Maryland Newspapers

The first newspaper published in Maryland, the Maryland Gazette, began publication at Annapolis in 1727. The best collections of Maryland newspapers are at the Enoch Pratt Free Library http://www.prattlibrary.org/, the Maryland Historical Society at http://www.mdhs.org/, and the Maryland State Archives at http://www.msa.md.gov/.

Two helpful guides for finding Maryland newspapers are:

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. (FHL Book 975.2 B33h; fiche 6046965)

White, Les, et al. Newspapers of Maryland: A Guide to the Microfilm Collection of Newspapers at the Maryland State Archives. Annapolis, Maryland: Maryland State Archives, 1990. (FHL book 975.2 B33s)

The following sources are major indexes to marriage notices and obituaries in Maryland newspapers:

Barnes, Robert W. Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers. Four Volumes. Lutherville, Maryland: Bettie Carothers, 1975-76. (FHL book 975.2 V2ba v. 2; film 928166 item 7) This work covers 1727 to 1795.

Barnes, Robert W. Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1973. (FHL book 975.2 V2b)

Green, Karen Mauer. The Maryland Gazette, 1727- 1761: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts. Galveston, Texas: Frontier, 1989. (FHL book 975.2 D2g)

The Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog lists more newspaper-related sources under:

MARYLAND - NEWSPAPERS

MARYLAND, [COUNTY] - NEWSPAPERS

Web Sites
http://www.smalltownpapers.com/ (free) Some Maryland papers

http://www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&amp;p=23&amp;categoryFilterID=38&amp;showPaging=true ($) has a large collection of historical Maryland newspapers