Maryland Archives and Libraries

United States Maryland Archives and Libraries

Archives

• Maryland State Archives
  Hall of Records Building
  350 Rowe Boulevard
  Annapolis, MD 21401
  Telephone: 410-260-6400
  Fax: 410-974-2525
  email: ref@mdsa.net

The Maryland State Archives at onlinehas nearly all available public records from 1634 to 1789; most original state and county records through the mid-twentieth century; microfilm copies of land, probate, and vital records to the present; and an extensive number of volume and card indexes.
For more information about the state archives, see the following references.

• Maryland. Hall of Records. A Guide to the Index Holdings at the Hall of Records. Rev., Bulletin, [Maryland. Hall of Records] No. 17. (Annapolis, Maryland: Hall of Records, 1972.) FHL book 975.2 A1 no. 56. This is a county-by-county list of indexes and years covered.

• Papenfuse, Edward C., et al. A Guide to Government Records at the Maryland State Archives: A Comprehensive List by Agency and Record Series. (Annapolis, Maryland: Maryland State Archives, 1992.) FHL book 975.2 A3g. This guide lists record types, years covered, and series number.

• Papenfuse, Edward C., et. al. A Guide to the Maryland Hall of Records: Local, Judicial and Administrative Records on Microfilm. Volume 1. (Annapolis, Maryland: Hall of Records Commission, 1978.) FHL fiche 6049468; book 975.2 A3pa v. 1. Volume one is a detailed list of many records on microfilm for Allegany County, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, and Baltimore City, Maryland. These include court, probate, and land records. The archives has additional computer printout lists for all counties. You can write to them for information about records of specific localities and time periods.

• Radoff, Morris Leon, et al. The County Courthouses and Records of Maryland, Part Two: The Records. (Annapolis, Maryland: Hall of Records Commission, 1963.) FHL fiche 6054101 (fiches 4 and 5), 6054105; book 975.2 B4ma no. 13 This is a county-by-county list of record types, years covered, and series number.
  
  

• National Archives—Mid-Atlantic Region (Downtown Philadelphia)
  900 Market Street
  Philadelphia, PA 19107-4292
  Telephone: 215-606-0100
  Fax: 215-606-0116

• National Archives—Mid-Atlantic Region (Northeast Philadelphia)
  14700 Townsend Road
  Philadelphia, PA 19154-1025
  Telephone: 215-305-2000
  Fax: 215-305-2038

• National Archives and Records Administration
  700 Pennsylvania Avenue
  Wahington, D.C. 20408-0001
  Telephone: 202-357-5000

• Baltimore City Archives
  2165 Druid Park Drive
  Baltimore, MD 21211
  Telephone: 410-396-0306
  Two useful guides to Baltimore records follow.

• Cox, Richard J., and Patricia M. Vanorny. "The Records of a City: Baltimore and Its Historical Sources." Maryland Historical Magazine 70 (Fall 1975): 286-310. FHL book 975.2 H25m v. 70

• LeFurgy, William G. The Records of a City: A Guide to the Baltimore City Archives. (Baltimore, Maryland: City Archives, 1984.) FHL book 975.26 A3bc

Libraries

• Maryland Historical Trust Library
  100 Community Place,
  Crownsville, MD 21032
  (410) 514-7655 (Call for hours of operation)
  Online catalog

• Enoch Pratt Free Library
  400 Cathedral Street
  Baltimore, MD 21201-4484
  Telephone: 410-396-5430
  Fax: 410-396-1441

• Johns Hopkins University
  George Peabody Library
  17 East Mount Vernon Place
  Baltimore, MD 21202
  Telephone: 410-659-8179
  Fax: 410-659-8137

• University of Maryland College Park Libraries:
  Theodore R. McKeldin Library
  College Park, MD 20742-7011
  Telephone: 301-405-0800 

• Maryland State Law Library
  Courts of Appeal Building
  361 Rowe Boulevard
  Annapolis, MD 21401
  Telephone: 410-260-1430
  Fax: 410-974-2063

• Frostburg State University Lewis J. Ort Library
  1 Stadium Drive
  Frostburg, Maryland 21532-2342

To learn more about the record-keeping systems of Maryland counties, use the inventories of the county archives published in about 1940 by the Historical Records Survey. The Family History Library has copies of most of these inventories.

Web Sites

• Sailor - a public service of the Maryland Public Library Community

• Cyndi's List

• Kindred Trails