Maryland, United States Genealogy
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Guide to Maryland ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
Maryland Information
Maryland was the seventh state admitted to the United States on April 28, 1788. Maryland was created from the Maryland Colony and is located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.[1] The state of Maryland consists of twenty three counties and Baltimore City, which became an independent city on July 4, 1851.[2] The capital of Maryland is Annapolis.[3] See Maryland History for more information.
Maryland Clickable Map
Many genealogy records are kept on the county level in the United States. Click on a county below to go to the county Wiki article listing more information.
Counties
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Maryland Migration Routes
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Maryland " in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland (accessed 15 March 2016).
- ↑ Historical marker, Towson Courthouse, Baltimore County Historical Society.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "List of US States by Date of Admission," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union, accessed 09/18/2016.