Maryland Newspapers

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1727-1761 Green, Karen Mauer. The Maryland Gazette, 1727- 1761: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts. Galveston, Texas: Frontier, 1989. FS Catalog book 975.2 D2g
1727-1795 Barnes, Robert W. Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers. Four Volumes. Lutherville, Maryland: Bettie Carothers, 1975-76. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Vols. 1-4.
1727-1839 Barnes, Robert W. Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1973. FS Catalog book 975.2 V2b. At various libraries (WorldCat). Online at: Ancestry ($).
1790-1799 The Maryland Herald. Online at: Google News.
1790-2009 Maryland Newspapers, 1790-2009 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
1796-1816 Barnes, Robert. Marriages and Deaths from Baltimore Newspapers, 1796-1816. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1978. FS Library Book 975.26 V2b. Online at Ancestry ($).
1800s-Current U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
1800s-Current Maryland, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800s-current at Ancestry — index ($)
1837-1850 Hollowak, Thomas W. Index to Marriages and Deaths in The (Baltimore) Sun 1837-1850. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1978. FS Catalog book 975.26 B38h. Online at: Ancestry ($).
1851-1860 Hollowak, Thomas L. Index to Marriages in The (Baltimore) Sun 1851-1860. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1978. FS Catalog book 975.26 B38ha. Online at: Ancestry ($).
Names and Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com™ (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania) at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
Online Digitized Newspapers. See also the Maryland Newspaper Guide. Both at the Maryland State Archives.
NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of Maryland newspapers online. This database is free at some libraries, where it may be under the name Access NewspaperArchive.
Ancestry ($) has over 20 historical Maryland newspapers.

History[edit | edit source]

Newspaper publication in Maryland began in 1727 with the release of the Maryland Gazette in Annapolis.

Resources for Maryland Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Libraries and Archives[edit | edit source]

The following libraries have Maryland newspaper collections on site.

Newspaper Directory[edit | edit source]

The U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.

Digital Issues Online[edit | edit source]

Wikipedia has more about this subject: List of online newspaper archives

Current newspapers

RootsWeb Obituary Daily Times has a searchable database of over 14 million modern-day obituaries extracted by volunteers. Most are from 2000 or later, but some date back to the 1980s.
ABYZ Newslinks has a directory of links to over 140 Maryland newspapers online organized by city.
OnlineNewspapers.com links to over 110 Maryland newspapers online.
SHG Resources State Handbook & Guide links to over 30 current Maryland newspapers online.

Guides[edit | edit source]

Maryland Newspaper Guide at the Maryland State Archives.
Hofstetter, Eleanore O. and Marcella S. Eustis. Newspapers in Maryland Libraries: A Union List. Baltimore, Maryland: Division of Library Development Services, Maryland State Department of Education, 1977. FS Catalog book 975.2 B33h. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. At various libraries (WorldCat).
White, Les, et al. Newspapers in Maryland: A Guide to the Microfilm Collection of Newspapers at the Maryland State Archives. Annapolis, Maryland: Maryland State Archives, 1990. FS Catalog book 975.2 B33s. 1989 edition At various libraries (WorldCat). Later editions At various libraries (WorldCat).

FamilySearch Library[edit | edit source]

To locate newspapers in the FamilySearch Library's collection which pertain to a large part of Maryland, click here The FamilySearch Library is not actively collecting newspapers of the United States.^[1]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Telephone interview of Ken Nelson by Michael Ritchey. Salt Lake City, 8 December 2008. Ken is a member of the FamilySearch Library's Collection Management team. He said that although the library would not turn down a free microfilm of a U.S. newspaper, newspaper collections are not currently part of the acquisition profile for U.S. places, and haven't been for some years.

[1] Telephone interview of Ken Nelson by Michael Ritchey. Salt Lake City, 8 December 2008. Ken is a member of the FamilySearch Library's Collection Management team. He said that although the library would not turn down a free microfilm of a U.S. newspaper, newspaper collections are not currently part of the acquisition profile for U.S. places, and haven't been for some years.

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