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 '''Birth and Death information:'''<br>
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-*'''''Statewide registration:''''' The state began registering births and deaths in 1919, with full compliance by 1928.
+*'''''Statewide registration:''''' The state began registering births and deaths in 1898 (Baltimore began in 1875), with full compliance by the 1910s.
-*'''''Local regististration:''''' Some cities recorded birth and death records as early as 1887, although registration was inconsistent.
+*'''''Local registration:''''' A few counties recorded births and deaths before 1720 in the county land records. From 1865 to 1899 some county clerks and the Secretary of the Senate maintained birth and death records. These records are incomplete, and the exact dates of the records vary from county to county.
 *'''''Access to records:''''' See [[Maryland Vital Records]] for more information about birth, marriages, and deaths in Maryland.
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 *'''''Secondary source:''''' Substitute records are used when primary sources do not exist for an event, such as birth, marriage, and deaths. Secondary sources list information about the event but they were not recorded at the time of the event and they are not an official record of the event.
-*'''''Accuracy:''''' Because the information about an event in substitute records was not the official recording of the event (such as, cemetery or obituary records) inaccuracy may occur. Use other substitute records to help varify information.
+*'''''Accuracy:''''' Because the information about an event in substitute records was not the official recording of the event (such as, cemetery or obituary records) inaccuracy may occur. Use other substitute records to help verify information.
 *'''''List of substitute records:''''' See [[Maryland Substitute Records|Maryland Substitute Records]] for more information.
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 '''Finding Parents:'''
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-*'''''Death records:''''' Death records created by the state starting in 1919 required information on parents of the deceased. Information was not always provided and the accuracy of the information was limited by the grieving relatives' memory.
+*'''''Death records:''''' Early death records may contain parents of the deceased. However, state recorded deaths starting in 1898 required birth and parent information. Information was not always provided and the accuracy of the information was limited by the grieving relatives' memory.
 *'''''Obituaries:''''' Official obituaries can also include the names of parents and other family members. See [[Maryland Newspapers]] and [[Maryland Obituaries]] for more information.
-*'''''Church records:''''' Knowing the denominiation of the church the family belonged to helps in locating information about the parents. See [[Maryland Church Records]] for more information.
+*'''''Church records:''''' Knowing the denomination of the church the family belonged to helps in locating information about the parents. See [[Maryland Church Records]] for more information.
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 '''Census Records:'''