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•	Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899 Marriage records from various counties in Maryland between 1777 and 1899.
•	Maryland Soldiers in the Civil War, Vol. 1 All Civil War troops accredited to the quota of the state of Maryland
•	Maryland Soldiers in the Civil War, Vol. 2 Sailors, marines, and other troops from Maryland who served in the Union Army or navy
•	Maryland Calendar of Wills Wills of Maryland residents from 1635-85
•	Maryland Census, 1772-1890 U.S. Federal Census indexes (and other related census indexes) for Maryland from 1790 to 1890
•	Maryland Colonial Census, 1776 Colonial census records for residents of Maryland in 1776 listing heads of households
•	Maryland Revolutionary War Records Collection of land bounty records for soldiers of Maryland in the Revolutionary War
•	Maryland Military Men, 1917-18 Listing of over 67,000 men who served in World War One from Maryland
•	Caroline County, Maryland Marriages, 1774-1815 Marriage licenses from Caroline County, Maryland, 1774-1815.
•	Cumberland, Maryland Directories, 1890 Directory listing over 10,100 names for Cumberland, Maryland in 1890
•	Maryland and South Carolina Lutheran Newspapers, Marriages and Deaths Marriage and death notices from 2 Lutheran newspapers covering the years 1831-1865
•	St. James Parish Register, Maryland, 1787-1815
•	Baltimore, Maryland Tax Records Index, 1798-1808 Index to names which appear in city tax records in Baltimore between 1798 and 1808
•	Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland Quaker Records Records of the Monthly Meeting
•	Maryland Records Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church from Original Sources Vol. I
•	1790 United States Federal Census 1790 United States Federal Census with links to images of the original surviving population schedules.
•	1830 United States Federal Census 1830 United States Federal Census with links to images of the original surviving population schedules.
•	Ancestry World Tree Millions of references to lineage linked individuals and families identifying research on given family lines.
•	PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) Index to articles written in over 5,000 genealogical publications
•	Social Security Death Index Social Security Administration Death Master File
•	American Civil War Soldiers Military records of individual Civil War soldiers
•	Slave Narratives Impressive collection of interviews of former slaves in the United States
•	Civil War Pension Index Index to and images of pension cards of Civil War veterans in the United States.

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Maryland Genealogy Help

Vital records, as their name suggests, are connected with central life events: birth, marriage, and death. Maintained by civil authorities, these public records are prime sources of genealogical information. These records are critically important in genealogy research, often supplying details on family members well back into the nineteenth century.

There are many sources for birth, death and marriage events that are not in the Maryland vital records office. Cemeteries, church records, newspapers, military records, immigration and naturalization records, as well as family records in letters and Bibles, are all places where evidence of vital events might be found. Once Maryland vital records have been researched, and especially if none are available for the location and time period required, a good procedure would be to try to locate your Maryland ancestors using Maryland census records.

Every state has a division charged with the responsibility of maintaining and dispersing public information from its vital record holdings. Each state page on this website indicates the availability of birth records, marriage records, death records, and divorce records and the agencies responsible for maintaining them.

Maryland Vital Records Information
(How to contact the Vital Records Department of Maryland)

Event: Birth or death

Cost of copy: $6.00

Address:
Division of Vital Records
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
6550 Reistertown Avenue
P.O. Box 68760
Baltimore, MD 21215-0020

Remarks: State office has had records since August 1898. Records for city of Baltimore are available from January 1875. Fee for Commemorative Birth Certificates is $25.00.

Will not do research for genealogical studies. Must apply to State of Maryland Archives, 350 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, MD 21401, (410) 974-3914.

Check or money order should be made payable to Division of Vital Records. Personal checks are accepted. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (410) 764-3038. This will be a recorded message.

Event: Marriage (State)

Cost of copy: $6.00

Address:
Division of Vital Records
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
6550 Reistertown Avenue
P.O. Box 68760
Baltimore, MD 21215-0020

Remarks: Records since June 1951.

Event: Marriage (county)

Cost of copy: Varies

Address: See remarks

Remarks: Clerk of Circuit Court in county where license was issued or Clerk of Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City (for licenses issued in city of Baltimore).

Event: Divorce (State)
Verification only

Cost of copy: No fee

Address:
Division of Vital Records
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
6550 Reistertown Avenue
P.O. Box 68760
Baltimore, MD 21215-0020

Remarks: Records since January 1961. Certified copies are not available from State office. Some items may be verified.

Event: Divorce (county)

Cost of copy: Varies

Address: See remarks

Remarks: Clerk of Circuit Court in county where divorce was granted.