Garrett County, Maryland Genealogy

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

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Garrett County Maryland 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.

Garrett County Maryland 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
For a list of record loss in Maryland counties see: Maryland Counties with Burned Courthouses

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
Maryland State Archives' Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions identifies all churches known to have existed in Garrett County, Maryland. It covers all denominations and includes record descriptions.

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: MDLandRec.Net: 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.]

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.

Research Guides

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

Vital Records
Death


 * Maryland Death Certificate Index 1898-1944, available online, courtesy: Vital Records Indexing Project, Maryland State Archives.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Garrett County Maryland Genealogy 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, MD History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (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 for Garrett County.


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


 * FamilySearch Catalog for 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