Does a Book of Indentures exist for the city or county of Baltimore? Jean
Indentures exist for Baltimore County. Baltimore City did not begin keeping a separate set of books until 1851. Indentures Indentures were written agreements, and were sometimes found as contracts whereby a parent or grandparent, (or judges of the Orphans Court) would bind a child over to a master who would agree to teach the child to read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, and to teach a specific trade within a specified time. The apprentice would agree to serve the master, to learn the trade, and not to gamble or engage in other activities that would impair his or her usefulness to his master. The indentures of the Baltimore County Orphans Court contain indentures of children from many other counties, and even from outside Maryland. These County Indentures, formerly deposited at the county court houses have been accessioned at the Archives in the original record books or on microfilm. Other record books may have been recently transferred and have not been accessioned. BALTIMORE COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Indentures) MSA CM1160 Dates: 1794-1799 Description: 1, i Accession No.: CR 51,552 MSA No.: CM 1160-1 Dates: 1799-1800 Description: 2, i Accession No.: CR 51,553 MSA No.: CM 1160-2 Dates: 1800-1802 Description: 3, i Accession No.: CR 51,554 MSA No.: CM 1160-3 Dates: 1802-1804 Description: 4, i Accession No.: CR 51,555 MSA No.: CM 1160-4 Dates: 1803-1806 Description: 5 Accession No.: CR 51,556 MSA No.: CM 1160-5 Dates: 1806-1808 Description: 6, i Accession No.: CR 51,557 MSA No.: CM 1160-6 Dates: 1808-1811 Description: 7, i Accession No.: CR 51,558 MSA No.: CM 1160-7 Dates: 1811-1812 Description: 8, i Accession No.: CR 51,559 MSA No.: CM 1160-8 Dates: 1812-1815 Description: 9, i Accession No.: CR 51,560 MSA No.: CM 1160-9 Dates: 1815-1818 Description: 10, i Accession No.: CR 51,561 MSA No.: CM 1160-10 Dates: 1818-1823 Description: 11, i Accession No.: CR 51,562 MSA No.: CM 1160-11 On Mar 19, 2006, at 6:21 PM, Jean Arnold wrote: > Does a Book of Indentures exist for the city or county of Baltimore? > Jean > > > ==== 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 >