I went to the MD archives in 1999 and found my gg-grandparents m in the little notebook which I think the minister carried around. 1770!!! Bob K ----- Original Message ----- From: <EMSCRS@aol.com> To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [LDR] MD STATE ARCHIVES > Maryland did not keep birth or death records until 1898 (except for the > city > of Baltimore). As for marriages, mostly what still exists for earlier > times > are the county ledger books. The only information is the name of the > groom, > the name of the bride and the date of the license. It does not > necessarily > prove that a marriage actually took place, only that a license was > issued. > The website cannot possibly list what is on each roll of film, and you > would > naturally only copy (and pay for) something you actually want or need. > > Elizabeth > > > > > > **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion > blog, > plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. > (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Just as a side note - the Maryland Archives and the Maryland Historical Society with all their manuscript collections and such is a mighty hard act to follow for any state - I might be prejudiced, I don't know. What I do know and would like to tell all who have people there - mine came in the 1600's - is save your pennies and go there. They have marvelous records and collections - of course work like crazy before you go. I was blessed to have figured out my main line while I lived there. I still could not prove it, until YDNA. Ahhh, what a wonderful tool. All my "proven" males matched. Then I found a bunch of court records to disprove accepted records - it was a big hill to climb. This was the most difficult line I had done up to that time. Maryland records are treasures. There were so many really early people who left and went hither and yon - like down through VA to TN after 1768. There were many Marylanders who were very important in the formation of the state of TN. Sequoyah comes from the Gist family. Many Marylanders signed the Watauga Petition, considered to be the first Declaration of Independence. The history of Marylanders goes very deep in this country... Some were Puritans, Quakers, Catholics (Papists), which begets their own records, separate from the state records - and gosh, we didn't even have separation of church and state, yet! Jeanne Bob KNOTTS wrote: > I went to the MD archives in 1999 and found my gg-grandparents m in the > little notebook which I think the minister carried around. 1770!!! Bob K > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <EMSCRS@aol.com> > To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7:41 PM > Subject: Re: [LDR] MD STATE ARCHIVES > > > >> Maryland did not keep birth or death records until 1898 (except for the >> city >> of Baltimore). As for marriages, mostly what still exists for earlier >> times >> are the county ledger books. The only information is the name of the >> groom, >> the name of the bride and the date of the license. It does not >> necessarily >> prove that a marriage actually took place, only that a license was >> issued. >> The website cannot possibly list what is on each roll of film, and you >> would >> naturally only copy (and pay for) something you actually want or need. >> >> Elizabeth >> >> >> >> >> >> **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion >> blog, >> plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. >> (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) >> *************************************** >> QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? >> Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: >> http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >