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== Land Office Records == | == Land Office Records == | ||
[http://www.msa.md.gov/ The Maryland State Archives] has the original land office records, dating from 1634 to the present, and other early records that were once filed in each county. The land office records include land patents, surveys, grants, warrants, and proprietary rent rolls and debt books. A list of the land office records is in the inventory compiled by Morris Radoff, mentioned in [[Maryland Archives and Libraries]]. The Maryland State Archives also has a card index arranged by grantee, by later owners, and by county and tract name. | [http://www.msa.md.gov/ The Maryland State Archives] has the original land office records, dating from 1634 to the present, and other early records that were once filed in each county. The land office records include land patents, surveys, grants, warrants, and proprietary rent rolls and debt books. A list of the land office records is in the inventory compiled by Morris Radoff, mentioned in [[Maryland Archives and Libraries]]. The Maryland State Archives also has a card index arranged by grantee, by later owners, and by county and tract name, see: [http://mdlandrec.net/ MDLandRec.net]. These records have also been microfilmed by FamilySearch. | ||
A guide is available to help you locate and use early Maryland land records: | |||
A guide to help you locate and use | |||
*Hartsook, Elizabeth, and Gust Skordas. ''Land Office and Prerogative Court Records of Colonial Maryland''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968. Family History Library book 975.2 B4ma No. 4 1968,{{FHL|300463|item}}, also Family History Library microfiche 6117897, {{FHL|146058|item}}. | *Hartsook, Elizabeth, and Gust Skordas. ''Land Office and Prerogative Court Records of Colonial Maryland''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968. Family History Library book 975.2 B4ma No. 4 1968,{{FHL|300463|item}}, also Family History Library microfiche 6117897, {{FHL|146058|item}}. | ||
The [http://www.mdhs.org/ Maryland Historical Society] has rent receipts, quitrent rolls (1633 to 1765), and debt books (1750) purchased from the Calvert family. The Family History Library has a microfilm copy of these records on films 1685853-860, {{FHL|501065|item}}. | The [http://www.mdhs.org/ Maryland Historical Society] has rent receipts, quitrent rolls (1633 to 1765), and debt books (1750) purchased from the Calvert family. The Family History Library has a microfilm copy of these records on films 1685853-860, {{FHL|501065|item}}. | ||
== County Land Records == | == County Land Records == | ||