Maryland Online Genealogy Records

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Maryland Statewide Online Genealogy Records This table shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections on the county level, use the county Wiki pages. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a FamilySearch center or FamilySearch affiliate library.
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Vital Records Births 1639-1995: Maryland Births and Christenings at FamilySearch; index only 1662-1911: Maryland Births and Christenings Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1665-1995: Maryland Births and Baptisms at FamilySearch; index & images 1898-1909 Birth Index, MSA SM199at Maryland State Archives; index 1898-1910 Birth Records, MSA S1963 at Maryland State Archives; records 1910-1913 Birth Records, MSA S1988 at Maryland State Archives; records 1910-1950 Birth Index, MSA SM27 at Maryland State Archives; index & soundex 1914-1922 Birth Records, MSA SM35 at Maryland State Archives; records Marriages pre 1699: American Marriages at Ancestry; index only ($) 1634-1777: Maryland Compiled Marriage Index at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1655-1850: Maryland Compiled Marriages at Ancestry; index only ($) 1658-1940: Maryland County Marriages at FamilySearch; index & images 1666-1970: Maryland Marriages at FamilySearch; index only 1667-1899: Maryland Compiled Marriages at Ancestry; index only ($) 1761-1947: US Marriages – Maryland at Findmypast; index only ($) 1778-1800: Maryland Marriages at Ancestry; images only ($) 1801-1820: Maryland Marriages at Ancestry; images only ($) 1914-1930: Marriage Index, Male, MSA S1498 at Maryland State Archives; index, alpha and soundex mixed 1931-1940: Marriage Certificates, Soundex Index, MSA S1951 at Maryland State Archives; index 1951-1968: Statewide Female Index, MSA SM224 at Maryland State Archives; index 1951-1968: Statewide Male Index, MSA SM223 at Maryland State Archives; index 1951-1968: Marriage Index, Female, MSA CM73 at Maryland State Archives; index 1951-1977: Statewide Index, MSA S1851 at Maryland State Archives; index 1969-1972: Statewide Female Index, MSA SM226 at Maryland State Archives; index 1969-1972: Statewide Male Index, MSA SM225 at Maryland State Archives; index 1978-1989: Statewide Index at Maryland State Archives; index 1990-2011: Statewide Index, MSA SE144 at Maryland State Archives; index Deaths 1697-1800: Maryland State Archives Index to Deaths and Burials at Ancestry; index only ($); incomplete coverage 1877-1992: Maryland Deaths and Burials at FamilySearch; index only 1898-1903 Death Index at Baltimore Genealogy Society; incomplete; index 1898-2010 Maryland Death Index at Maryland State Archives; multiple database indexes & images available 1969-2014 Death Index, 1969-2014 at Baltimore Genealogy Society - incomplete; index Divorce African American See US African American Online Genealogy Records 1865-1872: Maryland and Delaware Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records at FamilySearch; images only African American Genealogy at Enoch Pratt Library Maryland Cemeteries at African American Cemeteries Online Patriots of Color Database, Maryland at Archives Archives and Libraries 1658-1783: Maryland Archives at Ancestry; index & images ($) Biography American Biographical Library at Ancestry; index only ($) Biographical Files at Maryland State Archives Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Marylanders at Ancestry; images only ($) County and Town Histories, includes biographies Cemetery Records 1600s forward: Find a Grave Index at Ancestry; index only ($) BillionGraves Index at FamilySearch; index & images Cemetery Search at BillionGraves Cemetery Search at Find a Grave Maryland Gravestone Photo Project at MarylandGravestones.org Census See US Census Online Genealogy Records 1772-1890: Maryland Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1776: Maryland Colonial Census at Ancestry; index only ($) 1776, 1778, 1870, 1880: Maryland Census Indexes at Maryland State Archives 1890: US Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War at FamilySearch; index & images Maryland Records Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church from Original Sources Vol. I at Ancestry; index only ($) Church Records 1668-1995: Maryland Church Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1753-1851: Maryland Catholic Families at Ancestry; index & images ($) Maryland Records Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church from Original Sources Vol. I at Ancestry; index only ($) Compiled Genealogies 1500-2000: North America Family Histories at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1634-1935: Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families at Ancestry; index & images ($) British Roots of Maryland Families at Ancestry; index & images ($) British Roots of Maryland Families II at Ancestry; index & images ($) Index to Scharf's History of Western Maryland Vol. I & II at Ancestry; index & images ($) Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families, Vol. I at Ancestry; index & images ($); Vol. II Maryland Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia at Ancestry; index & images ($) Maryland Genealogies, Vol. I at Ancestry; index & images ($); Vol. II Court and Criminal Records 1790-1871: US Circuit Court Criminal Case Files at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1970 forward: Maryland Judiciary Case Search at Maryland Judiciary Directories 1878 Maryland Directory, 1878 at MyHeritage — images($) History County and Town Histories, includes biographies Immigration Records See US Immigration Online Genealogy Records 1607-1830: Scots On the Chesapeake at Ancestry; images only ($) 1820-1897: Maryland Baltimore Passenger Lists Index at FamilySearch; index & images 1820-1948: Maryland Baltimore Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1897-1952: Maryland Baltimore Passenger Lists Index at FamilySearch; index & images 1950-1956: Maryland Piney Point Crew Lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1954-1957: Maryland, Baltimore Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels and Airplanes at FamilySearch; index & images Early Settlers of Maryland at Maryland State Archives To Maryland from Overseas at Ancestry; index & images ($) Cultural Immigration Groups 1920-1939: Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Maryland British Aliens During the War of 1812 at Ancestry; images only ($) Germans Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Maryland Italians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Maryland Russians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Maryland	Indigenous Peoples of Maryland See US Native American Online Genealogy Records Land Records 1679-1700: Settlers of Maryland at Ancestry; images only ($) 1679-1783: Settlers of Maryland, Consolidated Edition at Ancestry; images only ($) 1701-1730: Settlers of Maryland at Ancestry; images only ($) 1731-1750: Settlers of Maryland at Ancestry; images only ($) 1751-1765: Settlers of Maryland at Ancestry; images only ($) 1766-1783: Settlers of Maryland at Ancestry; images only ($) Early Settlers of Maryland at Maryland State Archives Federal Land Records at Bureau of Land Management Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary Maps Atlas of Historical County Boundaries at The Newberry Library Maps of Maryland at MapOfUS.org Military Nationwide Databases US Military Online Genealogy Records General Records Maryland Records Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church from Original Sources Vol. I at Ancestry; index only ($) Indian Wars, dates vary See US Military Online Genealogy Records Revolutionary War, 1774-1783 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1775-1783: Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution at Ancestry; images only ($) 1775-1783: Revolutionary War Rolls for Maryland at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1778: Orderly Book of the Maryland Loyalists Regiment at Ancestry; images only ($) Maryland Records Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church from Original Sources Vol. I at Ancestry; index only ($) Maryland Revolutionary Records at Ancestry; images only ($) Maryland Revolutionary War Records at Ancestry; index only ($) Revolutionary Records of Maryland at Ancestry; images only ($) War of 1812, 1812-1815 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1812-1815: The British Invasion of Maryland] at Ancestry; images only ($) Mexican War, 1846-1848 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Florida War, 1855-1858 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Civil War, 1861-1865 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1861-1865: Maryland Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers at FamilySearch; index & images 1861-1865: Maryland Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers at FamilySearch; index & images 1861-1865: History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers Vols. 1-2 at Ancestry; index & images ($) Civil War Burials in Baltimore's Loudon Park Cemetery at Ancestry; index & images ($) Maryland Soldiers in the Civil War, Vol. 1, Vol. 2 at Ancestry; index only ($) Spanish-American War, 1898 See US Military Online Genealogy Records World War I, 1917-1918 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1917-1918: Maryland Military Men at Ancestry; index only ($) World War II, 1941-1945 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1940-1945: Maryland, WW II Draft Registration Cards at FamilySearch; index & images Korean War, 1950-1953 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Fatal Casualties of the Korean War at Archives.gov Vietnam War, 1964-1972 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Fatal Casualities of the Vietnam War at Archives.gov Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Maryland at VietVet.org Naturalization See US Naturalization Online Genealogy Records 1794-1995: Naturalization Records Indexes at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1795-1931: Maryland Federal Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1797-1951: Maryland Naturalization Indexes at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Fold3 ($) 1840-1957: US Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1906-1930: Naturalizations - Maryland at Fold3 ($) 1906-1931: Maryland Naturalization Petitions at FamilySearch; index & images Newspapers 1790-2009: Maryland Newspapers at MyHeritage; index & images ($) 1800-Current: Maryland, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current at Ancestry; index ($) Digital Newspapers at Maryland State Archives Historic Maryland Newspapers at Chronicling America Maryland Newspapers at Maryland State Archives Newspaper Archive ($) Obituaries 1926-1946: Death Notice Index Search at Polish Genealogical Society of America 1930 forward: Obituary Collection at Ancestry; index only ($) 1980-2014: US GenealogyBank Obituaries at FamilySearch; index & images Maryland Obituary Collection at GenealogyBuff Obituaries at Archives.com Periodicals PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at Allen County Public Library; index Probate Records 1629-1999: Maryland Register of Wills Books at FamilySearch; images only 1634-1777: Maryland Colonial Probate Index at Maryland State Archives 1634-1777: Maryland Index to Colonial Probate Records at Findmypast; index & images ($) 1635-1777: Maryland Wills and Probate Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1635-1777: Prerogative Court - Wills at Maryland State Archives 1736-1737: Maryland Death Records as Taken from Maryland Account Book no. 15 at Ancestry; images only ($) 1657-1777: Prerogative Court - Testamentary Proceedings at Maryland State Archives 1674-1718: Prerogative Court - Inventories and Accounts at Maryland State Archives 1718-1777: Prerogative Court - Inventories at Maryland State Archives 1718-1777: Prerogative Court - Accounts at Maryland State Archives 1743-1764: Abstracts of Maryland Wills at Maryland.gov 1751-1776: Prerogative Court - Balance Books at Maryland State Archives 1796-1940: Maryland Probate Estate and Guardianship Files at FamilySearch; index & images Maryland Calendar of Wills at Ancestry; index only ($) Maryland Wills and Probate Records at Findmypast; index only ($) Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary Tax Records 1783: Tax List of Maryland. Vol. 1 at FamilySearch; eBook 1790-1805: Federal assessment Maryland, District of Columbia at FamilySearch; images only 1862-1874: US Internal Revenue Assessment Lists at FamilySearch; images only 1862-1918: US IRS Tax Assessment Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($) Voting Records 1853-1898: Maryland, Kent County Voter Registration Records at FamilySearch; index & images

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