Frederick County, Maryland Genealogy

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



Description
Frederick County is located in the north-central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Frederick County Courthouse 100 W Patrick Street Frederick, MD 21701 Phone: 301-600-1976 Frederick County Website

Clerk of the Circuit Court has marriage records from 1778, probate records from 1744 and land records from 1748.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cemeteries
Holdcraft's tombstone inscriptions have been published in:

Holdcraft, Jacob Mehrling. Names in Stone: 75,000 Cemetery Inscriptions from Frederick County, Maryland. Two Volumes. Reprinted as More Names in Stone. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985. (Family History Library book )

Census Records
Provincial Census of 1776, Frederick County; Including Lower Potomac Hundred, August 22, 1776; George Town Hundred, August 22, 1776; [Unnamed] Hundred, including present Montgomery County, 1776; Elizabeth Hundred, July 22, 1776 (24 pages of facsimile reproductions); Sugar Land Hundred, September 2, 1776; North West Hundred, September 2, 1776 is available online, see pages 177-257 of:


 * Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources. Vol. 1. By Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh. 1915. Baltimore, Md.: Williams & Wilkins Company. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library, Google Books.

Federal Census reports available 1790-1930 including slave and veterans schedules.

Church Records

 * 1668-1995 at FamilySearch — index- How to Use this Collection
 * 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. The following records from their collection have been digitized and made available to view for free online:
 * Roman Catholic, St. Joseph's Church, Emmitsburg, Md. (various records, including deaths 1843-1879, confirmations, first communions, liber status animarium [church census] 1843, 1860, etc.)

Baptist Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):


 * 1) Antitun (1750)
 * 2) Connecocheague (1743) Tunker and Mennonist chapels at Connecocheague.
 * 3) Middle Creek (about 1747)
 * 4) Monacacy (1749)
 * 5) Piper Creek (1751)

Church of England List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * All Saints Parish
 * FamilySearch Places

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1897-1952 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * Dern, John P. "Foreign-Born in Frederick County, Maryland," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 56, No. 2 (June 1968):124-135. 973 B2ng v. 56
 * [http://www.pricegen.com/immigrantservants/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=Frederick&placeOfIndentureColony=Maryland&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial Frederick County, Maryland (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database. Includes Richard J. Cox's abstracts of Maryland Gazette runaways.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

 * Russell, George Ely. "Frenchmen Early in Frederick County, Maryland," The Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Fall 2001):225-255.

Genealogies

 * Colonial families - Genealogical Index to Frederick County, Md.: The First Hundred Years (4 vols., 2076 pages). Contains 200,000 entries; Available at: New England Historic Genealogical Society Library in Boston, Mass.; the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania; the National Genealogical Society Library; the Maryland Genealogical Society; the Frederick County, Maryland Public Library; the Carroll County, Maryland Public Library; and the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society.
 * Russell, George Ely. "Frenchmen Early in Frederick County, Maryland," The Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Fall 2001):225-255. [Includes the following families: Appollo, Bellameaude de la Vincendiere, Boisneuf, Chevalier de Petray, de Heaulme, de la Marche, Denoue, Eckman, Huguest de Court, Josse, Julian, LaBeron, Louie, Marcilly, Puzenot, St.-Martin de Bellevue, Seguin, Zins.]
 * Baker - Hurley, William Neal. Baker Families of Maryland. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2001..
 * Beckwith - See de Hinojosa.
 * Bowell - Bowell, Lillian and William Bowell. A Bowell Family History. St. Paul, Minn.
 * Butcher - Brown, Nancy Clark. "Are You Related To...Loretta Webb Lynn," The Appalachian Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Dec. 2007):4-22..
 * Chapline - Dare, Maria J. Liggett. Chaplines from Maryland and Virginia. Washington, D.C.: M.J.L. Dare, 1902. ; digital version at Internet Archive.
 * Chilton - Dorman, John Frederick. "The Chilton Families of Virginia and Maryland," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1967):71-78; Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1967):121-125; Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1967):167-174; Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1968):15-18; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1968):83-86; Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1968):109-113; Vol. 12, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1968):169-175; Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1969):32-36; Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1969):65-71; Vol. 13, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1969):177-180; Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1970):15-22; Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1970):75-82; Vol. 14, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1970):123-128; Vol. 14, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1970):165-168; Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1971):32-41; Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1971):122-124; Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1971):259-264; Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):301-306. To locate digital pages use search form at American Ancestors ($); first select Virginia Genealogist, The from the Database list. Then select Volume number..
 * DeButts - Russell, George Ely. "DeButts Family of Maryland and Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):131-188.
 * de Hinojosa - Hoff, Henry B. "Alexander de Hinojosa and His Descendants in Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 4 (Oct. 2004):260-273.
 * Devilbiss - Harris, Mrs. Norris. "The Devilbiss Family of Frederick County, Md.," The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Fall 1989):144-145; Vol. 31, No. 1 (Winter 1990):28-29..
 * Dick - Hoffman, Muriel M. History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family: Frederick County, Maryland, Wilkes County, North Carolina, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Simpson County, Kentucky, Sangamon County, Illinois, Cass, County, Illinois. Anchor, Ill.: Hoffman, 1970.
 * Firestone - Russell, George Ely. "Founders of the American Firestone Family," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 52, No. 4 (Dec. 1964):241-244. 973 B2ng v. 52
 * Fluck - Andersen, Patricia Abelard. "Jacob Fluck of Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, and His Flook and Fluke Descendants," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 72 (1984):163-190; Vol. 73 (1985):319-320. Digital version at National Genealogical Society website ($);.
 * Getzendanner - Getzendanner, David. Thomas Getzendanner of Maryland and South Carolina; His Descendants: The Getson and Danner Families of Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas. Salem, Ore.: D. Getzendanner, 1993.
 * Hoover - Hayden, Richard A. "Using Relationships to Establish Origins: Casper and Catherine Hoover of Pennsylvania and Maryland," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 91, No. 4 (December 2003):298-313. 973 B2ng v. 91
 * Lamar - Lamar, William Harmong, "Thomas Lamar of the Province of Maryland, and a Part of His Descendants," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul. 1897):203-210. Digitized by Internet Archive.
 * Levy - Bush, Kathryn L. and Lewis Michael Bush. The Levy Story: Some Descendants of David Levy, Revolutionary Soldier of Frederick, Maryland: A Genealogy of Levy, Hinkley, Kinsey, Etchison, Bush, Blaho, Istvan and Related Families. Panama City, Fla.: Curry Printing, c2002. . Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. Perhaps the David Levi transported from London in 1756, see Old Bailey Online.
 * Maynard - Dorman, John Frederick. "Maynard Family of Frederick County, Maryland," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 48 (1960):187-195.
 * Nead - Wurstner, Betty Miller. Genealogy of the Matthias Nead Family in America, 1752-1973. Typescript, Dunbar Library, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Copy:.
 * Prather - Lewis, Olan R. The Thomas Prather Family. Lakeport, Calif.: O.R. Lewis, 1988..
 * Price - Harris, Mrs. Norris. "The Price Family of Frederick County, Md.," The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Winter 1990):26-27; Vol. 31, No. 2 (Spring 1990):70..
 * Schaun - Jones, Anthony. Peter Schaun. Dallas, Texas: privately published, 1981..
 * Shultz - Bushman, Katherine G. Shultz of Augusta County, Virginia: Being A Supplement to the Material Recorded in The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, Edited by Samuel K. Brecht, 1923. Staunton, Va.: K.G. Bushman, 1974..
 * Slusher - King, Hatcher and Alta King. Turman and Slusher Genealogy, 1757-1974: Christopher Slusher Sr., Wife, Eva, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Fredrick, Washington counties, Maryland, Montgomery, Floyd counties, Virginia. MSS. Microfilmed 1974-1975:.
 * Whitmore - Nycum, H.C. and Norman Niccum. "Whitmore Family of Frederick County, Maryland," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 52 (1964):85.
 * Williams - Birch, Nicki Peak. "Tracking Basil Williams of Maryland and Pennsylvania Through Changing Residences and Multiple Marriages," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 96, No. 1 (March 2008):23-37. 973 B2ng v. 96

Land and Property Records
Through a Joint eGovernment Service of the Maryland Judiciary and the Maryland State Archives, free images and indexes of the complete series of Frederick County Deed Books (1748-present) have been uploaded to their website: A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records in Maryland. (Requires free registration.)

Local Histories

 * History of Frederick County, Maryland. 2 volumes. 1910. By Thomas J. C. Williams, Folger McKinsey. [Frederick, Maryland] : L.R. Titsworth & Co. Online at: Vol. 1 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. 2 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust;.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Revolutionary War
Frederick County men served in the 6th Maryland Regiment and the 7th Maryland Regiment.


 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841. Digital version at Google Books. 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. See Maryland, Frederick County on page 127.

The 1778 Oath of Fidelity lists for Frederick County have been published in:


 * Revolutionary Records of Maryland. By Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh. 1924. Washington, D.C.: R.H. Darby Print. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library, Ancestry ($).

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, Frederick County, pp. 146-149. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index- How to Use this Collection


 * - 1st Regiment, Maryland Cavalry, Potomac Home Brigade, Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L and M.
 * - 1st Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade, Companies A, B, D, G, I and K.
 * - 3rd Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade Companies G and K.
 * - 3rd Regiment, Maryland Cavalry, Company I.
 * - 4th Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade, Company C.
 * - 5th Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Company E.
 * - 6th Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Company D.
 * - 7th Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Companies B, E and G.
 * - 8th Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Company E.

Civil War Battle The following Civil War battles were fought in Frederick County.


 * September 14, 1862 - South Mountain, also known as Crampton's, Turner's, and Fox's Gaps
 * July 9, 1864 - Monocacy, also known as the Battle that Saved Washington


 * Map showing Civil War battles in Maryland.

World War II

 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection

Newspapers

 * Frederick County newspapers are identified in "Guide to Maryland Newspapers," available online, courtesy: Special Collections, Maryland State Archives.
 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)

Voting Records
Poll List of Presidential Election, November 9-12, 1796, Frederick County, Md., (1,917 voters are identified) is available online, see pages 271-295 in:


 * Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources. Vol. 1. By Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh. 1915. Baltimore, Md.: Williams & Wilkins Company. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library, Google Books.

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * Maryland, Wills and Probate Records at findmypast - index
 * 1634-1777 Maryland, Index To Colonial Probate Records, 1634-1777 at findmypast - index
 * 1629–1999 Maryland, Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 at FamilySearch
 * 1634–1777 Probate Records, Colonial Index, 1634-1777 online at Maryland State Archives website - free
 * 1635–1743 Maryland Calendar of Wills 1635-1743 at Ancestry — index and images $
 * 1635–1777 Maryland Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777 at Ancestry — index and images $
 * 1796–1940 at FamilySearch - images - How to Use this Collection

Register of Wills Address
 * The Office of the Register of Wills Courthouse 100 West Patrick Street Frederick, Maryland 21701

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1733 Russell, Donna Valley. "1733 Taxables," Western Maryland Genealogy, Vol. 3, No. 3 (July 1987):99-103.
 * 1760-1761 "Frederick County Rent Rolls, 1760-61," Western Maryland Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 3 (July 1986):111-114.
 * 1761 1761 Old Town Hundred Tax List at Maryland Genealogical Society, transcription
 * 1761 1761 Sugarland Hundred Taxt List at Maryland Genealogical Society, transcription
 * 1761 "Taxables in Sugarland Hundred, Frederick Co., 1761," Western Maryland Genealogy, Vol. 6, No. 3 (July 1990):103-105.
 * 1761 "Taxables in the Old Town, Frederick Co., 1761," Western Maryland Genealogy, Vol. 6, No. 3 (July 1990):106.
 * 1768-1769, 1771-1772 Wright, F. Edward. Early Lists of Frederick County, 1765-1775. Silver Spring, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1986. Rent.
 * 1771, 1777 Russell, George Ely. "Carrollton Manor Rent Rolls, 1771 and 1777," Western Maryland Genealogy, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul. 1989):98-102.
 * 1798 "1798 Frederick County Assessments," Western Maryland Genealogy, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan. 1991):21-25; Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr. 1991):60-67; Vol. 9, No. 4 (Oct. 1993):158-165; Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan. 1994):20-30; Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr. 1994):80-81; Vol. 10, No. 3 (Jul. 1994):129-133; Vol. 10, No. 4 (Oct. 1994):182-186; Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan. 1995):15-22; Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr. 1995):66-74; Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul. 1995):128-135; Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct. 1995):162-169.

Marriage

 * 1658-1940 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1666-1970 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * Maryland Marriage References by Robert Barnes - free.
 * 1778-1851 Marriage Licenses Index, Females, 1778-1851. Website .The first 26 pages are Surname / first-name guides.Large PDF file, free at MD State Archives.
 * Marriage Records - Maryland State Archives

Death

 * 1898-1944 Maryland Death Index 1898-1944

Family History Centers

 * Frederick Maryland Family History Center
 * Seneca Maryland Family History Center
 * Harford County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Kuethe Library Historical & Genealogical Research Center - an affiliate library.

Libraries
Maryland Room/Frederick County Public Libraries 110 E. Patrick Street Frederick, MD 21701 Phone: 301-600-1368 Fax: 301-600-2905 Email: [mailto:mdroom@fcpl.org mdroom@fcpl.org] Website

Societies
Emmitsburg Area Historical Society 15339 Sixes Bridge Road Emmitsburg, MD 21727 Phone: 301-471-3306 Email: [mailto:history@emmitsburg.net history@emmitsburg.net] Website Frederick County Genealogical Society, Inc. Frecogs P.O. Box 412 Frederick, MD 21705 Phone: 301-572-4406 Email: [mailto:inquiry@frecogs.org inquiry@frecogs.org] Website Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc. 24 East Church Street Frederick, MD 21701 Phone: 301-663-1188 Email: [mailto:mcurrens@frederickhistory.org mcurrens@frederickhistory.org] Website Maryland State Society United States Daughters of 1812 Mary Young Pickersgill Chapter Email: [mailto:info@usdaughtersof1812maryland.org info@usdaughtersof1812maryland.org] Website The Historical Society of Frederick County Maryland 24 E. Church Street Frederick, MD 21701 Phone: 301-663-1188 Website Frederick County, Maryland Genealogy Group Facebook

Websites

 * The Frederick County MDGenWeb Project This site contains online records and links to Census, Cemetery, Church, Civil, and Biographical records of Frederick County, Maryland.
 * FamilyHart Online Database This online database contains over 843,000 linked family names that contain many many Frederick County families. This database grows by 1,500 names per week and is updated online quarterly.
 * "Frederick Co.," in Genealogical Sources in Periodicals at The Maryland State Archives.
 * Frederick County Genealogy Facebook Group
 * Mid Maryland Roots
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records

Research Guides

 * Andersen, Patricia Abelard. “Research in Frederick County.” Maryland Genealogical Society Journal 52, no. 1 (2011): 75-88.
 * Russell, Donna Valley. Frederick County, Maryland, Genealogical Research Guide. Middletown, Md.: Catoctin Press, 1987.