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MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES

Welcome to the Maryland State Archives!

• Our card catalogs of indexes are scanned and available online. However, there are far more indexes and resources available beyond our card catalogs, so check out the topics below.
  

Introduction to Research

• Beginners Guide to Research
• Descriptions of African American Records
• Guide to History/Family History Research in Maryland
• Understanding Historical Maryland Records
• Types of Indexes Found at the Maryland State Archives
• Tips for Dealing With Missing Records
• Citing Documents from Archives' Collections
• Genealogy Workshops
• Recovering Fugitive Public Records
• Maryland Place Names

Topic Specific Research Guides

• Adoption Records
• African American Resources
• Assessment Records
• Birth Records
• Cemetery Records
• Census Records
• Church Records, Catholic and Lutheran
• City Directories
• Court Records Before 1776
• Court Records, Modern
• Criminal Records
• Death Records
• Divorce Records
• Equity, Civil, and Chancery Records
• Ethnic Resources  
• Immigration & Naturalization Records
• Indigenous Records
• Insolvency Records
• Land Records
• Marriage Records
• Military Records
• Probate Records (administration of estates of deceased persons)

Important Searchable Collections

• Art Collection
• Biographical Files of 17th and 18th Century Marylanders
• Census Indexes (1776, 1778, 1870, 1880)
• Government Reports & Publications
• Early Settlers Index
• Land Records
• Legacy of Slavery Database
• Library Catalog
• Maps
• Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties
• Newspapers
• Niles' Register Cumulative Index
• Photographs
• Plats
• Religious Records
• Special Collections Catalog

Key Indices Found at MSA

• Checklist of Indices
• Carroll Papers
• Death Record Indices, Baltimore City, 1875-1879; 1943-1949
• Electronic Indices
• Library Indices
• Special Collections Topic File
• Topical Genealogical Index

Maryland Facts

• Archives Current Newsletter: The Clamshell
• Archives Former Newsletter: The Bulldog 
        Pat Melville's Bulldog articles
• Biographies
• Maryland County Information
• Maryland Manual Online

Contact Information

• Additional Libraries & Archives
• Circuit Courts
• District Courts
• Genealogists & Researchers
• Maryland Genealogical and Historical Societies

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