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  • 1991 Frederick Co., MD, Genealogical Research Guide :: REF :: F187.F8R87
  • Abstracts from the South Branch Intelligencer (Hampshire, Mineral, and Hardy Co., WV): June 1837-Dec.1839 :: Specol, Stacks :: F247.H2H67
  • Afro-American Genealogy Sourcebook :: REF :: E185.96 Y67 1987
  • Age Search Information :: REF :: CS68.S54
  • Ancestry's Red BooK: American stae, Couny & Town Sources :: Ref. :: S49.A55 1991
  • American Passenger Arrival Records: A Guide to Records of Immigrants arriving at American Ports by Sail and Steam :: REF :: CS49.T46 1993
  • Archives of Maryland, 72v. :: SpecCol :: F176.A67
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Employees: 1842, 1852, 1855, 1857 :: SpecCol :: HE2791.B3K36 1982
  • Bell Publishing Co 1893-94 (Directories of Local Towns) :: RBR :: F187.A4A18 1883
  • Bibliography of American County Histories :: REF :: E180 F54 1985
  • Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, 1538 - 1825 :: REF. :: JV6450.L3
  • Brown's Miscellaneous Writings Upon A Great Variety of Subjects :: SpecCol :: F187.G2B76
  • Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry American Families With British Ancestry :: REF :: CS45.B78 197520
  • Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America :: REF :: CS69.B82
  • The Census  Book: A Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules, and Indexes :: REFf :: CS49.D65  2000
  • Cyndi's List: A Comprehensive List of 40,000 Genealogy Sites on the Internet :: REF :: CS21.H747 1999
  • DAR. Abstracts of Land Records From Deed Books, 1795-1806 :: SpecCol :: F187.A4D3
  • Directory Of American Libraries With Genealogy Or Local History Collections :: REF :: Z675 G44F56 1988
  • Directory Of Historical Societies and Agencies in The U.S. and Canada :: REF :: E172.A538
  • Finding Your People in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia :: REF :: F232 S5G57 1988
  • Four Centuries of Genealogy :: Mediatape :: CS16.F6
  • Frederick County MD Genealogical Research Guide, Revised :: REF :: F187 F8R87 1987 and 1991
  • Genealogical and Local History Books in Print :: REF :: CS47.G45 1996
  • Genealogical Research in MD: A Guide :: REF :: F180.M39 1992
  • Genealogy Online :: REF. ::CS21.C67 2000
  • Guide to Genealogical Research in National Archives :: REF :: CS68.U54 1982
  • Guide to Newspapers and Newspaper Holdings in MD :: REF :: PN4897.M33M257 1991
  • Guide to the Microfilm Collection of Newspapers at the Maryland State Archives :: REF ::PN4731.A4555 1990
  • Guide to the Research Collections of the MD Historical Society :: REF :: F181 M39 1981
  • Historical, Biographical Sketch of Frostburg, MD and its Citizens, Old and New :: SpecCol, Stacks :: F189.F7M5
  • History of Hampshire Co, WV, From its Earliest Settlement to the Present :: SpecCol :: F247.H2M4
  • How to Research and Write Your Personal History :: Mediatape :: CS16.H34
  • In Search of Your British and Irish Roots :: REF :: CS414.B38 1987
  • In Search of Your European Roots :: REF :: CS403.B39 1985
  • In Search of Your German Roots :: REF :: CS614.B39 1987
  • Index of Source Records of MD, Genealogical, Biographical, Historical, 1940 :: SpeCol F181 P3:: Ref., SpeCol, Stacks: F181 P3 1967
  • Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary :: REF :: CS3010.G84 1992
  • MD and DC Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1899-1900-1901 :: SpecCol :: F179.M363
  • MD Biographical Sketch Index V.1. :: REF :: F180.A54 1983
  • MD Family Genealogies and Histories: A Bibliography :: SpecCol :: F180.V5
  • New Dictionary of American Family Names :: REF :: CS2481.S55 1973
  • Newspapers in Maryland Libraries :: REF :: PN4801.H64 1977
  • Newspapers in Microform 1948-1972 :: REF :: PN4855 L5 1973
  • Newspapers in Microform U.S. 1973-1977 :: REF :: PN4855 L5 1978
  • Oral History, Family History and Genealogy :: Mediatape :: CS16.S58
  • Pharmacy Account Record of a Local Drug Store :: RBR :: Uncataloged
  • Portrait and Biographical Record of the Sixth Congressional District :: RBR :: F187.A4P8 1898
  • Researching, Writing, and Documenting a Family History :: Mediatape :: CS16.H3
  • Ship Passenger Lists: the South, 1538-1825 :: Stacks :: CS68.B75
  • Ships of Our Ancestors :: REF :: VM38.A58 1993
  • Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy :: REF :: CS49.C65
  • Virtual  Roots: A Guide to Genealogy and Local History on the World Wide Web :: REF ::CS21.K46 1997
  • Writing of a Personal and Family History :: Mediatape :: CS16.S7
  • Washington County MD Genealogical Research Guide  :: REF :: F187.W3R87 1993

 

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Marriage, Death, and Allegany County

  • Allegany Co. MD ... Marriage Licenses, 1791-1873 :: SpecCol :: F187.A4A83

  • American Marriage Records Before 1699 :: REF :: CS68.C5 1967

  • County Courthouse Book :: REF :: KF8700 A19B46

  • Marriage Diary of Rev. William Shaw, Allegany Co., MD: Deacon of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1792-1813 :: SpecCol :: BX8481.C8S53 1967

  • Early Allegany Co. Records, 1787-1825 :: SpecCol :: F187.A4C84

  • Hampshire Co. Marriages of the 1800's :: SpecCol :: F247.H2H676 1994

  • Early Records, Hampshire Co., VA, Now WV :: SpecCol :: F247.H2S16 1969

  • Hampshire Co. Records, 1816-1923: VA/WV :: SpecCol :: F247.H2H677 1994

  • Marriages and Deaths from the MD Gazette, 1727-1839 :: SpecCol :: F180.B37

  • Marriages and Deaths from the Cumberland Alleganian, 5/16/1864- 5/1/1867 :: SpecCol :: F189.C9G38, F189.C9G38 1986

  • Marriages and Deaths From the Newspapers of Allegany and Washington Co., MD, 1820-1830 :: SpecCol  :: F180.W65

  • Marriages and Deaths, St. Mary's Co., MD, 1634-1900 :: SpecCol :: F187.S2F73 1982

  • Marriage Licenses of Frederick Co., 1778-1810 :: SpecCol :: F187.F8M99 1986

  • Maryland Marriages, 1634-1777 :: Stacks :: F180.B38, F180.B38 1975

  • Maryland Marriages, 1778-1800 :: Stacks :: F180.B383

  • Maryland Marriages, 1802-1820 :: Stacks :: F180.B384 1993

  • Where to Write for Vital Records :: REF :: CS42.7.W5

  • Wills and Administration of Accounts :: SpecCol :: F187.A4C86

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Church

 

  • Allegany Passage: Churches and Families, W. Marva Dis., Church of the Brethren, 1752-1990 :: SpecCol :: BX7820 W38B58 1990

  • Historic Records of Emmanuel Episcopal Church Cumberland, MD :: SpecCol :: F189.C9H57 1984

  • Lutheran Church Records, 1801-1921: From Allegany Co. Cumberland, MD, and Family Bible Records :: SpecCol :: BX8042.C8L9

  • Maryland German Church Records :: SpecCol :: F190.G3M38 1986

  • Washington Co. MD, Church records of the 18th Century :: SpecCol :: F187.W3W29 1988

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Census

 

  • 1776 Census of Maryland :: SpecCol :: F180.C355 1992

  • Allegany Co., US Census Population Schedules 1790 - 1930 :: Microfilm :: HA201[insert year].U53, ex. HA201 1900.u53

  • First Methodist Episcopal Church (Frostburg, MD) Church Register :: Microfilm :: BX8481.F7F722

  • Index to 1820 Census of MD and Washington, DC :: REF :: F182.P37 1985

  • John's Church, St. John's Parish Allegany Co. :: Microfilm :: BX5980.F7S345 (Reel 2)

  • St. Johns Episcopal Church (Frostburg, MD) :: Microfilm :: BX5980.F7S345 (Reel 1)

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Military

 

  • Family Tree Maker Roll of Honor: Civil War Union Soldiers :: Media Software :: E494.R65 1996

  • History and Roster of MD Volunteers, War of 1861-65, 2v. :: SpecCol :: E512.3.W55 1987

  • Index to the Roster of the MD Volunteers, 1861-1865 :: SpecCol :: e512.3.w522 1986

  • Index to U.S. Invalid Pension Records, 1801-1815 :: SpecCol :: CS8. C484 1991

  • Known Military Dead During the War of 1812 :: SpecCol :: E359.4.P48 1995

  • Maryland and D.C. Volunteers in the Mexican War :: SpecCol :: E409.7.W45 1991

  • Maryland Militia In the Revolutionary War :: SpecCol :: E263.M3C56 1987

  • Maryland War Records Commission. Maryland in the World War, 1917-1919 :: RBR :: D570.85 M3A4

  • Military Lots, 1-2475. Title Written in Ink on Front Cover :: RBR :: MSS
  • US Military Records:Guide to Federal and State Sources: Colonial America to the Present :: REF :: E181.N43 1994

  • WV Revolutionary Ancestors: Whose Services were Non-Military and Whose Names Do Not Appear in Revolutionary Indexes of Soldiers and Sailors :: Stacks :: F240.R31 1995

  • Western Maryland/Pennsylvania/Virginia Militia in Defense of MD, 1805-1815 :: SpecCol  :: E359.M2H85 1983

  • Westward of Fort Cumberland: Military Lots Set Off for Maryland's Revolutionary Soldiers: with an Appended List of Rev. Soldiers Granted Pensions by the State of MD :: SpecCol :: F187.A4M468 1993

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Cemetery

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  • Allegany County MD, Rural Cemeteries :: SpecCol, Stacks :: F187.A4A4313

  • Cemeteries of Martinsburg and Berkeley Co., WV :: SpecCol :: F240.B4

  • Commemorating Frostburg's Percy Cemetery: A Restoration and Research :: SpecCol :: F189.F7C76 1995, F187.F7C762 2000

  • Directory of Maryland Burial Grounds :: REF :: F179.3.D57 1996

  • Hampshire County Death Records (1866-1922) :: SpecCol :: F247.H2H674 1993

  • Feldstein's Gone but Not Forgotten: A Biographical Graveside Tribute to Historic Allegany Co. Figures and Personages from the Past :: SpecCol, Stacks :: F187.A4F42 2v.

  • Maryland's Garret County Graves :: SpecCol :: F187.G2M37 1987, F187.G2M42 1995

  • Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, MD: An Inventory :: SpecCol :: F189.C8G45 1995

  • Springfield District Cemeteries of Hampshire County, WV :: SpecCol :: F247. H2H678 1993

  • Washington County, MD Cemetery Records :: SpecCol :: F187. W3W28 1982

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