Baltimore County, Maryland Genealogy


 * This article is about a northern Maryland county. For the city, see Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland. For other uses, see Baltimore (disambiguation).

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County Courthouse
Courthouse 400 Washington Ave Towson, MD 21204

History

 * Named for the barony of Lord Baltimore family in County Longford, Ireland.

Parent County

 * 1659--Baltimore County was created 30 June 1659 from Anne Arundel County. County seat: Towson.
 * 12 January 1659, earliest known record of political action, when a writ was issued to its sheriff.

Boundary Changes

 * 6 June 1674, a portion was set off to create Cecil County.
 * 10 June 1748, a portion combined with portion from Prince George's county set off to create Frederick County.
 * 17 December 1773, east part was split off to form Harford County.
 * 1851, Baltimore City became independent of the county.
 * 13 May 1851, southwest portion combined with a portion from Anne Arundel County was set off to form Howard County.

Town

 * Hampstead

Neighboring Counties
Anne Arundel | Carroll | Harford | Howard | Kent | York County, Pennsylvania

Cemeteries
Interment.net Cemetery Listings for Baltimore County, MD. Includes contact information for many cemetaries in the county and volunteer contributed index lists for many of them.

The Govanstown Cemetery (Baltimore County) is now online as part of the Govans Presbyterian Church web site. To go directly to the PDF Listings click on: http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1627491/f/CemetaryByInterred.pdf (If that does not work go to www.govanspres.org and click on "cemetery listings"

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

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Intercepted Letters Relating to America 1777-1811," The Genealogist, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Fall 2000):184-200. [Discusses overseas contacts of individuals with the following Baltimore County surnames: Barton, Beays, Brothers, Brown, Browne, Buchanan, Burke, Campbell, Caton, Dicky, Donnell, Duncan, Gillmer, Gittings, Gwin, Holmes, Hudson, McFadon, Olliver, Pringle, Sherlock, Smith, Spears, Taylor, Thompson, Thorowgood, Williamson, Yellot.]

Societies and Libraries

 * Baltimore County Genealogical Society - Membership required. Links to Surname index files, Pedigree (ancestor) index files, World Wide Web pages, and Extensive library. Other benefits without links are circulating books, research materials, workshops and seminars, quarterly publication.

Web Sites

 * The Baltimore County MDGenWeb Project, a member of The MDGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Baltimore County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Baltimore County. (backup site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Baltimore County (not the City.)