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-The Maryland State Archives is the repository for records of Maryland State, county and municipal government. The Archives also holds special collections of maps, newspapers, religious records, and private papers.<ref name="MSARR">Maryland State Archives Reference and Research [Internet site] at http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/homepage/html/refserv.html (accessed 24 October 2008).</ref> Births 1654-1924<ref>"Birth Records" in Maryland State Archives Reference and Research [Internet site] at http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/html/birthhis.html (accessed 24 October 2008).</ref>;marriages 1640-1997<ref>"Marriage Records" in Maryland State Archives Reference and Research [Internet site] at http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/html/comarria.html (accessed 24 October 2008).</ref>; deaths from counties 1654-1991, from Baltimore City 1875-1994<ref>"Death Records" in Maryland State Archives Reference and Research [Internet site] at http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/html/deathhis.html (accessed 24 October 2008).</ref>; divorces, adoptions, census, city directories, cemetery, church records, courts, criminal, land, immigration, naturalization, plats, probates, taxation, biographies, newspapers, and periodicals.<ref name ="MSARR" />
+The Archives are the repository for records of Maryland state, county and municipal governments. The Archives also hold maps, newspapers, religious records, and private papers,<ref name="MSARR">Maryland State Archives Reference and Research [Internet site] at http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/homepage/html/refserv.html (accessed 24 October 2008).</ref> with births 1654-1924<ref>"Birth Records" in Maryland State Archives Reference and Research [Internet site] at http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/html/birthhis.html (accessed 24 October 2008).</ref>;marriages 1640-1997<ref>"Marriage Records" in Maryland State Archives Reference and Research [Internet site] at http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/html/comarria.html (accessed 24 October 2008).</ref>; deaths from counties 1654-1991, from Baltimore City 1875-1994<ref>"Death Records" in Maryland State Archives Reference and Research [Internet site] at http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/html/deathhis.html (accessed 24 October 2008).</ref>; divorces, adoptions, census, city directories, cemetery, church records, courts, criminal, land, immigration, naturalization, early settlers index 1633-1680, plats, probates, taxation, biographies, and periodicals.<ref name="MSARR" /> The Archives do '''not''' offer a genealogical research service; [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/forms/html/genealogistlist.html hire a local professional researcher] for that service.<ref>"Fees and Services" in Maryland State Archives Reference and Research [Internet site] at http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/html/feesched.html (accessed 26 October 2008).</ref>
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