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Welcome to the Maryland State Archives!
Research at the Archives
How to Find Specific Records
- Adoption Records
- Birth Records
- Business Records
- Carroll Papers
- Cemetery Records
- Census Records
- Church Records
See Understanding Church Records - Court Records Before 1776
- Criminal Records
- Death Records
- Divorce Records
- Immigration & Naturalization Records
- Insolvency Records
- Land Records
- Maps
- Marriage Records
- Military Records
- Municipal Records
- Photographs
- Plats
- Probate Records (administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.)
- Tax Lists
Indices Found at MSA
- Identifying and Using Indexes
- Checklist of Indices
- Census Indices
- Death Record Indices
- Early Settlers Index
- Electronic Indices
- Library Indices
- Search the Archives' Web Sites
- Search all MDSlavery.net Databases
- State Records Indices
Related State and Genealogical Sources
- Additional Libraries & Archives
- African American Resources
- All About Maryland
- Art Collection
- Archives Newsletter: The Bulldog
Pat Melville's Bulldog articles - Biographies
- Circuit Courts
- City Directories
- District Courts
- Ethnic Resources
- Genealogical Sources in Periodicals
- Genealogists & Researchers
- Genealogy Workshops
- Government Publications & Reports
- MSA Library Catalog
- Maryland County Information
- Maryland Genealogical and Historical Societies
- Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties
- Maryland Manual Online
- Maryland Place Names
- Newspapers
- [Special Collections Topic File
- Topical Genealogical Index
Additional Information
- Caring For Family Treasure: A Basic How-To From Storage To Donation (pdf)
- Citing Documents from Archives' Collections
- Fugitive Public Records
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