~A selective list of books you may find useful in your research~
Research Guides
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Guide to Genealogical Research in Maryland. (2001)
Guide to Maryland State Archives Holdings of Baltimore City Records on Microform. (1991)
Guide to Newspapers and Newspaper Holdings: The Maryland Newspaper Project. (1991)
Guide to the Maryland Hall of Records: Local, Judicial, & Administrative Records on Microform
Guide to the Research Collections of the Maryland Historical Society: Historical and Genealogical
Manuscripts and Oral History Interviews.
Index of the Maryland Genealogical Records Committee Reports (GRC), NSDAR Library, Series
1, vols. 1-236 & series 2, vols. 1-16, 1913-1994.
Index of the Source Records of Maryland: Genealogical, Biographical, Historical.
Inventory of Maryland State Papers, vol. 1: Era of the American Revolution, 1775-1789.
Land Office and Prerogative Court Records of Colonial Maryland.
Maryland Genealogical Research. (1991)
Research in Maryland. 2nd ed. (NGS Research in the States).
Selected Maryland Bibliography and Resources. 2 vols.
African American
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African American Leaders of Maryland: A Portrait Gallery.
Colored Volunteers of Maryland: Bounty Records of 9 th Regt., U. S. Colored Troops, 1863-1866.
Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware from the Colonial Period to 1810.
Free Blacks in Harford, Somerset and Talbot Counties, Maryland, 1832.
Manumission Book, 1832-1860, vol. 3. (Maryland Colonization Society)
Biographical
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Employees, 1842 and 1852, 1855 and 1857.
Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789. 2 vols.
British Roots of Maryland Families.
Citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland 1659-1850.
Colonial Families of Maryland: Bound and Determined to Succeed.
Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 23 vols.
Early Families of Southern Maryland. 10 vols.
Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.
Immigrant Ancestors of Marylanders as Found in Local Histories.
Maryland and Delaware Genealogies and Family Histories: A Bibliography of Books.
Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families.
Maryland Biographical Sketch Index.
Maryland Genealogies … from the Maryland Historical Magazine. 2 vols.
Marylanders to Carolina: Migration of Marylanders to No. Carolina & So. Carolina Prior to 1800.
Marylanders to Ohio and Indiana: Migrations Prior to 1835.
More Marylanders to Ohio and Indiana: Migrations Prior to 1835.
Settlers of Maryland, 1701-1730.
Sketches of Maryland Eastern Shoremen.
To Maryland from Overseas.
Cemeteries
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Directory of Maryland Burial Grounds.
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Historic Graves of Maryland and District of Columbia.
Jewish Cemeteries of the Delmarva Peninsula: A Burial Index for Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern
Shore.
Memoirs of the Dead and Tomb’s Remembrancer.
Very Quiet Baltimoreans: A Guide to the Historic Cemteries and Burial Sites of Baltimore.
Census & Tax Lists
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1776 Census of Maryland.
1778 Census of Maryland.
1783 Tax List of Maryland.
Citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, 1659-1750.
Early Maryland (Early American Series). 2 vols.
Maryland 1860 Agricultural Census. 2 vols.
Maryland Oaths of Fidelity.
Maryland Slave Owners and Superintendents, 1798. 2 vols.
Maryland Source Records. 2 vols.
Name Index to the Baltimore City Tax Records, 1798-1808, of the Baltimore City Archives.
Church Records
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Directory of Maryland Church Records.
Directory of Ministers and the Maryland Churches They Served, 1634-1990. 2 vols.
Inventory of the Church Archives of Maryland, Protestant Episcopal: Diocese of Maryland. (1940)
Quaker Minutes of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, 1676-1779.
Quaker Records in Maryland.
Quaker Records of Baltimore and Harford Counties, Maryland, 1801-1825: Births, Deaths,
Marriages, Removals, and Abstracts from the Monthly Minutes.
Quaker Records of Northern Maryland: Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Abstracts from the
Minutes, 1716-1800.
Quaker Records of Southern Maryland: Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Abstracts from the
Minutes, 1658-1800.
Colonial & Court Records
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Abstract of Commission Book 82, Volume M1: Council of Maryland, 1733-1751 & 1761-1773.
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Abstracts of Chancery Court Records of Maryland 1669-1782.
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Archives of Maryland. 72 vols.
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Archives of Maryland. New Series.
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Calendar of Maryland State Papers.
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Colonial Maryland Naturalizations.
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Colonial Services of Maryland.
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Colonial Source Records: Southern Maryland Catholic Families.
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Divorces and Names Changed in Maryland By Act of the Legislature 1634-1854.
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Given to Drinking and Whoring: White Maryland Runaways, 1720-1762.
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Maryland and Virginia Convict Runaways, 1725-1800: A Survey of English Sources.
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Maryland Deponents, 1634-1799.
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Maryland Deponents, Volume 3, 1634-1776.
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Maryland Naturalization Abstracts [1779-1851]. 2 vols.
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Maryland Public Service Records, 1775-1783.
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Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church, from Original Sources. 2 vols.
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More Maryland Deponents, 1716-1799.
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Proceedings of the Maryland Court of Appeals, 1695-1729.
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Sly and Artful Rogues: Maryland Runaways, 1775-1781.
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Without Indentures: Index to White Slave Children in Colonial Court Records.
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White Slave Children of Colonial Maryland and Virginia: Birth and Shipping Records
Immigration Records
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Institutions
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King’s Passengers to Maryland and Virginia.
Absconders, Runaways and Other Fugitives in the Baltimore City and County [Maryland] Jail,
1831-1864.
Baltimore [Maryland] City Jail War Docket.
Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers’ Home and Confederate Veterans’ Organizations in MD.
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Land
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Maps & Place Names
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Military
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One Vast Hospital: The Civil War Hospital Sites in Frederick, Maryland after Antietam, with
Detailed Hospital Patient List.
Early Landowners of Maryland. 10 vols. [thus far]
Early Settlers of Maryland: An Index to Names of Immigrants Compiled from Records of Land
Patents, 1633-1680.
Settlers of Maryland, 1679-1783. [Consolidated ed.]
Supplement to The Early Settlers of Maryland.
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Delaware, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.
Gazetteer of Maryland and Delaware. (1904) reprint
Maryland A to Z: A Topographical Dictionary.
Maryland State Archives Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland, 1608-1908.
New Topographical Atlas of the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. (1873)
Placenames of Maryland, Their Origin and Meaning.
Postal History of Maryland, the Delmarva Peninsula, and the District of Columbia: The Post
Offices and First Postmasters from 1775 to 1984.
You Take the High Road: A Guide to the Place Names of Colonial Eastern Shore of Maryland.
1890 Special Census of the Civil War Veterans of the State of Maryland. 7 vols. in 4.
Baltimore [Maryland] City Jail War Docket. [Confederate prisoners of war]
Bivouacs of the Dead.
Chronicle of War of 1812 Soldiers, Seamen, and Marines.
Civil War Draft in Maryland: Lists of Drafted Men, 1862-1865.
Colonial Maryland Soldiers and Sailors, 1634-1734.
Colored Volunteers of Maryland: Bounty Records of 9th Regt., U. S. Colored Troops, 1863-1866.
Confederate Sailors, Marines, and Signalmen from Virginia and Maryland.
German Regiment of Maryland and Pennsylvania in the Continental Army, 1776-1781.
Guide to Select Revolutionary War Records Pertaining to Mennonites and Other Pacifist Groups
in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1775-1800. 2 vols.
History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-5. 2 vols.
History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-5: Index.
Lest We Forget: A Guide to Civil War Monuments in Maryland.
Maryland and District of Columbia Volunteers in the Mexican War.
Maryland in the Civil War: An Annotated Bibliography.
Maryland in the World War 1917-1919: Military and Naval Service Records. 3 vols.
Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers’ Home and Confederate Veterans’ Organizations in MD.
Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War.
Maryland Militia, War of 1812. 7 vols.
Maryland National Guard: A History of Maryland’s Military Forces, 1634-1991.
Maryland Privateers, War of 1812.
Maryland Public Service Records, 1775-1783.
Maryland Revolutionary Records: Data Obtained from 3,050 Pension Claims and Bounty Land
Applications.
Maryland Revolutionary War Pensioners, War of 1812, and Indian Wars.
Maryland Revolutionary War Records, 1727-1851.
Maryland Soldiers Entitled to Lands West of Fort Cumberland.
Maryland Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 or Indian Wars Who Drew Pensions
While Residing in Kentucky.
Marylanders and Delawareans in the French and Indian War, 1756-1763.
Marylanders in the Confederacy.
Marylanders in the Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications.
Minority Revolutionary War Service, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, 1775-1783.
Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution,
1775-1783. [reprint of Archives of Maryland vol. 18]
One Vast Hospital: The Civil War Hospital Sites in Frederick, Maryland after Antietam, with
Detailed Hospital Patient List.
Revolutionary Patriots of Baltimore Town and Baltimore County 1775-83.
Revolutionary Patriots of Maryland 1775-83: A Supplement.
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Revolutionary Patriots of Maryland 1775-83: A Second Supplement.
Roster of the Soldiers and Sailors Who Served from Maryland During the Spanish-American War.
Selected Final Pension Payment Vouchers, 1818-1864, Maryland: Baltimore.
Those Honored Dead: A Roster of Over 2500 MD Union Soldiers Buried in National Cemeteries.
Western Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia Militia in Defense of Maryland 1805-15.
Native American
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Indians in Maryland and Delaware: A Critical Bibliography.
Newspapers (see also Vital Records)
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Abstracts of Marriages and Deaths and Other Articles of Interest in the Newspapers of Frederick
and Montgomery Counties, Maryland, 1831-1840.
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Along the Potomac River: Extracts from the Maryland Gazette, 1728-1799.
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Baltimore’s Polish Language Newspapers: Historical & Genealogical Abstracts, 1891-1925.
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Biographical Data from Baltimore Newspapers, 1817-1819.
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Drinks Hard, and Swears Much: White Maryland Runaways, 1770-1774.
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Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers of Maryland’s Eastern Shore 1835-50.
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Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers 1727-75.
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Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers 1776-85.
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Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers 1786-90.
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Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers 1791-95.
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Guide to the Newspaper Collection on Microfilm at the Maryland State Archives. (1991)
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Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts. 8 vols.
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Maryland Gazette, 1727-1761: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts.
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Newspaper Abstracts of Allegany and Washington Counties, 1811-15.
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Newspapers of the Upper Eastern Shore [1800-1802].
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Western Maryland Newspaper Abstracts, 1786-1810. 3 vols.
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“When Drunk is Very Bold”: White Maryland Runaways, 1763-1769.
Passenger Lists
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The King’s Passengers to Maryland and Virginia.
Periodicals
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Chesapeake Cousins.
Maryland and Delaware Genealogist.
Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin.
Maryland Genealogical Society Journal.
Maryland Historical Magazine.
Western Maryland Genealogy.
Vital Records (see also Newspapers)
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Abstracts of Marriages and Deaths in the (Baltimore) American and Commercial Daily Advertiser,
1831-1836.
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Addendum to Index of Obituaries and Marriages in the (Baltimore) Sun, 1861-1865.
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Baltimore, Maryland Index to the Marriage Notices in the Baltimore Sun for…1837 to 1838.
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Collection of Maryland Church Records.
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Colonial Records of Southern Maryland.
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Death Records of Maryland, 1715-1763.
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Deaths Published in the Papers [1950s-1990s] 4 vols.
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Divorces and Names Changed in Maryland By Act of the Legislature 1634-1854.
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Family Bible Records. 3 vols. (Maryland Chapter D.A.R.)
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German Correspondent, Baltimore, Maryland: Translation and Transcription of Marriages, Deaths
and Selected Articles of Genealogical Interest…1879-1883. 2 vols.
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Index of Obituaries and Marriages in the (Baltimore) Sun, 1861-65, 1876-85, & 1891-94. 4 vols.
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Index of Obituaries and Marriages in the (Baltimore) Sun, 1871-1875. 2 vols.
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Index of Obituaries and Marriages in the (Baltimore) Sun, 1866-1870. 2 vols. in 1.
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Inventory of Maryland Bible Records.
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Marriages and Deaths from Baltimore Newspapers, 1796-1816.
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Marriages and Deaths from Baltimore Newspapers, 1817-1824.
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Marriages and Deaths from Eastern Shore Newspapers, 1790-1835.
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Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette 1727-1839.
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Wills & Probate
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Marriages and Deaths of the Lower Delmarva 1835-1840.
Maryland Bible Records. 7 vols.
Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, 1648-1825. 5 vols.
Maryland Marriage Clues. Multi-volume.
Maryland Marriage Evidences 1634-1718.
Maryland Marriages 1634-1777.
Maryland Marriages 1778-1800.
Maryland Marriages 1801-20.
Maryland Mortalities from the Baltimore Sun Almanac, 1876-1915.
Maryland Source Records. 2 vols.
Omega Connections: Obituaries from Eastern Shore of Maryland Newspapers, Over 10,000
Names [1850-1920]. 3 vols.
Supplement to Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Books 1-3.
Vital Records of the Jesuit Missions of the Eastern Shore 1760-1800.
Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1718-1765. 8 v.
Abstracts of the Balance Books of the Prerogative Court of Maryland [1751-1777].
Abstracts of the Chancery Court Records of Maryland, 1669-1782.
Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1674-1718. 8 v.
Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1703-1777. 15 vols.
Abstracts of the Proprietary Records of the Provincial Court of Maryland, 1637-1658.
Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1658-1777. 42 v.
Assorted Wills and Deeds of Gift of the Lower Eastern Shore of MD and VA. Vol. 1: 1648-1845.
Glossary of Unusual and Little-Used Terms in Colonial British America: Maryland Court
Records, 1600s. [primarily terms used in probate records]
Index of Maryland Colonial Wills, 1634-1777.
Magruder’s Maryland Colonial Abstracts: Wills, Accounts, and Inventories 1772-1777. 5 vols.
Maryland Calendar of Wills, 1635-1777. 16 vols.
Supplement to the Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of
Maryland, 1691-1706.
Revised: November 14, 2016