Calvert County, Maryland Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Board of County Commissioners Courthouse 175 Main Street Prince Frederick, MD 20678

History

 * Originally named Patuxent County.
 * Renamed 22 October 1669 for the Calvert family, the Lords Baltimore, the proprietors of Maryland.

Parent County

 * 1650--Calvert County was created 30 July 1650 from the old Charles County which was created 3 October 1850 and discontinued 28 September 1653. The new Charles County which is located west was created 13 April 1658. County seat: Frederick.

Record Loss
1882 Courthouse fire destroyed most of the records. Some deeds from 1840-1882 were re-recorded, also abstracts at Annapolis 1784-1882, and provincial court and land office records were used to reconstruct lost deeds.

Neighboring Counties
Anne Arundel | Charles | Dorchester | Prince George's | Saint Mary's | Talbot

Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records US Vol. 24 page 89 - Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery

Interment.net Cemetery Listings for Calvert County, MD. Includes contact information for many cemetaries in the county and volunteer contributed index lists for many of them.

Census
Federal Census reports available 1800-1930 including slave and veterans schedules.

Web Sites

 * The Calvert County MDGenWeb Project, a member of The MDGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Calvert County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Calvert County. (Mirror site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Calvert County.