Garrett County, Maryland Genealogy

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

Courthouse
Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, land and court records from 1872, military records from 1942, and naturalization records 1908-1929; Register of wills has probate records.

History



 * Named for John Work Garrett (1820-1884), president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Parent County

 * Last county created in the state, 4 November 1872, from west part of Allegany County.

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Maryland county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Maryland County Boundary Maps" (1637-1997) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Towns
Accident | Deer Park | Friendsville | Grantsville | Kitzmiller | Loch Lynn Heights | Mountain Lake Park | Oakland

Communities
Bittinger | Bloomington | Corunna | Crellin | Gorman | Hutton | Kempton | Keysers Ridge | McHenry | Jennings | New Germany | Sand Spring | Sang Run | Shalmar | Swanton

Neighboring Counties


Maryland county:


 * Allegany

Pennsylvania counties:


 * Fayette
 * Somerset

West Virginia counties:


 * Grant
 * Mineral
 * Preston
 * Tucker

Cemeteries

 * FamilyHart's Garrett County, Maryland This site contains many cemetery and obituary records for Garrett County.

Census
Federal Census reports available 1880-1930.

Church

 * 1668-1995 at FamilySearch — index


 * 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.

Facebook

 * Come join our Garrett County, Maryland Genealogy Group at Facebook

Land
Through a Joint eGovernment Service of the Maryland Judiciary and the Maryland State Archives, free images and indexes of the complete series of Garrett County Deed Books (1872-present) have been uploaded to their website: A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records in Maryland. (Requires free registration.)

Other Garrett County land resources include:


 * FamilyHart's Garrett County, Maryland This site contains many land records online for Garrett County.

Local Histories

 * FamilyHart's Garrett County, Maryland This site has several online local histories and biographies for Garrett County.

Maps

 * FamilyHart's Garrett County, Maryland This site contains many online maps of Garrett County.

Marriage Records

 * FamilyHart's Garrett County, Maryland This site contains many marriage records online for Garrett County.

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; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Maryland, Garrett County, p. 149. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index

Newspapers

 * Garrett County newspapers are identified in "Guide to Maryland Newspapers," available online, courtesy: Special Collections, Maryland State Archives.

Obituaries

 * FamilyHart's Garrett County, Maryland This site contains many online obituaries for Garrett County.

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1604 – 1878 Maryland Wills and Probate Records 1604-1878 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1635 – 1743 Maryland Calendar of Wills 1635-1743 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1796 – 1940 at FamilySearch images

Research Guides

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

Marriage

 * 1658 - 1940 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1666 - 1970 at FamilySearch — index

Death

 * 1898 - 1944 Maryland Death Index 1898-1944

Societies and Libraries
Friend Family Association of America  261 Maple St Friendsville,MD 21531-2131 Phone: 301-746-4690 E-Mail:[mailto:president@friendfamilyassociation.com president@friendfamilyassociation.com] Website

Garrett County Historical Museum 107 South Second Street Oakland, MD 21550 Phone: 301-334-3226 E-Mail: [mailto:info@garrettcountymuseums.com info@garrettcountymuseums.com] Website

Ruth Enlow Library Oakland (Main) Library 6 North Second Street Oakland, MD 21550 Phone: 301-334-3996 Fax: 301-334-4152 E-Mail: [mailto:genealogy@relib.net genealogy@relib.net] Website

Western Maryland Regional Library 101 Tandy Drive Hagerstown, MD 21740 Phone: 301-739-3250 ext 553 E-Mail: [mailto:whilbr@wmrl.info whilbr@wmrl.info] Website

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * FamilyHart's Garrett County, Maryland This site contains online map, cemetery, marriage, military, land, historical, and biographical records for Garrett County, Maryland.


 * Garrett County, Maryland Genealogy, History and Facts (Genealogy Inc)


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


 * The Garrett County MDGenWeb Project, a member of The MDGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.


 * The USGenWeb Archives Project, Garrett County.


 * The USGenWeb Archives Project, Garrett County. (Backup site)


 * , Garrett County


 * FamilyHart Online Database This online database contains over 843,000 linked family names. It grows by 1,500 names per week, and is updated online quarterly. There are many many Garrett County family in this database.


 * Garrett County Genealogy Facebook Group


 * Kindred Trails


 * Garrett County MD Facebook page