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Admiralty Court Papers

Electronic index to records of the Admiralty Court which heard cases involving maritime law

Baltimore City/Baltimore County Equity Papers (2 mb)

Board of Public Works Records, Index, 1875-1981 (2 mb)

Electronic index to matters handled by the Board of Public Works. Records include leases, institutional agency reports, bridge plans, historical site surveys, plats and plans, agreements, contracts, deeds, easements, and insurance reports on buildings. Also contains some information on historically significant property in private hands.

Boundary Records, Index, 1720-1985

Electronic index to provincial and state records relating to state and county boundaries. Papers include correspondence, agreements, legislation, surveys and maps, reports, affidavits, orders, court briefs and transcripts, and accounts and receipts.

Census Index, 1870, Anne Arundel County (3.5 mb)

Census Index, 1870, Baltimore City & Baltimore County

Census Index, 1880, Anne Arundel County

Census Index, 1890, Veterans and Widows (1.9 mb - Searchroom use only)

Search Census Indexes (1776/78, 1870, 1880 combined)

Chancery Papers, 1713-1851 (3.1 mb)

Charles Carroll of Carrollton Family Papers, A Guide (1.1 mb)

Death Record, BC, Index, 1875-1880, 1943-1949

Governors' Records, Index, 1866-1981

Map Collection Index (new format)

Maryland National Guard Service Records Index, 1898-1933 (8.6 mb)

Maryland State Papers, Index, 1775-1789 (5.5 mb)

Electronic index to Inventory of Maryland State Papers, Volume l: The Era of the American Revolution, 1775-1789. Entries give names of author and recipient, date, description of the document, and citation.

Photoduplication Orders, 1986-1994 (8.4 mb)

Place Names, Maryland

Provincial Papers, Index, 1714-1775

Electronic index to miscellaneous colonial era papers, 1714-1775, including transcripts on a variety of subjects and documents such as lists of surveys and alienations, copies of debt books, lists of papists' land holdings, and surveys.

St. Mary's County Equity Papers, Index

Scharf Collection, Index, 1640-1914 (3.3 mb)

Executive records. Consists of correspondence, certificates, journals, proceedings, petitions, and qualifications. Contains military documents (1750-1820), executive office documents (1790-1827), land records and land office papers (1668-1827), as well as documents of the Treasurer of the Western Shore, Chancery Court, Intendant of the Revenue, and commissioners of the tax for various counties. Also contains county marriage records. Correspondents include governors, comptrollers, treasurers, and civil and military officials.

Special Collections Topic File

Tax Assessment of 1783 (5 mb)

This index does not include Patapsco Hundred, Baltimore County.

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