Prince George's County Genealogical Society

Thank you for visiting the Prince George's County MDGenWeb site! We hope you enjoy your visit and that you will find the information posted here useful and informative.

This is an all-volunteer project, and the data files on this site have been donated by people like you.  If you can volunteer or donate additional data, please contact the county coordinator.

Prince George's County History

Prince George's County was established by the 1695 Maryland General Assembly to be effective on St. George's Day, April 23, 1696, from parts of Calvert and Charles Counties.   As originally constituted, Prince George's included all or part of the current area of Frederick and Montgomery Counties and the District of Columbia.  The county was named for Prince George of Denmark, husband of England's Queen Anne. The county seat is Upper Marlboro.

Probably the best single online source of information about the history of the county is the site of the former Prince George's County Tricentennial Commission, now archived by the Prince George's County Historical Society.  The site also includes a number of links to other sites and a bibliographic guide.

The following pages have links to additional sites with information about the history of the county.

• Prince George's County Historical Society
• Prince George's County Memorial Library (history page)
• Maryland Secretary of State's "Kids Page" for Prince George's County
• More links to community, church, institutional, African American, and Native American histories

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Prince George's County MDGenWeb Site Offerings

• Wills Database
• Prince George's Cemeteries (currently offline)
• Information on the Prince George's County Genealogical Society
• Prince George's County Lookups
• Bladensburg Plat
• MDPGEORG-L Mailing List
• New Magruders in Prince Georges County, Maryland, Parishes

Prince George's County Queries

The Prince George's County MDGenWeb county page uses the RootsWeb Message Board System for its queries. This sytem provides a searchable interface and an easy-to-use format. Please feel free to post a query:

• Post and View New Prince George's County Queries
• Old PGC Queries - this area no longer updated

Prince George's County Online Resources

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Nearby Counties and Cities

• Alexandria, VA
• Anne Arundel County, MD
• Arlington County, VA
• Calvert County, MD
• Charles County, MD
• Fairfax County, VA
• Howard County, MD
• Montgomery County, MD
• St. Mary's County, MD
• Washington, DC
• MD County Selection Table
• VA County Selection Table

USGenWeb Special Projects

These links will take you to several USGenWeb Special Projects. There is a wealth of information here, all of which has been donated to the USGenWeb Project by researchers just like you. Please consider donating material for one or more of these Special Projects.

• USGenWeb Census Project, Inc.
• USGenWeb Archives Census Project
• The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
• The USGenWeb Archives Project
  • The MDGenWeb File Archives
  • Search the USGenWeb File Archives

Online Genealogical References

The following listing is a compilation of reference and resources that can be found online. The MDGenWeb recommends these sites to visitors but is not responsible for the page content or page functioning.

National or General Online Resources

• The USGenWeb Project
• LDS FamilySearch
• National Archives Genealogy Page
• Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet
• RootsWeb
• National Genealogical Society
• Allen County, Indiana Public Library Genealogy Dept.
• DAR Library
• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Mailing Lists
• Everton's Genealogy Resources on the Internet
• Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy
• The Jewish Genealogy Website
• City Gallery - 19th Century Photography and the Family

Maryland Online Resources

• Maryland State Archives
• Archives of Maryland Online
• Maryland Genealogical Society
• Maryland Historical Society
• Inventory of African-American Cultural and Historical Resources for All Maryland Counties
• Maryland Catholics on the Frontier
• Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites

Searchable Resources

• Search the USGenWeb File Archives
• Search the Rootsweb Genealogy Mailing List Archives
• RootsWeb's Index of All Search Engines and Databases
• Surname Helper Search Page