Somerset County, Maryland Genealogy
Somerset County was created Aug. 22, 1666 from Kent
County.
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Somerset County, Maryland
Census |
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The following census links at Ancestry.com
take you to the page where you can enter your ancestor's name and search
for that ancestor. To search the original census page by page, scroll down
to the bottom, click on the desired state, then county, and then township. |
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1800 U.S. Census for Somerset County, Maryland
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1810 U.S. Census for Somerset County, Maryland
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1820 U.S. Census for Somerset County, Maryland
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1830 U.S. Census for Somerset County, Maryland
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1840 U.S. Census for Somerset County, Maryland
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1850 U.S. Census for Somerset County, Maryland
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1860 U.S. Census for Somerset County, Maryland
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1870 U.S. Census for Somerset County, Maryland
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1880 U.S. Census for Somerset County, Maryland
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1890 Veteran Census for Somerset County, Maryland
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1900 U.S. Census for Somerset County, Maryland
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1910 U.S. Census for Somerset County, Maryland
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1920 U.S. Census for Somerset County, Maryland
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1930 U.S. Census for Somerset County, Maryland
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1930 Census of Merchant Seamen
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Somerset County, Maryland
Court Records |
1777-1823
Somerset County, Maryland Orphans Court Proceedings, Volume 1: 1777-1792 and
1811-1823 - book by Heritage Books
The
Orphans Court handled appointment of guardians for orphans, guardian
accounts, apprenticeships, administrators' accounts of estates and disputes
concerning these matters. Also, there are several accounts of Revolutionary
Veterans seeking pensions. The main value of these records is the
relationships it lists, both stated and implied. |
Somerset County, Maryland
Map |
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1895
U.S. 1895 Atlas (Somerset County, Maryland) - free online |
Somerset County, Maryland
Military |
1776-1783
Revolutionary Patriots of Kent and Queen Anne's Counties, by Henry C. Peden,
Jr., pub. 1999 - book by Heritage Books
Genealogical information is included for most of the approximately 5,000
persons named in this volume: places of birth, death, and marriage; names of
spouses, children, and other relatives; physical descriptions; and
occupations; as well as information gleaned from newspapers, church records,
military lists, pension files, probate records, equity cases, and other
court records. |
Somerset County, Maryland
Minorities |
1832
Free Blacks in Harford, Somerset and Talbot Counties, Maryland, 1832, by
Mary K. Meyer, pub. 1991 - book by Heritage Books
A
listing of some 6000 free blacks with their ages, enumerated by a law passed
by the Maryland Legislature in 1832. Many listed in family groups. |
Somerset County, Maryland
Vital Records |
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1667-1899
Maryland
Marriages, 1667-1899
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