Old Herring Creek Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Genealogy

United States   Maryland    Old Herring Creek Parish

History
Old Herring Creek Parish has served Anne Arundel County. Also known as St. James' Parish.

Census
"Provincial Census of 1776, Anne Arundel County: Including All Hallow's Parish and St. James' Parish (25 pages of facsimile reproductions)," is available online, see pages 407-431 and index in:


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

Parish History

 * Dallam, Edith Stansbury. St. James' Parish: Old Herring Creek Parish: A History, 1663-1799 Including Copies of the Original Records of the Parish Vestry Minutes and Register of Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. Baltimore: Port City Press, 1976, 1978.
 * Hall, Thomas John. History of Saint James Parish (Old Herring Creek) Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1692-1944. 1940s.

Parish Records
A typescript of the parish registers is available at the Maryland Historical Society. Abstracts:


 * Index to the Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths in St. James Parish

Websites

 * St. James' Parish (official website)
 * Saint James' Church, Old Herring Creek Parish, The Historical Marker Database