The Dutch did this earlier on the windows and etc. most likely where they got the idea>>

Can anyone please tell me what a "glass tax" was? Thanks, Mary

It was a tax levied in 1798 by the U. S. government that had a description of the owner's dwelling, number of slaves, number of acres, other buildings on the property owner, and an adjacent land owner. It has nicknames as the "window tax" or "glass tax" because part of the tax was based on the number of glass windows. Rick Saunders http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Craig" <jgcraig@bigfoot.com> To: <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] 1930 census districts > Try this: > http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <AkinsBrown@aol.com> > To: <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 1:17 PM > Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] 1930 census districts > > > > I tried the site but would not come up. > > > > Shirley > > > > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > > This list is for Genealogical DIsucssions Only, > > Join us at MD-BALTO-CUL-L@rootsweb.com for discussions on > > culture and heritage in the Baltimore area > > > > > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb/MDGenWeb site for Carroll Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdcarrol > USGenWeb/MDGenWeb site for Howard Co.http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdhoward >

Thanks Jim, you always come through, appreciate it. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Craig" <jgcraig@bigfoot.com> To: <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] 1930 census districts > Try this: > http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <AkinsBrown@aol.com> > To: <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 1:17 PM > Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] 1930 census districts > > > > I tried the site but would not come up. > > > > Shirley > > > > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > > This list is for Genealogical DIsucssions Only, > > Join us at MD-BALTO-CUL-L@rootsweb.com for discussions on > > culture and heritage in the Baltimore area > > > > > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb/MDGenWeb site for Carroll Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdcarrol > USGenWeb/MDGenWeb site for Howard Co.http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdhoward >

Jim, Thanks for correcting that for me. I just hate to make silly mistakes like that. But it is a decent site for the census information...........Thanks Again. Tim Robinson ******************* : Try this: : http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp : : Jim : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: <AkinsBrown@aol.com> : To: <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> : Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 1:17 PM : Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] 1930 census districts : : : > I tried the site but would not come up. : > : > Shirley

Thanks, Jim, it worked. Shirley

Try this: http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: <AkinsBrown@aol.com> To: <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] 1930 census districts > I tried the site but would not come up. > > Shirley > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > This list is for Genealogical DIsucssions Only, > Join us at MD-BALTO-CUL-L@rootsweb.com for discussions on > culture and heritage in the Baltimore area > >

I tried the site but would not come up. Shirley

Write to the Maryland Historical Society, 201 W. Monument St, Baltimore, Md 21201 or www.mdhs.org and go to library page. For a small fee volunteers will look up this information for you. Ed Arthur -----Original Message----- From: Delaneys [mailto:delaneys@erols.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 9:40 AM To: BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BALTGEN-L] re: Huber-Kerbel Hi all, I am searching for a Michael Huber, supposedly a doctor from Austria who married a Magdalena Kerbel also from Austria or Hungary b around 1895. They married in Baltimore, Maryland around 1917-1919. Does anyone have access to a city directory in the 1917-1928 time frame to locate this couple. I am coming to Maryland this summer but was hoping for something to search before then. How do I get their marriage license in 1917-1919. I am used to early searches 1800's,so ....do I search Baltimore City Archives? Michael Huber was arrested and sent to Western Baltimore Penitentiary in the 1920's for taking a bullet out of a relatives leg and not reporting it. Sounds like quite a story and am anxious to pursue. Thanks for any help Kathy ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== Check Out the USGenWeb/MDGenWeb page for Baltimore Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdbaltim

Hi all, I am searching for a Michael Huber, supposedly a doctor from Austria who married a Magdalena Kerbel also from Austria or Hungary b around 1895. They married in Baltimore, Maryland around 1917-1919. Does anyone have access to a city directory in the 1917-1928 time frame to locate this couple. I am coming to Maryland this summer but was hoping for something to search before then. How do I get their marriage license in 1917-1919. I am used to early searches 1800's,so ....do I search Baltimore City Archives? Michael Huber was arrested and sent to Western Baltimore Penitentiary in the 1920's for taking a bullet out of a relatives leg and not reporting it. Sounds like quite a story and am anxious to pursue. Thanks for any help Kathy

Lynn & Others, Go to this site to find your Enumeration Districts. >>> http://1930census.archives.gov/cityCountySearch.asp <<< Good Hunting, Tim Robinson Catonsville Baltimore, Maryland ****************** ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lynn4604@aol.com> To: <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:04 AM Subject: [BALTGEN-L] 1930 census districts : Hi, : I was wondering if anyone could tell me what ED the 500 and 600 block of : North Port St was located in? Or how I go about finding out the districts in : Baltimore city for 1930. : Thank you : Lynn Smith : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnsgen/index.html : : : ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== : The Maryland Genealogical Society: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdsgs :

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could tell me what ED the 500 and 600 block of North Port St was located in? Or how I go about finding out the districts in Baltimore city for 1930. Thank you Lynn Smith http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnsgen/index.html

The Delaware Hundreds became Carroll County. Debbie _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

In Answer to your question, I found this on Google............ Tim Robinson Baltimore, Md. *********** Baltimore County Hundreds & Boundaries ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- When researching Baltimore county before ca 1820, you will encounter two terms referring to an area of land. One of the terms is Hundreds and the other is parishes Hundreds as a political subdivision date back to the Roman occupation of Britian. Their are several variations of the orginial meaning of the term. The most commonly accepted is that is was an area that contained 100 families. Another variation is that it was an area that was large enough to raise an army of 100 men. From the late 1600s to early 1800s in Maryland the term was applied as a political subdivision of the county primarily for tax purposes and judicial affairs. The latter being that there was a constable appointed for each hundred and a justice of the peace for each hundred. The 1790 and 1810 Federal census for Baltimore county are at least partially broken down by hundreds. The equivalent term today for a hundred is an election district within the county. Although Maryland was founded by Catholics (the family of Lord Baltimore), its religion was dominated by Puritans in the 1650s and then later the Church of England. In June of 1692 the General Assembly passed an act that essentially established the Church of England as the "state church", required the establishement of parish boundaries and also required each parish to establish a register of births, marriages, and deaths within the province. When Baltimore county was first settled, there were no roads, except a few indian paths; thus, travel was mostly by water, and you will find persons styled in terms of where they lived. For example in early deeds, people are styled as: William Boulton of Bush River, Richard Ball of Patapsco, John Lee planter of Bush River. The early Hundreds were thus often named for rivers. When Baltimore county was fist formed, its boundaries ran from the ridge dividing the watershed of the Magothy and Patapsco Rivers around to the Sassafras River. Thus it included todays Cecil county, and Harford county, parts of Carroll, Anne Arundel, and Howard counties. Also since the early boundaries were not fixed it probably also extended into Delaware and Pennsylvania. Cecil County was formed in 1674 at which point the northern eastern boundary of Baltimore county became the Susquehanna River. A formal boundary between Baltimore and Anne Arundel county was initially laid out in 1698. By 1698 is appears there were three hundreds in Baltimore county, the Patapsco Hundred (which ran from the south side of the Patapsco River to the north) the Gunpowder Hundred, and the Spesutia Hundred. The original county seat was at Spesutia Island off the Bush River. Apparently there was a town of Baltimore in this location in 1683. In 1707 the General Assembly directed that a twon be erected on 50 acres called "Taylors Choice" and that the county courthouse be erected there. This land was off the Gunpowder river. However in November 1712 an act of the Assembly directled that the courthouse be erected in the town of Joppa. There were three parishes established in Baltimore County in the 1690s. These were St Pauls, St Johns, and St Georges. The parish boundaries roughly corresponded to the boundaries of the three hundreds: St Paul's Parish was the Patapsco Hundred St John's Parish was the Gunpowder Hundred and St George's Parish was the Sesputia Hundred In 1727 the Boundary between Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties was changed so that all land on the south side of the Patapsco river was to be in Anne Arundel county. As the county's population grew, new hundreds were created. Also because of the distances to the churches, "chapels of ease" were built. These later became their own parish. St Thomas Parish was created in 1742 and the chaple was built near Garrison Forest as part of St Paul's Parish for the western part of the county, and St James was created at Monkton in 1750 as a chapel of ease for St John's Parish. St James was recognized as an independent parish in 1777. From the 1737 Tax lists: the Hundreds and Parishes for Baltimore county were: Hundred Parish Patapsco Lower Hundred St Paul's Patapsco Upper Hundred Soldiers Delight Hundred Back River Lower Hundred Back River Upper Hundred Middle River Hundred St John's Gunpowder Lower Hundred Gunpowder Upper Hundred Lower Spesutia Hundred St George's Upper Spesutia Hundred Deer Creek Hundred By 1776 the following Hundreds existed: Hundred Parish West Hundred - of Baltimore Town St Paul's East Hundred-of Baltimore Town Patapsco Lower Hundred Patapsco Upper Hundred Midlesex Hundred Back River Hundred Back River Lower Hundred Back River Upper Hundred St Thomas' Parish Soldiers Delight Hundred Delaware Hundred Pipe Creek Hundred Middle River Lower Hundred St John's Parish MIddle River Upper Hundred Gunpowder Lower Hundred Gunpowder Upper Hundred North Upper Hundred North Lower Hundred Spesutia Lower Hundred St George's Parish Spesutia Upper Hundred Susquehanna Hundred Deer Creek Hundred >P> On 2 March 1774, Harford county was created out of Baltimore county. with the Little Gunpowder river serving as the dividing line between the two counties. In the Federal Tax assessment of 1798 Baltimore County was divided into the following hundreds: Patapsco Lower Hundred Patapsco Upper Hundred Middlesex Hundred Soldiers Delight Hundred Back River Lower Hundred Back River Upper Hundred Middle River Lower Hundred Middle RIver Upper Hundred Gunpowder Uppper Hundred Mine Run Hindred North Hundred Pipe Creek Hundred Delaware Lower Hundred Delaware Upper Hundred The town of Baltimore The other major boundary changes occured in 1837 with the formation of Carroll county from the western part of Baltimore county and the eastern part of Frederick county and in 1851 with the formation of Baltimore City as an entity separate from the county and in 1836. The county also lost land through annexations by Baltimore City, particularly in the early 1900s. **************************************************************************** *********************** Subject: [BALTGEN-L] Del. Lower 100 - where? : Where exactly was the Delaware Lower Hundred? Does anyone know? : : : :

Where exactly was the Delaware Lower Hundred? Does anyone know?

To All - The Harford Town Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution along with the Friend of the Hays House will have their yearly COLONIAL ENCAMPMENT on April 12th thru the 14th at the HAYS HOUSE (built in c. 1788) in Bel Air, Harford Co., MD on Kenmore Ave. next to the Bel Air Sr. High School. Featuring different people dressed in Colonial clothing and displaying different things that were used during the Colonial era... The Colonel Aquila Hall Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution will also be present with a table which some of its members will be dressed in Revolutionary War era clothing... With information on hand for prospective members wanting to join the Sons of the American Revolution; also the NEWLY organizing BUSH DECLARATION SOCIETY, Children of the American Revolution sponored by the Colonel Aquila Hall Chapter, SAR will have information about joining for kids who are under the age of 22 both male/female. Hope that some of you that are local can come by. Sincerely, Christopher T. Smithson Sr. Organizing President - Bush Declaration Society, CAR State Genealogist - MDSSAR Secretary/Past President - Colonel Aquila Hall Chapter, MDSSAR

The times for the Colonial Encampment in Bel Air, MD from April 12th - 14th will be from 9am - 6pm Fri thru Sun... Hope that some of you that are local can come by. Sincerely, Christopher T. Smithson Sr. Organizing President - Bush Declaration Society, CAR State Genealogist - MDSSAR Secretary/Past President - Colonel Aquila Hall Chapter, MDSSAR

Hi Folks: I've just uploaded a number of new and interesting photos to the Baltimore City Nineteenth-Century Photos website. http://freepages.hobbies.rootsweb.com/~ruppert/ If you are searching for Schmidt ancestors, you're in luck as two submitters have sent in quite a number of photos from unrelated Schmidt families. A few weeks ago, I found a **really** interesting album in a local antique shop. It's very small, leather bound and contains 12 CDVs (carte de visite photos) that date from roughly 1855 to 1868! It appears to have been owned by a Baltimorean but there are images from outside the city as well. Unfortunately, only one Baltimore image is identified, that of Anna Davis a young girl from roughly 1865. There are two other identified photos, one of Alexander Goodridge and the other Robert Grimshaw. Both are from studios outside Baltimore, but Grimshaw's includes his birthdate, 7 Feb 1788! A great photo of an elderly gent with top hat and walking stick. To view the entire album, you must go to the photo of Anna Davis (use the index) and then click on the slide show on her page. It's a new technique for me. There are a bunch of other photos that I want to upload soon, hopefully in the next couple of weeks. Stay Tuned! Gary 10 April 2002 Baltimore http://home.att.net/~g.ruppert

I am new to this research...is this typical of the census? Is there an index? Do they eventually prepare the indexes and soundexes? ----- Original Message ----- From: Margaret Isabelle Obert <board-obert@erols.com> To: <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 1:16 AM Subject: [BALTGEN-L] 1930 Census > The Maryland Historical Society Library now has the 1930 Census. > Unfortunately, the National Archives did not prepare a Soundex index for the > Maryland portion of this census so you have to approach this the same way > you approach the 1910 Census. There is a helping aid if your ancestors lived > in Baltimore. There is a Microfilm reel that translates Baltimore City > streets into Enumeration Districts. Then it is a matter of scanning the ED > to find the people you are looking for. The streets are written along the > left hand side of the census. > > The helping reel contains multiple cities, so do not let that confuse you. > Baltimore City is the last one on the reel. > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb/MDGenWeb page for Anne Arundel Co. - 350 Years of Settlement > 1649-1999 > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdannear >