Maryland, United States Genealogy

United States   Maryland Welcome to the Maryland page, the Old Line StateMost unique genealogical features:
 * Maryland State Archives has state and county records, land, probate, vital records, &amp; indexes since 1634.
 * 3/4 colonists arrived in bondage as a slave, convict, or indentured servant
 * Some MD colonial wills were sent to England or Scotland for probate

Counties
Click on a county to go to that county's page:

Extinct or Renamed Jurisdictions:  New Netherland | Charles (old) | Durham | Patuxent | Worcester (old)

Major Repositories
Maryland State Archives· Maryland State Law Library· Maryland Historical Society· University of Maryland Public Libraries·George Peabody Library (John Hopkins University Library)· Enoch Pratt Free Library· Baltimore City Archives· National Archives and Records Administration· Library of Congress

Maryland, Register of Wills Books (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Migration Routes
Bank Road· Braddock's Road· Chesapeake and Ohio Canal· Fall Line Road (or Southern Road)· Gist's Trace (or Memacolinis Path)· Great Indian Warpath· Great Valley Road· King's Highway· Maryland Road· National Road (or Cumberland Road)· Old Northwestern Turnpike· Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway· Baltimore and Ohio Railroad· Atlantic Coast Ports

Did you know?



 * Want to locate an historic place in Maryland such as learning which county a town was in? Fisher's 1852 Gazetteer of the State of Maryland is on Google Books.
 * Maryland Genealogy (located on Sailor: Maryland's Public Information Network)
 * The websites of any Maryland county association (such as a county genealogical society) are listed on the county pages linked above.

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * Maryland Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Maryland Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Maryland Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Maryland, Naturalization Indexes (FamilySearch HIstorical Records)
 * Maryland, Naturalization Petitions (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Maryland, Probate Estate and Guardianship Files (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Maryland, Register of Wills Books (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Things you can do
Below list some of the many tasks you can help with: