Early Frederick County was formed from Prince George's County in 1748 and included other present-day counties.

Welcome to the Research Center of early court records, maps, cemetery inscriptions, news abstracts, research aids, photos and much more.   Be sure and subscribe to the mail list and say hello by telling us about your ancestors and you may even find a new cousin or two.   You can browse or search the previous messages too, all from this site.  

So, make yourself comfortable and stay awhile and check back now and then for new items or links added by our contributors or myself.  

And, if you have a website for a family who lived in this area, please send me your URL address for your website, so I may add it to our Surname section.

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- Dorinda Davis Shepley

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