Allegany County, Maryland Genealogy

Guide to Allegany County, Maryland ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.



Description
Allegany County was named for the Allegheny Mountains. The county is located in the northwestern area of the state.

County Courthouse
Allegany County Courthouse 30 Washington Street Cumberland, MD 21502 Toll-free (in Maryland): 800-988-9087 Phone: 301-777-5923 Allegany County Website Clerk of the Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, court and land records from 1791 and naturalization records 1821-1973. Register of Wills has probate records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Variant Place Names


 * Mount Savage: Arnold Settlement, Corriganville, Jennings, Jennings Run, Jennons Run, Luthworth

Biographies

 * Allegany County Biographies
 * Biographies from Allegany County, Maryland

Census Records
Census records

Church Records
Maryland State Archives' Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions is not intended to be a complete listing of all Religious institutions in Maryland. It was originally based upon the churches recorded by the Federal Works Progress Administration during a records survey conducted from 1935 to 1941. It has been expanded by later acquisitions from religious organizations to the Maryland State Archives.
 * 1665-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; churches from selected counties, not complete
 * 1668-1995 at FamilySearch — index- How to Use this Collection
 * Methodist Episcopal, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Registers 1838-1852, 1859-1870, 1870-1892, 1892-1915, 1914-1928 "One Hundredth Anniversary of Organization and Rededication 1832-1932"
 * Roman Catholic, St. Michael's Church, Baptismal Registers, 1852-1910; Marriage Registers 1852-1871; Pew Book 1861-1864; Creditors of the Church 1853-1857; Subscribers 1857; Invested Persons; Indexes
 * Roman Catholic, St. Michael's Church, Marriage Register 1946-1984; Interments 1920-1984; Confirmations 1868-1940, 1943-1966, 1975-1985; First Communions 1923-1983
 * Roman Catholic, St. Patrick's Church, General Register, 1818-1884 (baptisms, communions, marriages, confessions, deaths, cemetery records, renunciation of secret societies, choir subscriptions, and indexes)
 * Roman Catholic, St. Patrick's Church, Marriage Register 1932-1983; Interments 1885-1939
 * Allegany County Church Records
 * Allegany County Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes


 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * Allegany County Court Records

Directories

 * 1937 Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, City Directory, 1937 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
 * 1939 Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, City Directory, 1939 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
 * 1949 Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, City Directory, 1949 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
 * 1950 Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, City Directory, 1950 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
 * 1956 Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, City Directory, 1956 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
 * 1957 Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, City Directory, 1957 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1897-1952 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection

Genealogies

 * Lamar - Lamar, William Harmong, "Thomas Lamar of the Province of Maryland, and a Part of His Descendants," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul. 1897):203-210. Digitized by Internet Archive.
 * Randolph - Randolph, Blanche Willie Grace and Deborah Ann Kraemer Small. The Randolphs of Prince William County, Virginia. Little Rock, Arkansas: B. Randolph, 1979.
 * Randolph - Small, Deborah Ann Kraemer and Blanche Willie Grace Randolph. The Randolphs of Prince William County, Virginia, Volume II. Winter Park, Florida: D. Small, 1989.
 * Randolph -Raski, Arma, James Randolph, and Glenita Guthrie. Additions &amp; Corrections to Vol. II, the Randolphs of Prince William Co., VA by Deborah K. Small.

Land and Property Records
Through a Joint eGovernment Service of the Maryland Judiciary and the Maryland State Archives, free images and indexes of the complete series of Allegany County Deed Books (1791-present) have been uploaded to their website: MDLandRec.Net: A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records in Maryland. (Requires free registration.)

Online Land Indexes and Records
 * Allegany County Land Records

Local Histories

 * History of Allegany County, Maryland. 2 volumes. 1923. By James W. Thomas and T.J.C. Williams. [Cumberland? Maryland] : L. R. Titsworth & Co. Online at: Vol. 1 - FamilySearch Digital Library; Vol. 2 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust,.
 * History of Cumberland (Maryland) from the Time of the Indian Town, Caiuctucuc, in 1728, up to the Present Day. 1878. By Will H. Lowdermilk. Washington, D.C. : James Anglim. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust.
 * History of Western Maryland. 2 volumes. 1882. By J. Thomas Scharf. Philadelphia : L. H. Everts. Online at: Vols. 1 & 2 - Hathitrust, Vol. 1 - Internet Archive, Vol. 2 - Internet Archive;.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Revolutionary War

 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. See Maryland, Alleghany County on page 127.

War of 1812

 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. 973 M2Lp v. 5. Online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See Vol. 5, Maryland, Alleghany County [sic], pp. 109-110. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index- How to Use this Collection


 * - 2nd Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade, Companies A, B, C, E, G, H, I and K.
 * - 3rd Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade, Companies A, B, C, D and H.

World War II

 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection

Newspapers

 * Allegany County newspapers are identified in "Guide to Maryland Newspapers," available online, courtesy: Special Collections, Maryland State Archives.
 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)

Obituaries

 * Obituary excerpts from the Cumberland Times

Periodicals

 * "Allegany Co." in Genealogical Sources in Periodicals at The Maryland State Archives.

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * Maryland, Wills and Probate Records at findmypast - index
 * 1634-1777 Maryland, Index To Colonial Probate Records, 1634-1777 at findmypast - index
 * 1635-1743 Maryland Calendar of Wills 1635-1743 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
 * 1635-1777 Maryland Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
 * 1796-1940 at FamilySearch images - How to Use this Collection
 * Allegany County Wills
 * "Index to Wills of Allegany County, Md., 1784-1850," The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Winter 1990):10-11; Vol. 31, No. 2 (Spring 1990):50-51; Vol. 31, No. 3 (Summer 1990):90-91.

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

 * 1793 "1793 Tax Assessment of Allegany County," Western Maryland Genealogy, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Apr. 1990):50-55; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jul. 1990):107-112; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct. 1990):160-164.
 * 1798-1948 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Marriage

 * 1658-1940 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1666-1970 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1847-1865 Marriage Licenses of Allegany County 1847-1865
 * 1865-1873 Marriage Licenses of Allegany County 1865-1873
 * Allegany County Marriage Records
 * Marriage Records - Maryland State Archives

Death

 * 1898-1944 Maryland Death Index 1898-1944

Voting Records

 * 1798-1948 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

FamilySearch Centers

 * Fairview Pennsylvania FamilySearch Center
 * Hancock Maryland FamilySearch Center
 * Franklin County (Pennsylvania) Library System - Coyle Free Library - an affiliate library.
 * Meyersdale Public Library - Pennsylvania - an affiliate library.

Libraries
Donald L. Alexander Library Allegany College of Maryland, Cumberland Campus 12401 Willowbrook Road SE Cumberland, MD 21502-2596 Phone: 301-784-5005 Email: [mailto:mhay@allegany.edu mhay@allegany.edu] Website

Societies
Genealogical Society of Allegany County Research Library of the Genealogical Society of Allegany County, Maryland (located in the Appalachian Collection of the Library at Allegany College of Maryland) 12401 Willowbrook Road Cumberland, MD 21502 Mailing Address P.O. Box 3103 LaVale, MD 21504 Phone: 301 777-8850 Email: [mailto:gsacmd22@gmail.com gsacmd22@gmail.com] Website

Websites

 * Allegany County MD Genealogy Research. Contains information for researching genealogy in Allegany county Maryland,  Census, bios, obituary, birth, death, marriage, maps, and other records
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records

Research Guides
Russell, Donna Valley. Allegany and Garrett Counties, Maryland, Genealogical Research Guide. New Market, Md.: Catoctin Press, 1996.