been uploaded to their website: MDLandRec.Net: A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records in Maryland. (Requires free registration.)

Minorities

 * Russell, George Ely. "Frenchmen Early in Frederick County, Maryland," The Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Fall 2001):225-255.

Web Sites

 * The Frederick County MDGenWeb Project This site contains online records and links to Census, Cemetery, Church, Civil, and Biographical records of Frederick County, Maryland.


 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog


 * FamilyHart Online Database This online database contains over 630,000 linked family names that contain many many Frederick County families.  This database grows by 1,000 names per week and is updated online quarterly.