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This is a superb body of knowledge on the lineages of settlers of this region, following their descendants through the 18th century and sometimes into the early 1800s. By networking the multi-faceted talents of these authors we have greatly advanced the research of these families. Our authors draw on a wide range of published and unpublished sources including: probate, land, and court records, tax lists, church records, Bible records, cemetery...

Maps by George J. Horvath Jr. Owners, tracts, acreage, number of free males and white inhabitants, bachelors, paupers, surname/tract index.

This book is a snapshot of the people and daily life in the Monumental City in the years between the conclusion of the War of 1812 and the onset of the Panic of 1819. Author Robert Barnes has included all biographical references found in newspapers and related sources for these three years. Besides newspaper notices of birth, marriage, or death, the compiler includes references to personal estates, servants, apprentices, wives, and soldiers fo...

No less than seventeen Baltimore newspapers were drawn on in the making of this compilation. The book began as a compilation of marriages and deaths from Baltimore's "Federal Gazette, " published in an unbroken run from its inception in 1796 through the year 1816. Recognizing that deaths and marriages reported in one newspaper did not always appear in other newspapers and seeking comprehensiveness, Mr. Barnes ultimately decided to include vita...

For this volume Mr. Barnes has unearthed over 10, 000 marriages from indirect sources. Arranged alphabetically by the surname of the groom (in most cases), the entries provide the names of the bride and groom, date of marriage, and the source. In many instances we also learn the name of persons related to the spouses, name of the officiating minister, or other information.

Whereas the first volume in this series traced the families of roughly 500 colonists who entered Maryland as either indentured servants or convicts, this volume treats a cross-section of Maryland's colonial population. Researchers will find families living throughout the colony here, though most resided in Anne Arundel or Baltimore County. Some families are followed beyond 1776, including a number who vacated Maryland. In cases of families who...

Baltimore County originally embraced all or parts of present-day Anne Arundel, Carroll, Harford, and Cecil counties, and here for the first time is a book that provides comprehensive genealogical data on the hundreds of families and thousands of individuals who settled in the parent county during the first hundred years of its existence. Because of the vast number of families included in the work--most of them were either migrants from Souther...

The main purpose of this work is to chronicle and categorize the life experiences of 519 persons who entered Maryland as indentured servants or, to a lesser extent, as convicts forcibly transported. The text itself is composed of solidly researched sketches of Maryland servants and convicts and their descendants, including 84 that are traced to the third generation or beyond. Lest genealogists conclude that this work is a mere recitation of s...

For his latest book, Maryland genealogist Robert Barnes has abstracted advertisements for missing relatives and lost friends from scores of newspapers published in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia, as well as a few from New York and the District of Columbia. The newspaper issues begin in 1719 (when the American Weekly Mercury began publication in Philadelphia) and run into the early 1800s. The authorGÇÖs comprehensive bibliograph...

In this comprehensive collection of genealogies, noted Maryland genealogist Robert Barnes has put together the most authoritative account of the British origins of Maryland families ever published. Families included in this groundbreaking work were chosen by Mr. Barnes based on the following criteria: (a) there was some reason to believe that the families' home parish in Britain had been identified, (b) the families had taken root and left des...

This complement to Maryland Marriages is a collection of 6, 500 marriage records found in sources other than church records, closing the gap in the historical record and providing a clear alternative to traditional genealogical sources. With a bibliography and a full-name index of brides and others mentioned in the text, along with additions and corrections to Maryland Marriages, this work completes the tableau of sources available to the rese...

This is the culmination of research that was undertaken after the publication in 1999 of "British Roots of Maryland Families, " the groundbreaking work that identified 500 individuals and families who seeded the early population of Maryland. Using the same format as the parent volume, "British Roots II" discusses the British origins of an additional 203 Maryland settlers and establishes connections to 120 settlers in other colonies. Its public...

This third volume of Maryland marriage records was compiled primarily from church records on deposit at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore and the Maryland State Archives (Hall of Records) in Annapolis. Also included are marriages recorded in the registers of certain individual ministers that are not housed in either repository. As in the preceding volumes of "Maryland Marriages", covering 1634-1777 and 1778-1800 respectively, marria...

The "Maryland Gazette" was published in Annapolis between the years 1727 and 1839. From its infancy it carried occasional references to marriages and deaths of Maryland citizens. Drawing on this unique resource, the text of Mr. Barnes' book consists of abstracts of approximately 3, 000 marriages and deaths of Marylanders--not only from the Annapolis area but from the entire state. A surname index to brides, ministers, and others, including par...

This s a compilation of some 16, 000 marriages recorded from 1778 to 1800 in the church records on deposit at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore or the Hall of Records in Annapolis. Also included are a number of extant marriage license returns filed annually by ministers, showing which marriages they had performed by virtue of a license issued by the county clerks. In addition, this work includes the marriage licenses on file at cert...

This is a compilation of all marriages recorded from 1634 to 1777 in church records and other documents that are on deposit at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore or the Hall of Records in Annapolis. The marriage records were extracted from parish records, ministers' returns of licenses, and printed sources, including the Maryland Historical Magazine and the Archives of Maryland, and refer to some 24, 000 persons. All marriages are ar...