Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland Genealogy

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City Hall
1 East Franklin St. Hagerstown, MD 21740 301-739-8577

History
Hagerstown is a city in Washington County and is the County Seat. It is also the largest city in a region known as Western Maryland and has also been recognized as Cumberland Valley. Johanthan Hager founded this community in 1762. An extensive history about Hagerstown can be found at Wikipedia

Bible Records
Family Bible records in the Washington County Free Library, Hagerstown, Maryland; Fuller, Marsha Lynne; Washington County Free Library. Indexed "These records, covering the years 1738 to 1999, include first and last name, event (birth, christening, confirmation, marriage, death, obituary), date, event location, age, ...name of spouse, residence of bride and groom, minister and location of ceremony, names of parents, and name of family bible. This volume provides over 8,000 entries...." -- Back cover.

Cemeteries

 * Meadow View Mennonite Cemetery


 * 1) Findagrave.com


 * Presbyterian Cemetery


 * 1) Findagrave.com


 * Rose Hill Cemetery


 * 1) Findagrave.com
 * 2) Political Graveyards
 * 3) Interment.net


 * Saint John's Episcopal Churchyard


 * 1) Findagrave.com


 * Saint Marys Graveyard


 * 1) Findagrave.com


 * South Potomac Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery


 * 1) Findagrave.com
 * 2) Political Graveyards


 * Washington Confederate Cemetery


 * 1) Findagrave.com
 * 2) Family History Library


 * Zion Cemetery


 * 1) Findagrave.com
 * 2) Political Graveyards

Church History and Records

 * Lutheran
 * 1) St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
 * Methodist
 * 1) John Wesley United Methodist Church
 * 2) St. Matthew's United Methodist Church
 * 3) St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
 * 4) Washington Square United Methodist Church
 * Reformed Church
 * 1) Reformed Congregation
 * 2) Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
 * 3) Zion Reformed Church
 * Roman Catholic
 * 1) St. Mary's Catholic Church
 * United Church of Christ
 * 1) Zion United Church of Christ

Libraries and Museums

 * 1) Samuel B. Jamieson Genealogical Library, located in basement of the Miller Museum


 * 1) Miller Museum

Societies

 * 1) Hagerstown &amp; Frederick Railway Historical Society
 * 2) Washington County Historical Society
 * 3) Washington County Historical Society is the website to The Miller House which is the headquarters of the Washington County Historical Society office and the Simms B. Jamieson Genealogical Library.