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Maryland State Archives card index to certificates of survey and land patents.

Peerless Rockville is an award-winning nonprofit, community-based organization founded in 1974 to preserve buildings, objects and information important to Rockville's heritage. Peerless Rockville advances its goals through education, example, advocacy, and community involvement. Peerless Rockville takes its name from a real estate promotional booklet published in 1890 to interest city-dwellers in the new Rockville subdivision of West End Park.

The Prince George's County Genealogical Society, founded in 1969, is the oldest Maryland County Genealogical Society in continuous existence. Its objectives are to collect, preserve, and disseminate genealogical knowledge and information, particularly that material that deals with Prince George's County, Maryland. The Society meets virtually September through June except for January. They hold in-person options on occasion; see their website for details.

A searchable database of 325 probate inventories from the Chesapeake region of Maryland and Virginia for the period of 1740 to 1810.

This blog by professional Maryland genealogist Robyn Smith is designed to highlight genealogy skill building and explore the many challenges of slavery and slave research. The site includes African-American genealogy articles and resources for researching slavery. Several of her own family lines from Maryland are featured in her research examples.

The museum seeks to be the premier experience and best resource for information and inspiration about the lives of African American Marylanders by collecting, preserving, interpreting, documenting and exhibiting the rich contributions of African American Marylanders from the state's earliest history to the present and the future.

The Library of Congress maintains a listing of local religious archives entitled "Religion Collections in Libraries and Archives: A Guide to Resources in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia."

Revised and reissued in 2018, this illustrated guide offers advice on researching African American families and the sources for doing so at the Maryland State Archives. It includes a timeline of significant laws and events relating to African American history in Maryland.

This site, which was developed by the Maryland State Archives, provides information on over 51,000 burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery, one of Baltimore's largest African American cemeteries.

The St. Mary's County Genealogical Society, Inc. is a nonprofit organization committed to the promotion and encouragement of interest in the science of genealogical and historical research. This includes active participation in the preservation and maintenance of records of genealogical and historic interest in St. Mary's County, to promote their availability to the public, to maintain surname files, printed materials, and publications at local libraries for use by patrons, and to maintain liaison with and offer advice and assistance to local librarians regarding genealogy-related services. The society's files and printed holdings are presently maintained in the reference room at the St. Mary's County Memorial Library in Leonardtown, Maryland. The society publishes a periodical, the GENERATOR, which is mailed four times yearly. The GENERATOR includes articles regarding the science of genealogy, publication of records of interest to persons researching St. Mary's County, and the society's schedule of events