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Guide to Ethnic Research in Maryland

General Histories
African
Americans
Czech
Dutch
English
French
Germans
Irish
Italians
Jewish
Latin
American
Native
American
Philippine
Polish
Scandinavian
Scottish
Spanish
Welsh

Ethnic Genealogy: A Select Biography

Please note, not all of these sources are available at the Maryland State Archives. If available, locations are noted in the citations.

    Abbreviations used in this Bibliography
    • CLE: Baltimore: Clearfield Company
    • FLP: Westminster: Willow Bend-Family Line Publications.
    • GPC: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company
    • HER: Bowie: Heritage Press, Inc.
    • MHM: Maryland Historical Magazine
    • MMG: Maryland Magazine of Genealogy
    • MGSB: Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin
    • NGSQ: National Genealogical Society Quarterly
General Histories
  • Anglo-Americans in Spanish Archives. By Lawrence H. Feldman. GPC, 1991.
  • Ethnic Genealogy: A Research Guide. Ed. by Jessie Carney Smith Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983.
  • “Maryland's Ethnic Organizations, “ by Patricia Dockman Anderson, MGSB 34 (3) 263-268. Location: REF E-2-3
  • The Genealogist's Address Book. By Elizabeth Petty Bentley. GPC, 1992, gives names and addresses of national Ethnic Societies.

    • Visit Cyndi's List or search the Archives' library for more sources on ethnic genealogy.

African Americans
  • "Afro-American Genealogical Research [at the Library of Congress]," Library of Congress Reference Guide, n.d.
  • Bibliographic Checklist of African American Newspapers. By Barbara Henritze. GPC, 1995.
  • Births of Slaves, in Gittings Papers, Md. Hist. Soc. Ms. Coll. MS.1667
  • Black Baltimore, 1820-1870. By Ralph Clayton. HER, 1987. Location: REF A-5-1
  • "Black Republicans on the Baltimore City Council, 1890-1931," by Suzanne E. Greene, MHM 74 (3) 203-222. Location: REF E-1
  • "Census of Free Blacks of Somerset County in 1832," by Lorenzo Q. Powell, MGSB 32 (1) (1991), 7-26
  • Free African Americans of Maryland, 1832. By Jerry M. Hynson. FLP, 1998. Location: 12-4-3
  • Free Blacks in Harford, Somerset, and Talbot Counties. By Mary K. Meyer. FLP, 1991. Location 12-4-3
  • "Free Blacks in Seventeenth Century Maryland," by Ross M. Kimmell, MHM 71 (1) 19-25. Location: REF E-1
  • The Free Negro in Maryland, 1634-1800. By James M. Wright. New York: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Economics and Public Law, xcvii, no. 3, 1921. Location: 12-4-1
  • "Historical Status of the Negro in Maryland," by Henry J. McQuinn, The Quarterly Journal (October 1939).
  • Hunter Sutherland's Slave Manumissions and Sales in Harford County, Maryland, 1775-1865. By Carolyn Greenfield Adams. Bowie: Heritage Books.
  • "Indentured Blacks of Harford County, Maryland, 1864-1913," by Henry C. Peden, Jr., MGSB 32 (1) (1991),. 37-53.
  • "Manumitted Free Blacks in Baltimore, 1806-1816," by Leroy Graham, MMG 5 (1) 8-10.
  • Maryland Freedom Papers: Volume 1: Anne Arundel County. By Jerry M. Hynson. FLP, 1996. Location: 10-4-4
  • Maryland Freedom Papers: Volume 2: Kent County. By Jerry M. Hynson. FLP, 1997., Location: 10-4-4
  • The Negro in Maryland. By Jeffrey Brackett. Baltimore: 1889., Location: 12-4-3
  • Researching Black Families at the Maryland Hall of Records. By Phebe R. Jacobsen. Annapolis: Hall of Records. Location: 2-2-4, 5-3-2
  • Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide with Case Studies. By David H. Streets. HER, 1986. Location: REF A-1-2
  • "Slave Resistance in Baltimore City and County, 1747-1790." By Robert L. Hall. MHM 84 (4) (Winter 1989) 305-318. Location: REF E-1
  • “Some Manumissions of Kent and Baltimore Counties,” by Laura Elizabeth Sharpe Cooper, MGSB 34 (3) 314-317. Location: REF E-2-3
  • Baltimore Chapter of the Afro-Amerian Genealogical Society. Agnes K. Callum, President.
  • Flower of the Forest: Black Genealogical Journal. (Genealogical Source Book published annually by Agnes K. Callum, address above).

    • Learn more about African American Sources available at the Maryland State Archives or search the Archives' library.

    Learn more about African American Cemeteries in Maryland.

    For information on the African-American Collection at the Enoch Pratt Free library, Baltimore, contact the curator of the collection at afm@mail.lib.md.us

Czech
  • The Czech and Slovak Heritage Association of Maryland, PO Box 24552, Baltimore, Md 21214-4552
  • Old Bohemia Historical Society, Warwick, MD 21912

    • Search the Archives' library for more information on Czech genealogy.

Dutch
  • Dutch Genealogical Research. By Charles M. Franklin. Indianapolis: Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, 1982.

    • Search the Archives' library for more information on Dutch genealogy.

English
  • Family History in Great Britain. By George Pelling, 4th ed. GPC, 1989.
  • In Search of Your British and Irish Roots. By Angus Baxter. GPC, 1987. Location: REF A-1-1
  • Sources for Research in English Genealogy [at the Library of Congress]. By Judith P. Reid. Washington: Library of Congress, n.d.
  • Tracing Ancestors in Great Britain; The A-Z Guide to:. By F. C. Markwell and Pauline Saul, 3rd ed. GPC, 1989.

    • Visit Tracing British Roots for research suggestions or search the Archives library. for more information on British genealogy.

French
  • The French Presence in Maryland. By Gregory A. Wood. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1978. Location: REF C-3-1
  • "A List of French Letters Remaining in the Post Office, Baltimore, Maryland, January 13, 1794," by Laura Switzer, MMG 5 (1) 34-39.
  • "Refugees from Santo Domingo," MHM 38:103 ff. Location: REF E-1
  • "Research In France," by Asselie S. Lichliter, NGSQ, 74 (1) 49-57.

    • Search the Archives' library for more information on French genealogy.

Germans
  • Finding Your German Ancestors. By Dr. Ronald M. Smelser. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub.. 1990
  • German-English Genealogical Dictionary. By Ernest Thode. GPC, 1992
  • Germanic Genealogy: A Guide to Worldwide Sources and Migration Patterns. Second Edition. Germanic Genealogical Society of Minnesota, 1996.
  • In Search of Your German Roots (United Germany Edition). By Angus Baxter. GPC, 1991. Location: REF A-1-1
  • "Inmates of the German Orphans Asylum, Aisquith St., Baltimore, MD," by Patricia Dockman Anderson, MGSB 32 (2) 152-155. Location: REF E-2-3
  • Maryland Germans. By Dieter Cunz. Princeton: 1948.
  • Society for the History of Germans in Maryland, 107 East Chase St., P. O. Box 22585, Baltimore, MD 21203.
Irish
  • Associated Friends of Ireland in the City of Baltimore. Records. MS.1830, Md. Hist. Soc.
  • Emigrants from Ireland to America, 1735-1743. By Frances McDonnell. GPC, 1992.
  • History of the Hibernian Society of Baltimore, 1803-1957. By Harold A. Williams. Hibernian Society: 1957. Location: 11-1-2
  • In Search of Your British and Irish Roots. By Angus Baxter. GPC, 1987. Location: REF A-1-1
  • Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History. By James G. Ryan, Ph. D. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, Inc., 1988.
  • Manual For Irish Genealogy. By Joseph Martyn Glynn, Jr. Newton, MA: Irish Family History Society, 1979.
  • Pocket Guide to Irish Genealogy. by Brian Mitchell. CLE, 1991.
  • "The Record of the Ethnic Political Association as a Genealogical Source: The Associated Friends of Ireland in the City of Baltimore," by Larry E. Sullivan, MMG 5 (1) 23-33.

    • Search the Archives' library for more information on Irish genealogy.

Italians Jewish
  • "Early German Jews of Baltimore," by Moses Aberbach, Soc. of Hist. of Germans in Md., 35th Report (Balto.: 1972), 27-36.
  • "The East European Jewish Immigrant in America: An Index of the 1900 Baltimore Census," by Irwin M. Berent, MHM 80 (3) 280-306. Location: REF E-1
  • "Jewish Occupational Roots in Baltimore at the Turn of the Century," by Lauraine Levy Kartman, MHM 74 (1) 52-61. Location: REF E-1
  • The Jews of Baltimore. By Isidore Blum. Baltimore: 1910.
  • The Making of an American Jewish Community. By Isaac M. Fein. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1971. Location: 12-1-6
  • Glushakow, A. D., edited three pictorial histories of Maryland Jewry, in 1934, 1955, and 1975.

    • Search the Archives' library for more information on Jewish genealogy.

Latin American
  • Genealogical Historical Guide to Latin America. By Lyman De Platt. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1978.

    • Search the Archives' library for more information on Latin American genealogy.

Native Americans
  • How to Research American Indian Blood Lines. By Cecelia Smith Carpenter. Orting, WA: Heritage Quest, 1987.
  • "American Indian Genealogical Research," by Jimmy B. Parker, NGSQ 63 (1) 15-21.
  • "Demographics and Culture: The 1980 Census Report on Lumbee Indians of the Baltimore Metropolitan Area," by Abraham Mafkofsky. MHM 79 (3) 239-246. Location: REF E-1

    • Search the Archives' library for more information on Native American genealogy.

Philippine
  • Tracing Your Philippine Ancestors. By Lee W. Vance, with Violetta C. Owen. Provo, UT: Stevenson's Genealogical Centre, 1980.

    • Search the Archives' library for more information on Philippine genealogy.

Polish
  • "Baltimore's Polish Pioneers," by Thomas Cholochwost, MMG 5 (1) 3-7.
  • "Ignacy Wolinski and the Origin of the Baltimore Polonia," by Thomas Cholochwost, MGSB Spring 1982 issue. Location: REF E-2-3
  • Polish Genealogy and Heraldry. By Janina W. Hoskins. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1990.
  • Polish Heads of Households in Maryland: An Index to the 1910 Census. By Thomas L. Hollowak. FLP, 1990.
  • Polish Roots. By Rosemary A. Chorzempa. GPC, 1993.

    • Search the Archives' library for more information on Polish genealogy.

Scandinavian
  • "Scandinavian and Finnish Genealogy: A Bibliography," by Amandus Johnson, NGSQ 48(1)3-6.

    • Search the Archives' library for more information on Scandinavian genealogy.

Scottish
  • In Search of Hamish McBagpipes. HER, 1992.
  • In Search of Scottish Ancestry. By Gerald Hamilton Edwards GPC, 1986.
  • In Search of Your British and Irish Roots. By Angus Baxter. GPC, 1987. Location: REF A-1-1
  • Scots on the Chesapeake, 1607-1830. By David Dobson. GPC, 1992. Location: REF A-2-3
  • Scottish Family History. By David Moody. GPC, 1990.
  • Scottish Local History: An Introductory Guide. By David Moody. GPC, 1990.
  • "Sources for Research in Scottish Genealogy [at the Library of Congress," by Judith P. Reid, Washington: Library of Congress, n.d.

    • Search the Archives' library for more information on Scottish genealogy.

Spanish
  • Tracing Your Hispanic Heritage. By George R. Ryskamp. Riverside [CA]: Hispanic Family History Research, 1984.

    • Search the Archives' library for more information on Spanish genealogy.

Welsh
  • In Search of Your British and Irish Roots. By Angus Baxter. GPC, 1987. Location: REF A-1-1
  • In Search of Welsh Ancestry. By Gerald Hamilton Edwards. GPC, 1986.
  • "Sources for Research in Welsh Genealogy [at the Library of Congress," by Judith P. Reid, Washington: Library of Congress, n.d.

    • Search the Archives' library for more information on Welsh genealogy.

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