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1 H I S T O R Y & G E N E A L O G Y MARYLAND GENEALOGY ST. LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY 1640 S. LINDBERGH BLVD. ST. LOUIS, MO This guide provides an overview of resources for Maryland genealogical research available in History & Genealogy. Additional items not listed here are available. Please consult the online catalog at or ask for assistance at the History & Genealogy reference desk. Call numbers or other location information follow each entry. Items with call numbers beginning with R are for use in the library only. Ancestry is an online database available on computers at all St. Louis County Library branches. ACADIANS IN MARYLAND Wood, Gregory A. A Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., Call no. R W875G and W875G AFRICAN AMERICANS IN MARYLAND Carothers, Bettie Stirling. Maryland Slave Owners and Superintendents, vols. Lutherville, MD: Bettie Stirling Carothers, Call no C293M Chapelle, Susanne Ellery Greene. African American Leaders of Maryland: A Portrait Gallery. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, Call no. R C462A Davidson, Thomas E. Free Blacks on the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland: The Colonial Period, 1662 to Crownsville, MD: Maryland Historical & Cultural Publications, Call no. Q D253F Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware from the Colonial Period to Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no. R H468F and H468F ARCHIVES Archives of Maryland. 72 vols. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, Call no. R A673 and Q A673 ATLASES AND GAZETTEERS DeLorme Mapping Company. Maryland, Delaware Atlas & Gazetteer. Freeport, ME: DeLorme Mapping Company, Call no. R D362M Gannett, Henry. A Gazetteer of Maryland and Delaware. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no G198G Gannett, Henry. A Gazetteer of Maryland and Delaware. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no. R G198G Mapping Maryland: The Willard Hackerman Collection. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, Call no. R M297 Papenfuse, Edward C. and Joseph M. Coale, III. The Maryland State Archives Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Call no. R P214M 1

2 BIBLE AND CHURCH RECORDS Inventory of Maryland Bible Records. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, Call no. R I62 and I62 Kanely, Edna A. Directory of Maryland Church Records. Silver Spring, MD: Family Line Publications, Call no K16D Peden, Henry C. Maryland Bible Records. Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, Call no. R P371M (Library has vols. 1,4 and 5 only.) CENSUS RECORDS Federal Census Records for Maryland are available at Ancestry. Green, Linda L. Maryland 1860 Agricultural Census. 2 vols. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, Call no. R G796M Maryland Colonial Census, Database online. Ancestry. Moore, L. Tilden Special Census of the Civil War Veterans of the State of Maryland. Vol. 7. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, Call no. R M822E COLONIAL RECORDS Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church: From Original Sources. 2 vols. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins Company, Call no. Q B893M EARLY SETTLERS, GENEALOGIES, AND PIONEER FAMILIES Barnes, Robert W. British Roots of Maryland Families. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, vols. Call no. R B261B and B261B Barnes, Robert W. Colonial Families of Maryland: Bound and Determined to Succeed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no B261C Barnes, Robert W. and F. Edward Wright. Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 15 vols. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, Call no. R B261C Clark, Raymond B. Maryland Family Genealogies and Histories: A Bibliography. St. Michaels, MD: Raymond B. Clark, Call no. Q V813M Coldham, Peter Wilson. Settlers of Maryland. 5 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no. R C688S and C688S Jourdan, Elise Greenup. Early Families of Southern Maryland. 10 vols. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, Call no. R J86E Maryland Genealogies: A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine. 2 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no. R M393 and M393 Provincial Families of Maryland. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, Call no. R P969 Skordas, Gust. The Early Settlers of Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no. R S628E and S628E Virdin, Donald Odell. Maryland and Delaware Genealogies and Family Histories. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., Call no. R V813M and Q V813M 2

3 FRENCH IN MARYLAND Wood, Gregory A. The French Presence in Maryland, Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., Call no W875F GERMANS IN MARYLAND Cunz, Dieter. The Maryland Germans: A History. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, Call no. R C973M Nead, Daniel Wunderlich. The Pennsylvania-German in the Settlement of Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no. R N338P and N338P Society for the History of the Germans in Maryland. Annual Report of the Society for the History of the Germans in Maryland. Baltimore: S. W. Schneidereith & Sons, Call no S678A Weiser, Frederick S. Maryland German Church Records. 17 vols. Westminster, MD: Historical Society of Carroll County, Call no. R W427M (Library is missing volume 15.) GUIDES Maryland Historical Society. Guide to the Research Collections of the Maryland Historical Society. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, Call no M393G Peden, Henry C. A Guide to Genealogical Research in Maryland. 5th ed. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, Call no. R P371G Shawker, Patricia O Brien. Research in Maryland. Arlington, VA: National Genealogical Society, Call no. R S537R and S537R HISTORY Andrews, Matthew Page. History of Maryland: Province and State. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., Call no. R A568H and A568H Andrews, Matthew Page. The Founding of Maryland. Baltimore: Williams &Wilkins Company, Call no A568F Bozman, John Leeds. The History of Maryland from Its First Settlement in 1633 to the Restoration in vols. Baltimore: James Lucas & E. K. Deaver, Reprint, Baltimore: Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Call no. R B793H Richardson, Hester Dorsey. Side-Lights on Maryland History with Sketches of Early Maryland Families. 2 vols. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Company, Reprint, Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., Call no. R R522S7 IMMIGRATION Baltimore Passenger Lists, Database online. Ancestry. LAND RECORDS Peden, Henry C. More Maryland Deponents, Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2002, Call no. R P371M MARRIAGE RECORDS Barnes, Robert W. Maryland Marriage Evidences, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no. R B261M 3

4 Barnes, Robert. Maryland Marriages. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no. R B261M and B261M Maryland Marriages, Database online. Ancestry. MILITARY See also Military Records guide available on the collection guides rack in History & Genealogy. Blizzard, Dennis F. and Thomas L. Hollowak. A Chronicle of War of 1812 Soldiers, Seamen, and Marines. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no. R B649C Clark, Raymond B. Marylanders in the Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications. Arlington, VA: R. B. Clark, Call no. Q C594M Elements, S. Eugene. The Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, Call no. R C626M Hartzler, Daniel D. Marylanders in the Confederacy. Silver Spring, MD: Family Line Publications, Call no. Q H338M Newman, Harry Wright. Maryland Revolutionary Records. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Call no N552M Newman, Harry Wright. Maryland Revolutionary Records. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Call no. R N552M Peden, Henry C. Colonial Maryland Soldiers and Sailors, Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2008, Call no. R P371C Peden, Henry C. Marylanders and Delawareans in the French and Indian War, Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2007, Call no. R P371M Riley, Hugh Ridgely and Charles S. Carrington. Roster of the Soldiers and Sailors Who Served in Organizations from Maryland during the Spanish-American War. Baltimore: William J. C. Dulany Company, Reprint, Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, Call no R573R Wells, Charles J. Maryland and District of Columbia Volunteers in the Mexican War. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, Call no W453M Wright, F. Edward. Maryland Militia, War of vols. Silver Spring, MD: Family Line, Call no. Q W949M NATURALIZATIONS Wyand, Jeffrey A. and Florence L. Wyand. Colonial Maryland Naturalizations. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no. R W974C and W974C NEWSPAPERS Barnes, Robert W. Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers, Lutherville, MD: Bettie Carothers, Call no. Q B261G Barnes, Robert. Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no. R B261M and B261M Green, Karen Mauer. The Maryland Gazette, : Genealogical and Historical Abstracts. Galveston: Frontier Press, Call no. R G796M and G796M 4

5 Hofstetter, Eleanore O. and Marcella S. Eustis. Newspapers in Maryland Libraries: A Union List. Baltimore: Division of Library Development Services, Maryland State Department of Education, Call no. R H713N Hollowak, Thomas L. Index to Marriages in the (Baltimore) Sun, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no H745I PERIODICALS Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin (published as the Bulletin of the Maryland Genealogical Society from ). Maryland: Maryland Genealogical Society, Call no. R B936 Maryland Historical Magazine. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, Call no. R M393 and M393 PLACE NAMES Kenny, Hamill. The Placenames of Maryland, Their Origin and Meaning. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, Call no K36P PRISONERS Peden, Henry C. Maryland Prisoners Languishing in Gaol. Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, Call no. R P371M QUAKERS IN MARYLAND Jacobsen, Phebe R. Quaker Records in Maryland. Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission, State of Maryland, Call no. R J17Q and Q J17Q WILLS AND PROBATE Cotton, Jane Baldwin. The Maryland Calendar of Wills. 16 vols. Baltimore: Kohn & Pollock, Reprint, Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, Call no. R C851M (vols. 1-13) and C951M (complete) Magruder, James M. Index of Maryland Colonial Wills, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland. Annapolis: Mimeographed by J. M. Magruder, Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Call no. R M212I and M212I Skinner, V. L. Abstracts of the Inventories and Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland. 11 vols. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, Call no. Q S628A (Library is missing vols. 2, 4, and 5.) History & Genealogy at St. Louis County Library 1640 South Lindbergh Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri (314) , Ext genealogy@slcl.org / 2009, Rev. 4 / 2015

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