Worcester County, Maryland Courthouse

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Worcester County, Maryland Courthouse
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Contact Information[edit | edit source]

Address:

PO Box 40
1 West Market Street
Snow Hill, MD 21863-1073

Clerk's Office telephone:

410-632-5500

Hours: 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

[1] Circuit, District, and Orphan's Court's judges and clerks.
[2] judges, clerks, and agencies.

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

Circuit Court Clerk has marriages from 1866 +, divorce records from 1900, and court records from 1916.[3]

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a record at the FamilySearch.org site, a similar record may be available at one of the following.

  • Maryland State Archives" [4] Annapolis, has maps, newspapers, religious records, and private papers,[5] including births 1654-1924[6]; marriages 1640-1997[7]; deaths from counties 1654-1991, from Baltimore City 1875-1994.[8]
  • "FamilySearch Library" Salt Lake City, has books of Worcester County marriages from 1795 to 1906 and a few books on court proceedings and judgements.
  • Worcester County, Maryland, District Court -
  • Worcester County, Maryland, Orphans' Court -
  • neighboring county courthouses - may have court records of Worcester County citizens doing business nearby.

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. Judicial Branch
  2. Circuit Court
  3. Handybook for Genealogists, 9th (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), 183. [FS Library book 973 D27e 1999]
  4. Maryland State Archives
  5. Reference and Research at the Maryland State Archives, accessed 19 April 2024.
  6. "Birth Records" at Maryland State Archives, accessed 19 April 2024.
  7. "Marriage Records" at Maryland State Archives, accessed 19 April 2024.
  8. "Death Records" at Maryland State Archives, accessed 19 April 2024.