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Annapolis, MD 21401<br> | Annapolis, MD 21401<br> | ||
Email: [mailto:msa.helpdesk@maryland.gov msa.helpdesk@maryland.gov] | |||
[https://msa.maryland.gov/ Website]<br> | |||
[https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/homepage/html/our-services.html Services] | |||
Start with the online | Start with the online [https://speccol.msa.maryland.gov/pages/churches/index.aspx Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions: Featuring the Collections of the Maryland State Archives]. Many original records they hold have been digitized and are viewable on their website. | ||
'''Protestant Episcopal.''' An almost complete set of older parish records from the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Washington (southern and western shore) and from the Diocese of Easton (eastern shore). The archives has some original records from the Diocese of Maryland and microfilm copies of parish records for most of Maryland. | '''Protestant Episcopal.''' An almost complete set of older parish records from the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Washington (southern and western shore) and from the Diocese of Easton (eastern shore). The archives has some original records from the Diocese of Maryland and microfilm copies of parish records for most of Maryland. | ||
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=====Archdiocese of Baltimore===== | =====Archdiocese of Baltimore===== | ||
[[Image:Baltimorebasilica.jpg|thumb|right|300px|<center>Baltimore Basilica<center>]] | [[Image:Baltimorebasilica.jpg|thumb|right|300px|<center>Baltimore Basilica<center>]] | ||
'''The sacramental registers microfilmed by the archdiocese are available for researchers to work with only at the Associated Archives at St. Mary's Seminary and University. '''The [http://www.stmarys.edu/archives/index.htm Associated Archives at St. Mary’s Seminary and University] house the archived records for the [http://www.archbalt.org/ Archdiocese of Baltimore], as well as | '''The sacramental registers microfilmed by the archdiocese are available for researchers to work with only at the Associated Archives at St. Mary's Seminary and University. '''The [http://www.stmarys.edu/archives/index.htm Associated Archives at St. Mary’s Seminary and University] house the archived records for the [http://www.archbalt.org/ Archdiocese of Baltimore], as well as [http://www.stmarys.edu/ St. Mary's Seminary and University], and the [http://www.sulpicians.org/ Associated Sulpicians of the United States]. Efforts to microfilm the sacramental registers of the parishes that comprise the [https://www.archbalt.org/ Archdiocese of Baltimore] have been undertaken twice in the past fifty-five years. The first attempt was made in 1954 at the request of the Archbishop Francis P. Keough. The Maryland State Archives made a second attempt beginning in 1977. A majority of the parishes participated in the first microfilming project. Less than half participated in the second. Microfilm copies of the registers [https://guide.msa.maryland.gov/pages/viewer.aspx?page=catholicchurchrecords#baltimorecity microfilmed by the Maryland State Archives] are available for researchers to work with at the [https://msa.maryland.gov/ Maryland State Archives], the [http://www.mdhs.org/library/index.html Maryland Historical Society], and the [http://www.stmarys.edu/archives/index.htm Associated Archives at St. Mary’s Seminary and University]. | ||
*Click [http://www.stmarys.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/parishes_w_microfilm.pdf '''here'''] to see a list of the parishes that had their registers microfilmed.<ref name="Associated Archives at St Mary's Seminary & University">http://www.stmarys.edu/archives/arc_coll_ab.htm</ref> | *Click [http://www.stmarys.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/parishes_w_microfilm.pdf '''here'''] to see a list of the parishes that had their registers microfilmed.<ref name="Associated Archives at St Mary's Seminary & University">http://www.stmarys.edu/archives/arc_coll_ab.htm</ref> | ||
*For records not microfilmed, contact [https://www.archbalt.org/parishes/directory-of-parishes/ '''the local parish.'''] | *For records not microfilmed, contact [https://www.archbalt.org/parishes/directory-of-parishes/ '''the local parish.'''] | ||