Maryland Archives and Libraries

The following archives, libraries, and societies have major collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers in Maryland.

Maryland State Archives Hall of Records Building 350 Rowe Boulevard Annapolis, MD 21401 Telephone: 410-260-6400 Fax: 410-974-2525 email: ref@mdsa.net

The Maryland State Archives at http://aomol.net/html/index.html has nearly all available public records from 1634 to 1789; most original state and county records through the mid-twentieth century; microfilm copies of land, probate, and vital records to the present; and an extensive number of volume and card indexes.

For more information about the state archives, see:

Maryland. Hall of Records. A Guide to the Index Holdings at the Hall of Records. Rev., Bulletin, [Maryland. Hall of Records] No. 17. Annapolis, Maryland: Hall of Records, 1972. This is a county-by-county list of indexes and years covered.

Papenfuse, Edward C., et al. A Guide to Government Records at the Maryland State Archives: A Comprehensive List by Agency and Record Series. Annapolis, Maryland: Maryland State Archives, 1992. This guide lists record types, years covered, and series number.

Papenfuse, Edward C., et. al. A Guide to the Maryland Hall of Records: Local, Judicial and Administrative Records on Microfilm. Volume 1. Annapolis, Maryland: Hall of Records Commission, 1978. (Family History Library fiche 6049468.) Volume one is a detailed list of many records on microfilm for Allegany County, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, and Baltimore City, Maryland. These include court, probate, and land records. The archives has additional computer printout lists for all counties. You can write to them for information about records of specific localities and time periods.

Radoff, Morris Leon, et al. The County Courthouses and Records of Maryland, Part Two: The Records. Annapolis, Maryland: Hall of Records Commission, 1963. (Family History Library fiche 6054101 parts 4-6.) This is a county-by-county list of record types, years covered, and series number.

National Archives—Mid-Atlantic Region 900 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-4292 Telephone: 215-606-0100 Fax: 215-606-0116

National Archives and Records Administration 700 Pennsylvania Avenue Wahington, D.C. 20408-0001 Telephone: 202-357-5000

Maryland Historical Society Library 201 West Monument Street Baltimore, MD 21201-4674 Telephone: 410-685-3750, extension 349 Fax: 410-385-2105 [mailto:library_dept@mdhs.org library_dept@mdhs.org]

A useful guide is:

Cox, Richard J., and Larry E. Sullivan, eds. Guide to the Research Collections of the Maryland Historical Society: Historical and Genealogical Manuscripts and Oral History Interviews. Baltimore, Maryland: Maryland Historical Society, 1981. This index has about 20,000 references to individuals and families.

Genealogical Council of Maryland P.O. Box 10096 Baltimore, MD 20898-0096

Maryland Genealogical Society 201 West Monument Street Baltimore, MD 21201-4674 Telephone: 410-685-3750, extension 360 E-mail Address: [mailto:info@mdgensoc.org info@mdgensoc.org]

Baltimore City Archives 2165 Druid Park Drive Baltimore, MD 21211 Telephone: 410-396-0306 Internet: http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1167038

Two useful guides to Baltimore records are:

Cox, Richard J., and Patricia M. Vanorny. "The Records of a City: Baltimore and Its Historical Sources." Maryland Historical Magazine 70 (Fall 1975): 286-310.

LeFurgy, William G. The Records of a City: A Guide to the Baltimore City Archives. Baltimore, Maryland: City Archives, 1984. Enoch Pratt Free Library 400 Cathedral Street Baltimore, MD 21201-4484 Telephone: 410-396-5430 Fax: 410-396-1441

Johns Hopkins University George Peabody Library 17 East Mount Vernon Place Baltimore, MD 21202 Telephone: 410-659-8179 Fax: 410-659-8137

University of Maryland College Park Libraries: Theodore R. McKeldin Library College Park, MD 20742-7011 Telephone: 301-405-0800

Maryland State Law Library Courts of Appeal Building 361 Rowe Boulevard Annapolis, MD 21401 Telephone: 410-260-1430 Fax: 410-974-2063

To learn more about the record-keeping systems of Maryland counties, use the inventories of the county archives published in about 1940 by the Historical Records Survey. The Family History Library has copies of most of these inventories.

Web Sites
http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/MD_topics/his/_gen.html

http://www.cyndislist.com/md.htm#Libraries

http://www.kindredtrails.com/maryland.html

http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/library/subguides/genealogy.htm