Prince George's County, Maryland Genealogy

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County Courthouse
County Administration Building 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772-3050

History



 * Named for Prince George of Denmark, the brother of King Christian V of Denmark and Sweden, and husband of Queen Anne of Great Britain.

Parent County

 * Created 3 October 1695 from Calvert and Charles counties.

Boundary Changes

 * 10 June 1748, Frederick County was set off.
 * 1791, portions were ceded to form the District of Columbia.

Populated Places

 * Bowie, Greenbelt, Laurel, Landover Hills, Upper Marlboro, more...

Neighboring Counties
Anne Arundel | Calvert | Charles | Howard | Montgomery | Virginia counties: Alexandria | Fairfax | District of Columbia

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

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Capitol Heights
 * Greenbelt

Family Histories

 * [Bates] Russell, Donna Valley. "The Maternal Ancestry of Mary Bates, Wife of Lingan Wilson of Prince George's County, Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 68, No. 2 (Apr. 1993):72-76. Available at FHL.
 * [Beall] See Bates.
 * [Beckwith] Hoff, Henry B. "Alexander de Hinojosa and His Descendants in Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 4 (Oct. 2004):260-273. Available at FHL.
 * [Boteler] Russell, Donna Valley. "The Boteler Family of Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 70, No. 1 (Jan. 1995):9-17. Available at FHL.
 * [Buckerfield] See Bates.
 * [Gambra] 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. Available at FHL.
 * [Hepburn] See Bates.
 * [Holdsworth] See Bates.
 * [Parker] See Bates.
 * [Pottenger] Thompson, Neil D. and Paul C. Reed. "Falsehood and Truth: The Ancestry of John Pottenger, Immigrant to Maryland in 1684," The American Genealogist, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul. 1993):139-145. Available at FHL.
 * [Smith] Russell, Donna Valley. "Nathan and Thomas Smith of Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 65, No. 4 (Oct. 1990):230-232. Available at FHL.
 * [Wilson] See Bates.

Web Sites

 * The Prince George's County MDGenWeb Project, a member of The MDGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Prince George's County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Prince George's County. (Backup site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Prince George's County.