Williamsburg Links

This is the area of the beginning of Prince George's County. "The first session of Prince George's County Court was held in St. Paul's Church in Charles Town on April 23, 1696".

This site contains the Manor House Ledger (1771-1790) of Majors Choice of Calvert County as well as indices of free men, women and slaves.

The Carroll County Genealogical Society, Inc. was founded in 1981 to stimulate interest in genealogy and educate the membership and general public in proper and ethical methods of genealogical research and gathering, recording and disseminating genealogical and historical information. Meetings are held the third Monday of each month (excluding July and August) at the Finksburg Branch Library, located at 2265 Old Westminster Pike, Finksburg, MD. The meetings are held both in person and virtually, and the public is always welcome to attend. The Society's collection is housed at the Westminster Branch Library; researchers are available for assistance from 1-4 PM on Thursday afternoons.

The Carroll County Public Library and The Carroll County Times created the archive. Searchable on the library’s website.

The Chapter Goals are to promote scholarly research, professional presentations on research methodologies, and networking with other genealogists. Ongoing activities include classes, skill-building exercises, partnering in areawide Black History Month Genealogy Events, and mentoring. Door prizes at every regular meeting!

The mission of Chesapeake Heartland is to preserve, digitize, interpret, and make accessible materials related to African American history and culture in Kent County, Maryland, and beyond. The organization's Digital Archive includes more than 6,000 items.

Chronicling America by the Library of Congress includes the ability to search digitized newspapers for free from 1770-1963. There currently are 65 Maryland newspapers digitally available. On this site you also can search the U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present, for information on newspapers whether or not they have been digitized. There currently are 1,789 titles listed for Maryland.

The National Park Service maintains the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database. More information is available at Visitor’s Centers throughout our National Parks system

The Coalition was formed in 1991 as a non-profit organization and is committed to the protection of human burial sites from unauthorized and unwarranted disturbance, by man or nature. The membership includes historians, genealogists, archaeologists, cultural preservationists, Native Americans, legislative members, and residents and nonresidents of Maryland who care about their heritage and ancestors.

The Crisfield Heritage Foundation is committed to preserve the heritage of Crisfield and its environs, to educate the public concerning this heritage, and to provide local information thus serving as the central hub around which tourism in the Crisfield area revolves.