Maryland State Archives

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:archives@mdsa.net archives@mdsa.net]

Address:


 * 350 Rowe Blvd.
 * Annapolis, MD 21401

Telephone:  Maryland toll free 800-235-4045, or 410-260-6400 Fax:  410-974-2525

Hours: Wednesday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and some Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more details, click here.

Internet sites and database:


 * Maryland State Archives at mdsa.net
 * Archives of Maryland Online at www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/index.html
 * Underground Railroad Database Search at ww2.mdslavery.net/

Collection Description
Births including copies of many county records 1654-1924 ;

Tips
The Archives will be closed on some Saturdays — click here to learn which ones.

Guides
Maryland State Archives, Guide to Government Records [online] at http://guide.mdsa.net/ (accessed 21 October 2008).

Substitute Repositories

 * NARA
 * Family History Library - has books and microfilms of Worcester County marriages from 1795 to 1906, and a few books on court proceedings and judgements.
 * Library of Maryland History
 * Maryland State Library
 * Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia archives
 * Maryland Genealogical Society
 * Worcester County, Maryland, District Court -
 * Worcester County, Maryland, Orphans' Court -
 * neighboring county courthouses - may have court records of Worcester County citizens doing business nearby.