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

County Courthouse
Baltimore County Courthouse 400 Washington Ave Towson, MD 21204-4606 Phone: 410-887-2601 Baltimore County Website

Populated Places
Town
 * Hampstead
 * Towson (County Seat)

Communities

Census Districts

Bible Records
Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County Bible Records

Cemeteries

 * Baltimore National Cemetery
 * Beth Tfiloh Cemetery, Woodlawn (see also Shaarei Tfilah Cemetery)
 * Eucharist Sulpician Cemetery (in the Charlestown complex)
 * Evangelimas Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Catonsville, Woodlawn
 * The Govanstown Cemetery (Baltimore County) is now online as part of the Govans Presbyterian Church web site. To go directly to the PDF Listings click on: Govanstown Cemetery Listings (If that does not work go to Govans Presbyterian Church and click on "cemetery listings")
 * Hebrew Young Men's Cemetery, Catonsville, Woodlawn
 * Historic Old Salem Cemetery, Catonsville (see Salem Cemetery, Catonsville)
 * Lorraine Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Woodlawn
 * Melville Family Cemetery, Oella
 * Merryman Family Cemetery, Oella
 * New Cathedral Cemetery-near Catonsville        4300 Old Frederick Road,Baltimore,MD 21229
 * Oella Cemetery, Rest Ave., near Catonsville (AKA Union Manufacturing Works Cemetery)
 * Ogle-Hoffman Family Cemetery, Catonsville
 * Moreland Memorial Park, Parkville
 * Shaarie Tfilah Cemetery, Woodlawn (See also Beth Tfiloh Cemetery)
 * Thistle Cemetery, Oella
 * Trinity United Methodist Cemetery, Oella
 * Union Manufacturing Works Cemetery, Oella
 * United Methodist Church Cemetery, Glen Arm
 * Westview Park Memorial Cemetery, Catonsville
 * Woodlawn Cemetery & Chapel, Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland Genealogy|Woodlawn Cemetery &amp; Chapel, Woodlawn]]

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


 * 1785-1795 - Cox, Richard J. "Some Early Residents of Baltimore, Maryland, 1785-1795," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 67, No. 3 (Sep. 1979):202-209; Vol. 67, No. 4 (Dec. 1979):283-286. Digital version at National Genealogical Society website ($);.

Church Records
Maryland State Archives' 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.
 * 1668-1995 at FamilySearch — index
 * Lutheran, Salem Lutheran Church, Various Church Records, 1848-1969 (in German and English)
 * Protestant Episcopal, St. Thomas Church, Homestead, Register 1858-1895; Marriage Register 1956-1974(includes history, families, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, communicants, burials, offerings, sundry contributions, reports, and vestry minutes)
 * Protestant Episcopal, St. Thomas Church, Homestead, Register 1893-1962 (includes baptisms, confirmations, communicants, marriages, and burials)

Baptist Early Baptist churches:


 * Edwards, Morgan, Materials Towards a History of the Baptists in the Provinces of Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Internet Archive

Church of England See also St. James's Parish See also St. John's Parish  See also St. Paul's Parish

Court Records

 * 1682-1721 - Barnes, Robert W. "Children in Baltimore County, Maryland, Court Records, 1682-1721," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 69 (1981):269-276. Digital version at National Genealogical Society website ($);.

Directories
Fold3.com ($) has Baltimore City Directories 1863-1923 (5 yrs. missing) available online. Fold3 is free at some libraries and at National Archives research rooms.

Emigration and Immigration
Online Records


 * 1820 - 1948 at FamilySearch— index and images

Baltimore has been a port since colonial times. Unfortunately, no official passenger lists survive for the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries.

The New Early Settlers of Maryland database is a great place to start searching for immigrants who had arrived in the colony by the 1680s. The database "comprises 34,326 entries from Gust Skordas' Early Settlers of Maryland and Carson Gibb's Supplement to the Early Settlers of Maryland." Available online, courtesy: Maryland State Archives.

Other Baltimore County immigration resources include:


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Intercepted Letters Relating to America 1777-1811," The Genealogist, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Fall 2000):184-200; Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring 2001):53-74. [Discusses overseas contacts of individuals with the following Baltimore County surnames: Albers, Anspach, Barry, Barton, Beatty, Beays, Belt, Bolte, Brothers, Brown, Browne, Brune, Buchanan, Burke, Campbell, Caton, Clarke, Courteney, Dickey, Dicky, Donnell, Dormy, Dorsly, Duncan, Gernon, Gillmer, Gilmore, Gittings [Gettings], Goverts, Graf, Grant, Grundy, Gwin, Haslett, Hoffman, Hollins, Holmes, Hudson, Kalkman, Konig, Lone, McCreery, McFadon, Maris, Merryman, Moncrieff, Olliver, Patterson, Pringle, Salmon, Sears, Sherlock, Smith, Somervell, Spears, Sterrett, Stewart, Stiles, Taylor, Thompson, Thorowgood, Valck, Von Kapffe, Von Stapff, Walsh, Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Yellot, Young, Zwisler.]
 * [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=Baltimore&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 Baltimore City and County, Maryland (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database. [Includes Richard J. Cox's abstracts of Maryland Gazette runaways.]

Genealogies
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]


 * [Alter] Alter, Mary Louise. Alter Family of Baltimore, MD, City and County. Indianapolis, Ind.: M.L. Alter, 2001..
 * [Anderson] Russell, George Ely. "The Swedish Settlement in Maryland, 1654," The American Genealogist, Vol. 54, No. 4 (Oct. 1978):203-210..
 * [Banneker] Russell, George Ely. "Molly Welsh: Alleged Grandmother of Benjamin Banneker," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 94, No. 4 (December 2006):305-314..
 * [Booth] Hunter, Ann Wheat and Katherine Cullen King. The Family of William Booth (1798-1866) and Miranda Wright Booth (1802-1883) of Baltimore, Maryland and Richmond, Virginia, and Some of Their Descendants. Annandale, Va., 1996.
 * [Brispo] Russell, George Ely. "Portuguese and Spanish Colonists in Seventeenth-Century Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 76, No. 1 (January 2001):50-60; Vol. 77, No. 1 (Apr. 2001):138-147..
 * [Chamberlain] Hylton, Betty Jane. "James Chamberlain," Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 39, No. 2 (2010):160-161.
 * [Clements] Russell, George Ely. "The Swedish Settlement in Maryland, 1654," The American Genealogist, Vol. 54, No. 4 (Oct. 1978):203-210.
 * [Cohen] Maryland Genealogies. A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980.
 * [Cooper] Knoff, Dorothy Cooper. Corbin-Waite-Cooper of Baltimore County and City. East Sandwich, Mass.: D.C. Knoff, 1983..
 * [Corbin] Knoff, Dorothy Cooper. Corbin-Waite-Cooper of Baltimore County and City. East Sandwich, Mass.: D.C. Knoff, 1983..
 * [Cox] Leef, Rachel Cox and Celeste Webb. The Cox Family in Baltimore, from Cecil County, Md., the Davy Family in Baltimore, from London, England, the George Family of Talbott County, Maryland. MSS. Microfilmed 1954:.
 * [Crummer] Crummer, Larry D. Crummer Families of the United States and Canada Who Came from Ireland: Including the Lineages of Thomas Crummer of Delaware and Jo Daviess Co., IL.: John Crummer of Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada George Crummer of Sullivan Co., MO.: William Crummer of Delaware Co., PA.: John and Nathaniel Crummer of Baltimore, MD.: John and Samuel Crummer of Pittsburgh, PA.: Robert Crummer of Co. Fermanagh, IRE., and Other Crummer Families of Canada and the United States. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, c1994..
 * [Davidson] Hinchliff, Helen. "Job Davidson, Cooper in Baltimore, Maryland, and His Long Lost Descendants in Ohio and Indiana: Using Occupation and Birthplace as Census Finding Aids," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 94, No. 2 (June 2006): 85-100..
 * [Davy] Leef, Rachel Cox and Celeste Webb. The Cox Family in Baltimore, from Cecil County, Md., the Davy Family in Baltimore, from London, England, the George Family of Talbott County, Maryland. MSS. Microfilmed 1954:.
 * [Decosta] Russell, George Ely. "Portuguese and Spanish Colonists in Seventeenth-Century Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 76, No. 1 (January 2001):50-60; Vol. 77, No. 1 (Apr. 2001):138-147.
 * [Durbin] Carson, Bettie Jewell Durbin. Durbin and Logsdon Genealogy With Related Families, 1626-1991. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1991..
 * [Eckler] Meyer, Mary Keysor. "The Eckler Family of Maryland and Kentucky," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 3 (July/September 1981):83-96..
 * [Gammon] Boyle, John. Boyle Genealogy: John Boyle of Virginia and Kentucky. St. Louis, Mo.: Perrin &amp; Smith Printing Co., 1909. Digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Gammon] Barnhart, John D. “The Tennessee Constitution of 1796: A Product of the Old West,” The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Nov. 1943):532-548. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Harris] Harris, Mrs. Norris. "The Harris Family of Baltimore and Harford Counties," The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Spring 1990):68..
 * [Holmes] Maynard, Fern. The Descendants of William and Honor (Wells) Holmes: Married 1740 - Baltimore, MD. 5 vols. Boulder, Colo.: F. Maynard, 1991-..
 * [Horner] Hinds, Virginia Horner. Our Horner Ancestors: William of Fayette County, Pa. Son of Thomas of Baltimore, Md. ca. 1700-1991. Waverly, Ohio: V.H. Hinds, 1991..
 * [Jones] Bate, Kerry William. "Litton and Jones Families of Baltimore County, Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Jan. 1977):23.
 * [Lamkin] Wilkins, Harold E. and Barbara J. Mathews. The Descendants of Thomas Lamkin of the Northern Neck of Virginia. Boston, Mass.: Newbury Street Press, 2001..
 * [Litton] Bate, Kerry William. "Litton and Jones Families of Baltimore County, Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Jan. 1977):23.
 * [MacGregor] McCurdy, Harold Grier. "James MacGregor and Thomas MackGehee of Colonial Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1980):243-251. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Mathews] Russell, George Ely. "The Swedish Settlement in Maryland, 1654," The American Genealogist, Vol. 54, No. 4 (Oct. 1978):203-210.
 * [Pearson] Avant, David A. Some Southern Colonial Families. Tallahassee, Fla.: L'Avant Studios, 1982. Vol. 2..
 * [Pierpoint] Hinchliff, Helen. "John Pierpoint of Baltimore County, Maryland: A Legacy of Prickly Pride," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 95, No. 1 (March 2007):41-54..
 * [Philpot] Russell, George Ely. "Brian Philpot Family of Maryland: With Notes on English Relatives," The Genealogist, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Fall 2003):131-165.
 * [Reister] Marks, Lillian Bayly. Reister's Desire, the Origin of Reisterstown, Maryland, Founded 1758, with a Genealogical History of the Reister Family and Sketches of Allied Families. Baltimore, Md., 1975.
 * [Ruppert] Ruppert, Gary B. "From the Rhineland to the Chesapeake: the German-American Rupperts of Nineteenth-Century Baltimore," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 82, No. 4 (December 1994):269-291.
 * [Rust] Rust, Ellsworth Marshall. Rust of Virginia: Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of the Descendants of William Rust, 1654-1940. Washington, D.C.: Rust, 1940..
 * [Sands] Wilkins, W.N. Samuel Sands of Baltimore, Md. (1800-1892) and the First Printing of the Stars [sic] Spangled Banner, A Poem by Francis Scott Key, (1814). Baltimore Md.: Ida Charles Williams Foundation, 1956..
 * [Taylor] Dennstedt, Albert Marjorie. "Richard and Ann Taylor's Descendants in Maryland and Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1996):29-38; Vol. 40, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1996):134-145; Vol. 40, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1996):199-211; Vol. 40, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1996):282-293. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Todd] Stanard, W.G. "The Todd Family," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):79-83. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Todd] Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd. The Descendants of Stephen Field of King and Queen County, Virginia, 1721: With Notes on the Armistead, Booth, Catesby-Cocke, Catlett, Jones, Lightfoot, Smith, Tabb, Todd and Wiatt Families. n.p.: A. Wiatt, 1992..
 * [Tracey] Dennstedt, Albert Marjorie. "Richard and Ann Taylor's Descendants in Maryland and Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1996):29-38; Vol. 40, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1996):134-145; Vol. 40, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1996):199-211; Vol. 40, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1996):282-293. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Uhrbrock] Uhrbrock, Richard Stephen. "The Uhrbrock Family of Schleswig-Holstein, Hanover, New York, and Maryland," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 55, No. 3 (Sep. 1967):163-175..
 * [Utie] "Captain John Utie, of Utimaria, Esq.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):52-58. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Waite] Knoff, Dorothy Cooper. Corbin-Waite-Cooper of Baltimore County and City. East Sandwich, Mass.: D.C. Knoff, 1983..
 * [Wheeler] Wheeler Cousins. Aurora, Mo.: Means Lithographers, 1984. ; Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Whitaker] Whitaker-Buck, Ruby M. Mark Whitaker, Baltimore County, Maryland (c1670-1729) and Allied Families. Sacramento, Calif.: privately published, 1992. Digital version at - free.
 * [Wright] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.

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 Baltimore County Deed Books (1653-present) have been uploaded to their website: A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records in Maryland. (Requires free registration.)

Local Histories

 * Named for the barony of Lord Baltimore family in County Longford, Ireland. Specifically for Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605-1675), the 1st Proprietor Governor of Maryland.
 * 1659--Baltimore County was created 30 June 1659 from Anne Arundel County.
 * County seat: Towson.
 * 12 January 1659, earliest known record of political action, when a writ was issued to its sheriff.

Revolutionary War
Baltimore County men served in the 4th 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, Baltimore County on page 127.]

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, Baltimore County, pp. 111-139. Identifies hundreds of War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index


 * - 1st Regiment, Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry, Company I.
 * - 1st Regiment, Maryland Cavalry (Union)
 * - 1st Regiment, Maryland Cavalry, Potomac Home Brigade, Companies E, F, G, H, I, K, L, and M.
 * - 1st Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade, Companies C, G, and K.
 * - 2nd Regiment, Maryland Cavalry (6 months, 1863-1864), Companies A, B, C and E.
 * - 2nd Regiment, Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry, Company F.
 * - 3rd Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade, Companies B and F.
 * - 3rd Regiment, Maryland Cavalry, Companies A, B, C, H, I, and K.
 * - 4th Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade, Company B.
 * - 5th Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Companies B, C, D, E, F, G, H and K.
 * - 6th Regiment, Maryland Infantry,Companies C, F and I.
 * - 7th Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Companies D and K.
 * - 8th Regiment, Maryland Infantry- Companies B, C, D, F and G.
 * - 9th Regiment, Maryland Infantry (6 months, 1863-1864), Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and K.
 * - Purnell Legion, Maryland Cavalry, Companies A, B, and C.
 * - Purnell Legion, Maryland Infantry, Companies A, B, C, F, H and K.

Naturalization and Citizenship
Though it does not appear on the FamilySearch Catalog under the naturalization section of the City of Baltimore or Baltimore County, the Family History Library has acquired published abstracts of Baltimore naturalizations from 1784 through 1854:


 * Oszakiewski, Robert Andrew. Maryland Naturalization Abstracts. Baltimore County and Baltimore City [1784-1854]. Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1995. Available at.

Newspapers

 * Baltimore County newspapers are identified in "Guide to Maryland Newspapers," available online, courtesy: Special Collections, Maryland State Archives.

Probate Records

 * Probate Records, Colonial Index, 1634-1777 online at Maryland State Archives website - free

Baltimore And Anne Arundel County Last Will and Testaments and Other Probate/Estate Related Documents

Orphans Court Notices (Probate, Administration of Estates, and Some Equity Suits)

Online Probate Records


 * 1635 – 1777 Maryland Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1635 – 1743 Maryland Calendar of Wills 1635-1743 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1629 - 1999 at FamilySearch index and images.  Note: this collection is being updated as images become available; online availability of records for Baltimore County may not yet be complete.
 * 1796 – 1940 at FamilySearch images

Tax Records

 * 1678, 1681 - 1678 and 1681 Baltemore County tax lists, available online, courtesy: MDGenWeb.
 * 1783 -Baltimore County Tax List of 1783: This is an alphabetical index to names to all property owners assessed. The index cards at the Maryland State Archives include county, hundred, names of tracts of land and whether individuals were paupers or single males as provided in the law.
 * 1797 - Cox, Richard J. "Baltimore City 1797 Special Tax List," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 66 (1978):188-191..
 * 1798 - Horvath, George J. The Particular Assessment Lists for Baltimore and Carroll Counties - 1798. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1991.
 * 1869 - Baltimore County, Maryland 5th District Collection Book, 1869

Marriage

 * 1658 - 1940 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1666 - 1970 at FamilySearch — index
 * Maryland Marriage References by Robert Barnes - free.
 * Marriage Records - Maryland State Archives
 * 1777 -  Marriages in Baltimore County, beginning in 1777.
 * 19th, 20th Century Baltimore Marriage Announcements from 19th and 20th Century Newspapers--Sorted by Groom's surname
 * 1800 - 1816 Transcripts of Marriage Licenses from January 1800 through December 1816
 * 1897 - 1915 Transcript of a few Baltimore County Marriage Licenses between 1897 and 1915 Sorted by Groom
 * 1897 - 1915 Transcript of a few Baltimore County Marriage Licenses between 1897 and 1915 Sorted by Bride
 * Divorce Notices and Other Marital Problems from Baltimore Newspapers

Death


 * 1898 - 1944 Maryland Death Index 1898-1944

Other Baltimore County death record resources include: Extracts and Copies of Death Notices and Obituaries from Baltimore Area Newspapers