Maryland, Allegany County, Tax and Voter Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes original tax registers and voter registrations from 1798-1930. Records are now in the possession of the Genealogical Society of Allegany County in Cumberland, Maryland.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

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

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

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the age to calculate a birth date to find other church and vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death 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?

 * The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name
 * Try searching by surname only

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

Family History Library Holdings

 * J. Thomas Scharf. History of western Maryland : being a history of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties from the earliest period to the present day; including biographical sketches of their representative men.2 volumes. Baltimore, Maryland : Regional Pub. Co., 1968 FHL 975.2 H2s 1968
 * Allegany County, voter registration, 1874-1950
 * Allegany County, tax records, 1798-1917
 * Allegany County. Land records, 1791-1850
 * Allegany County, Real estate reports and dockets
 * Garrett County, tax records, 1833-1841

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