Talbot County, Maryland Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Talbot County Courthouse 11 North Washington Street Easton, Maryland 21601 410-770-8010

History

 * Named for Grace (Calvert), Lady Talbot, the wife of Sir Robert Talbot 2nd Baron of Carlton, Kildare, and daughter of George Calvert 1st Baron Baltimore.

Parent County

 * Created 19 February 1661 from Kent County.

Boundary Changes

 * Queen Anne's County was set off 9 April 1706

Neighboring Counties
Anne Arundel | Calvert | Caroline | Dorchester | Queen Anne's

Cemeteries
Transcriptions of various cemeteries in Talbot County can be found at the following websites:


 * Findagrave
 * Interment
 * Tombstone Transcription Project

The Political Graveyard is a great resource for Politicians that were born, lived and died in Talbot County.

Published Transcriptions:


 * Tombstone inscriptions and map of graves at Wye House, Talbot County, Maryland Tombstone inscriptions and map of graves at Wye House, Talbot County, Maryland
 * Tombstones of Talbot County

For more information about Cemeteries in Maryland please refer to the Maryland Cemeteries page.

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

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Correspondence with the American Colonies 1739-1782," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998):108-128; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):189-205. [Overseas correspondence of a resident of Oxford [Talbot County] with the following surname: Crookshank.] Available at FHL.

Web Sites

 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Talbot County.
 * The Talbot County MDGenWeb Project, a member of The MDGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Talbot County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Talbot County. (Backup site)
 * www.talbotmdhistory.com