Category: Guide

Maryland Parishes & Hundreds 1696 cover the original counties. Archives of Maryland Vol. 23 pages 17-25 Combs Family

The National Archives at College Park, Maryland is the repository for earliest aerial photos of the United States. The only photos available online are the index maps for each county.… Read More

Frederick County Maryland GIS site provides historic aerial photos for the time period 1952 to the present. For those who have mapped their ancestors land you can view the area… Read More

The Maryland State Archives has placed a tutorial guide on YouTube showing how to use the index for Montgomery County on MDLANDREC. Montgomery County Land Records Index Tutorial

Mountain Prospect-Jesuit Plantation(Carroll County Maryland)  

On the website Mid Maryland Roots are the Equity Records for Frederick County (1815-1880). The records have been abstracted with more years coming online. These records have solved many questions… Read More

Recently came across a 20 November 1925 article in the Hagerstown Daily Mail titled “Find Finger Prints On Walls Of Fort” Article states G. C. Mann a resident at Fort… Read More

The first step in obtaining land was to obtain a warrant. Person applied for a certain number of acres from the Crown or the State which was then presented to… Read More

Located in deed records are Depositions & Commissions. Both can provide ages of ancestors, boundary lines, land transfer and a record if local history about a person or event is… Read More

Frederick County Maryland Colonial Structures covers a period from 1729-1854. The information was obtained from Certificates of Survey located at Plats.net on the Maryland State Archives website. The intent is… Read More