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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The following important events in the history of [[Maryland|Maryland]] affected political jurisdictions, record keeping, and family movements. | The following important events in the history of [[Maryland Genealogy|Maryland]] affected political jurisdictions, record keeping, and family movements. | ||
'''1632''' The King of England granted a charter for a colony where British Roman Catholics could settle in North America between [[Virginia Genealogy|Virginia]] and what would become [[Pennsylvania Genealogy|Pennsylvania]]. The charter was granted to Cecilius Calvert, (Lord Baltimore). <ref>James McSherry, ''History of Maryland from Its First Settlement in 1634 to the Year 1848'' (Baltimore: John Murphy, 1849), 22-25. Digitized in 2006 by [http://books.google.com/books?id=K7AcFOAF_9cC Google Book].</ref> | '''1632''' The King of England granted a charter for a colony where British Roman Catholics could settle in North America between [[Virginia Genealogy|Virginia]] and what would become [[Pennsylvania Genealogy|Pennsylvania]]. The charter was granted to Cecilius Calvert, (Lord Baltimore). <ref>James McSherry, ''History of Maryland from Its First Settlement in 1634 to the Year 1848'' (Baltimore: John Murphy, 1849), 22-25. Digitized in 2006 by [http://books.google.com/books?id=K7AcFOAF_9cC Google Book].</ref> | ||