Maryland Newspapers

History
Newspaper publication in Maryland began in 1727 with the release of the Maryland Gazette in Annapolis.

Libraries and Archives
The following libraries have Maryland newspaper collections on site.


 * Enoch Pratt Free Library
 * Maryland Historical Society
 * Maryland State Archives

Newspaper Directory
The U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.

Digital Issues Online
Historical newspapers


 * Archives of Maryland Online provides images of many issues of The Maryland Gazette (1728-1839).
 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of Maryland newspapers online. This database is free at some libraries, where it may be under the name Access NewspaperArchive.
 * Ancestry ($) has over 20 historical Maryland newspapers.
 * 1790-1799 The Maryland Herald is available online at Google News.
 * 1790-2009 Maryland Newspapers, 1790-2009 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1796-1816 Barnes, Robert. Marriages and Deaths from Baltimore Newspapers, 1796-1816. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1978. . Online at Ancestry ($).

Current newspapers


 * RootsWeb Obituary Daily Times has a searchable database of over 14 million modern-day obituaries extracted by volunteers. Most are from 2000 or later, but some date back to the 1980s.
 * ABYZ Newslinks has a directory of links to over 140 Maryland newspapers online organized by city.
 * OnlineNewspapers.com links to over 110 Maryland newspapers online.
 * SHG Resources State Handbook & Guide links to over 30 current Maryland newspapers online.

Indexes

 * 1727-1761 Green, Karen Mauer. The Maryland Gazette, 1727- 1761: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts. Galveston, Texas: Frontier, 1989. (ISBN 0932231071); (FamilySearch Library book )
 * 1727-1795 Barnes, Robert W. Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers. Four Volumes. Lutherville, Maryland: Bettie Carothers, 1975-76. (ISBN: none) (OCLC;8196057) (FamilySearch Library book ; film
 * 1727-1839 Barnes, Robert W. Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1973. (ISBN 0806305800) (ISBN 0806305800); (OCLC;28916982) (FamilySearch Library book ). Online at Ancestry ($).
 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1837-1850 Hollowak, Thomas W. Index to Marriages and Deaths in The (Baltimore) Sun 1837-1850. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1978. . Online at Ancestry ($).
 * 1851-1860 Hollowak, Thomas L. Index to Marriages in The (Baltimore) Sun 1851-1860. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1978. . Online at Ancestry ($).

Guides

 * Maryland newspapers are identified county-by-county in "Guide to Maryland Newspapers," available online, courtesy: Special Collections, Maryland State Archives.
 * Hofstetter, Eleanore O. and Marcella S. Eustis. Newspapers in Maryland Libraries: A Union List. Baltimore, Maryland: Division of Library Development Services, Maryland State Department of Education, 1977. (ISBN: none) (OCLC 3160087) (FamilySearch Library Book ; fiche )
 * White, Les, et al. Newspapers in Maryland: A Guide to the Microfilm Collection of Newspapers at the Maryland State Archives. Annapolis, Maryland: Maryland State Archives, 1990. (ISBN: none) (OCLC 19906122, 23530179, 23140665) (FamilySearch Library book )

FamilySearch Library
To locate newspapers in the FamilySearch Library's collection which pertain to a large part of Maryland, The FamilySearch Library is not actively collecting newspapers of the United States.