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

United States Maryland Dorchester County

What is in the Collection?
This collection consists of images of 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 any of the following:


 * Name of the primary individual
 * Age
 * Birth date and place
 * Marriage date and place
 * Death date and place
 * Names of parents, spouse or other relatives
 * Biographical details
 * Name of newspaper, date and place of publication

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know: You can search the index or view the images or both. To begin your search, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of the individual
 * The name of a spouse or parent or possible death date

View the Images
View images in this collection by visiting the Browse Page.
 * 1) Select Surname Range

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.

For more tips about searching on-line collections see the on-line article FamilySearch Search Tips and Tricks. "" which takes you to the images.

I Found Who 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 Who 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.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.
 * Search the indexes and records of Maryland, United States Genealogy.
 * Search in the FamilySearch Library Catalog

Citing this Collection
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