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Maryland State Archives


=== Contact Information  ===
=== Contact Information  ===


'''Email:''' [mailto:msa.helpdesk@maryland.gov msa.helpdesk@maryland.gov] <br>  
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="MSA">"All about the Archives" in Maryland State Archives [Internet site] at http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/homepage/html/visitor.html (accessed 21 October 2008).</ref> &nbsp;[mailto:archives@mdsa.net archives@mdsa.net] <br>  


'''Address:'''
'''Address:'''<ref name="MSA" />


:350 Rowe Blvd.<br>  
:350 Rowe Blvd.<br>  
:Annapolis, MD 21401 <br><br>
:Annapolis, MD 21401 <br>


'''Telephone:''' Maryland toll free 800-235-4045, or 410-260-6400<br>
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="MSA" /> &nbsp;&nbsp;Maryland toll free 800-235-4045, or 410-260-6400<br> '''Fax:''' &nbsp;410-974-2525<br>  


'''Hours:''' [https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/refserv/html/visit.html Visit the Archives]<br>
'''Hours:''' &nbsp;Wednesday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and some Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more details, click [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/intromsa/html/hours.html here].<br>
 
'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:''' [https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/refserv/html/visit.html Visit the Archives]


'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  


*[https://msa.maryland.gov/ Maryland State Archives], museum, government guide, reference, vital, land, plats, family history, slavery, ethnic, military, probate, historical maps, art, services, education, records order forms, programs, volunteers.<br>  
*Maryland State Archives at [http://www.mdsa.net mdsa.net] <br>  
*[https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/index.html Archives of Maryland Online], city directories, early state records, land, probate, military, laws, courts, slavery.<br>  
*Archives of Maryland Online at [http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/index.html www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/index.html] <br>  
*Vital Records Indexing: • [[Maryland Births and Christenings - FamilySearch Historical Records|Births 1650-1995]]  • [[Maryland Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|Marriages 1666-1970]]  • [[Maryland Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|Deaths 1877-1992]].
*Vital Records Indexing Project at http://mdvitalrec.net/cfm/index.cfm (deaths 1875-1972)<br>
*[http://slavery.msa.maryland.gov/ Legacy of Slavery in Maryland]. Slavery censuses, runaways, prisons, pardons, chattels, deserters, inventories.
*Underground Railroad Database Search at [http://ww2.mdslavery.net/ ww2.mdslavery.net/]


=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


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, including births 1654-1924; marriages 1640-1997; deaths from counties 1654-1991, from Baltimore City 1875-1994; divorces, adoptions, census, city directories, cemetery, church records, courts, criminal, land, immigration, naturalization, early settlers index 1633-1680, plats, probates, taxation, biographies, and periodicals.
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>Maryland State Archives Reference and Research [Internet site] at http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/homepage/html/refserv.html (accessed 24 October 2008).</ref>


The Archives do '''not''' offer a genealogical research service.
=== Tips  ===


=== Tips  ===
The Archives will be closed on some Saturdays — click [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/intromsa/html/hours.html here] to learn which ones.


=== Guides  ===
=== Guides  ===


Maryland State Archives, [https://guide.msa.maryland.gov/pages/index.aspx Guide to Government Records]
Maryland State Archives, [http://guide.mdsa.net/ Guide to Government Records] [online] at http://guide.mdsa.net/ (accessed 21 October 2008).  
 
=== Alternate Repositories  ===
 
If you cannot visit or find a record at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar record may be available at one of the following.
 
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>
 
*Maryland Division of Vital Records - [https://health.maryland.gov/vsa/Pages/certs.aspx Birth, marriage, death certificates].
*Maryland County Circuit Courts (see [[Maryland, United States Genealogy#Counties|individual county courthouses]]) - supplied many of the earlier copies of the births, marriages, and deaths at Maryland States Archives.<br>
*[[National Archives and Records Administration]], Washington DC, federal censuses, U.S. passenger lists, passport applications, federal land including District of Columbia, military and war records, and some naturalizations.<br>
*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, has Bibles, biography, census, church, court, directory, immigration, gazetteer, genealogy, history, land, map, military, minority, naturalization, newspaper, periodical, public, society, tax, and vital records for the state, counties, and many towns.
 
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>
 
*[https://www.mdhistory.org/ Maryland Center for History and Culture] - 5 mil. manuscripts, 600,000 books including family and local histories, city directories, histories, anti- &amp; pro-slaver material, runaway slave ads, maps and 400,000 card biographical index. <br>
*[https://www.mdgensoc.org/ Maryland Genealogical Society] - Online Baltimore City Church Registers, Maryland maps, newsletter index, queries, and surname exchange.<br>
*[https://www.slrc.info/ Maryland State Library Resource Center (Enoch Pratt Free Library)] - online ready reference resources, and general genealogical resources.<br>


'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
=== Substitute Repositories  ===


*[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ Library of Virginia], digital sources, databases, vital, military, newspapers, periodicals, tax, history, land records.  
*Maryland Division of Vital Records - [http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/lifeevents/birth&deathcert.htm births 1898-1972]; [http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/lifeevents/marriage.htm marriages 1990-present]; [http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/lifeevents/birth&deathcert.htm deaths 1968-present].
*surrounding state archives in [[Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries|Pennsylvania]], [[Delaware Archives and Libraries|Delaware]], [[Virginia Archives and Libraries|Virginia]], and [[West Virginia Archives and Libraries|West Virginia]].
*Maryland County Circuit Courts (see [[Portal:Maryland/Counties|individual county courthouses]]) - supplied many of the earlier copies of the births, marriages, and deaths at Maryland States Archives.<br>
*[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/ National Archives and Records Administration] (NARA) - preserves and documents United States federal government and historical records,<ref>"National Archives and Records Administration" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref> including American Indian papers, federal censuses, U.S. passenger arrival lists, passport applications, federal land, military and war records, and some naturalizations.<br>
*[[Family History Library|Family History Library]] - has books and microfilms of Maryland Bibles, biography, census, church, court, directory, immigration, gazetteer, genealogy, history, land, map, military, minority, naturalization, newspaper, periodical, public, society, tax, and vital records for the state, counties, and many towns.
*Library of Maryland History
*Maryland State Library
*Maryland Historical Society at http://www.mdhs.org/
*surrounding state archives in [[Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries|Pennsylvania]], [[Delaware Archives and Libraries|Delaware]], [[Virginia Archives and Libraries|Virginia]], and [[West Virginia Libraries and Archives|West Virginia]].


=== Sources  ===
=== Sources  ===


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Maryland State Archives
 
File:Maryland State Archives.jpg
Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland.

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  archives@mdsa.net

Address:[1]

350 Rowe Blvd.
Annapolis, MD 21401

Telephone:[1]   Maryland toll free 800-235-4045, or 410-260-6400
Fax:  410-974-2525

Hours:  Wednesday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and some Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more details, click here.

Internet sites and databases:

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

Births 1654-1924[2];marriages 1640-1997[3]; deaths from counties 1654-1991, from Baltimore City 1875-1994[4]; divorces, adoptions, census, city directories, cemetery, church records, courts, criminal, land, immigration, naturalization, plats, probates, taxation, biographies, newspapers, and periodicals.[5]

Tips[edit | edit source]

The Archives will be closed on some Saturdays — click here to learn which ones.

Guides[edit | edit source]

Maryland State Archives, Guide to Government Records [online] at http://guide.mdsa.net/ (accessed 21 October 2008).

Substitute Repositories[edit | edit source]

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "All about the Archives" in Maryland State Archives [Internet site] at http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/homepage/html/visitor.html (accessed 21 October 2008).
  2. ↑ "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).
  3. ↑ "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).
  4. ↑ "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).
  5. ↑ Maryland State Archives Reference and Research [Internet site] at http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/homepage/html/refserv.html (accessed 24 October 2008).
  6. ↑ "National Archives and Records Administration" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration (accessed 18 October 2008).
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