Maryland, Allegany County Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes church records from 1914-1918.

Reading These Records
Some of these records are in German. For help with reading the records please see the following wiki articles:
 * Germany Language and Languages
 * German Word List

What Can these Records Tell Me?
The information varies between sects and records. You may find any of the following:
 * Event dates and places (birth, baptism, marriage, death or burial)
 * Names of parents, children, other family members, and witnesses
 * Ages
 * Residence
 * Previous residences

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The name of a parent or date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use the age to calculate the birth date to find other records.
 * Use the place of residence and the parents names to find other records.
 * Search for immigration, military, land and probate records.
 * Look at the officiator's sect and search for other records within that parish or religion.
 * Use the information to find additional family members in censuses.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Try viewing the original record. Indexes and transcriptions may not include all the data found in the original records. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relatives that can be verified by records.
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search.
 * Try variant spellings of your ancestor’s name.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.
 * Search the indexes and records of Maryland, United States Genealogy.
 * Search in the FamilySearch Library Catalog

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of Maryland.
 * Maryland Guided Research
 * Maryland Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research

Other FamilySearch Collections
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.