There are MD Marriage records at the MD State Archives site, do a google search for the couple and if they are on the list they will come up as a hit. Or even try a search for Maryland Marriages and it will probably take you to the site. Good Luck ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 5:30 PM Subject: [Maryland] RE:Md. mdg. records on line? > Are any of the Md. Mdg. records on line? > I thought I saw a site at one time for the Md. Hall of Records listings of > marriages. > Probably wishful thinking. > Thanks, > Sue in Al. > > > ==== MD Mailing List ==== > For helpful information on how to use this list more effectively, as well > as links to other helpful related information, click on: > http://lists5.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MD/misc.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SFB.2ACI/2932.1341.1347.1 Message Board Post: Can you give me the address or e-mail address of the museum in Ellicott City, please?

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SFB.2ACI/2932.1341.1347 Message Board Post: Hi the Mill in Ellicott City was a (wheat) FLOWER MILL The museum there has a brochure on it Bud Bryant [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4234.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, the name LONEY [not Looney] is from Baltimore county. I don't see a direct connection to FORD, though. William LONEY, who m1. Jane OVERTON, dau/o Thomas; & m2. 27 Apr. 1706, Arabella WALSTON, died by 8 S 1720, adm. bond posted by widow Arabella with Francis HOLLAND, Wm. COOK, & Benj. OSBORN; inv. by Thomas CORD or CARR & Jno. CLARK. Benj. LONEY, s/o Wm., m. Ann NORRIS. Benj. LONEY adm. estates of his sister Margaret and her husband John WATKINS [from Robert BARNES' Balto. Co. Families, 1659 - 1759]. Those names you listed in the marriages, Nacky & Achaash, are probably both Achsah. Achsah is a Biblical name, and Nacky was a nickname for it. Never give up!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SFB.2ACI/4288 Message Board Post: Louise, I found info on William Hanson Gue. He was a boarder in my father in law's home in New Market MD.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nelson, Ford, Woodward, Hampton, Smith, Jones, Merritt, Hampton, Ramsey, Queen, Free, Ault Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4234.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I haven't seen anything on Benjamin and Rachel yet, but I will be looking. I need to get access to the early Washington County tax lists again to go over more in detail who was on what year and where. When I mentioned John Tipton Ford it wasn't because I thought he might be related. My John Ford's birth date does seem to fit better to the ages of Benjamin and Rachel. And yes, my John Ford had a son John Ford Jr. born about 1796. He is accounted for however in Washington County TN where he lived and died about 1828 leaving his widow Ann and at least 2 children - Looney T. and Isaac. (Does the name Looney fit anywhere?). I compiled a list of Ford marriages from the posted Washington County Marriages (the early ones) - there is a Benjamin Ford that married in 1828. Not sure who he belongs to; he doesn't seem to fit in the other Ford families that I know are related to Lloyd Ford unless he was the son born in 1808 to Lloyd II. If so, he married at age 16; pretty young for a man even back then. Ford, Benjamin Ford, Polly 3 Sep 1824 Ford, Boyer Chapman, Sally 15 May 1831 Ford, Grant Ford, Nacky 28 Feb 1811 Ford, Horation Fr. Careathers, Jane 27 Oct 1810 Ford, Jonathan Stone, Jane 18 Mar 1838 Ford, Lesley Jackson, Sarah 25 Nov 1822 Ford, Loid Jackson, Matilda 17 Nov 1825 Ford, Micajah Briant, Ann 14 Apr 1812 Ford, Mordicai Hyte, Nancy 28 Sep 1824 Ford, Thomas Carethers, Isabel 29 Feb 1812 Ford, Thomas Chapman, Margaret 18 Sep 1812 Ford, Thomas Chandley, Elizabeth 24 Aug 1828 Ford, Thomas Fine, Mahala 11 Sep 1834 Ford, Tipton Murry, Mary Ann 22 Apr 1835 Ford, William Ford, Achaash 14 Dec 1822 Crawford, William Ford, Martha 10 Sep 1811 Crow, Thomas Ford, Sarah 2 Mar 1834 Morrison, Horatio Ford, Ruth 18 Feb 1826 Britt, James Ford, Nancy 27 Dec 1832 Murray, Morgan Ford, Sarah 9 Jun 1812 Summers, Allen Ford, Sarah 22 Sep 1831 As you can see a lot of names from the Maryland family. None of these have been identified as belonging to my John Ford family. however, we know we have not identified all his children. We know that two of his daughters married into the Murray family and the Crawford family so those marriages of Ford women to men bearing those surnames could possibly be older daughters of his. However, for the most part the children we know about of his started marrying around 1816-1818 until about 1824. The marriage of Benjamin falls in that time frame so its possible there could be a link but so far nothing points to it. All for now.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: May and Blasco Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4287 Message Board Post: In 1929 my Grandfather, Gerald May, DOB: February 17, 1927, Lemoyne, PA. Along with his 5 siblings, James Franklin May, DOB: Septemeber 18, 1920, Earl Edward May, DOB: December 15, 1922, Kenneth Garson May, DOB: December 31, 1924, Patricia (Vera) May ( do not know DOB) and Gladys May ( do not know DOB) where sent to Flat Rock Orphange in Flat Rock, OH. Because there mother Ines May (Clepper) past away and there father John Edward May could know longer take care of them. Mother: Ines May (Clepper) DOB: June 29, 1894, Steelton, PA, Date of death: May 16, 1928, Lemoyne, PA. Father: John Edward May, DOB: March 28, 1894, Wormlysburg, PA , (do not know date of death). The one son John E. May was an electrican at 316 Bosler Ave. Lemoyne, PA The one sister Patricia May (Vera) married a Andrew Blasco and resided in Maryland. On May 26, 1942 James and Earl went back to their father. On May 29, 1942 Vera and her husband Edward wanted to adopt last two boys, James and Gerald (my Grandfather). On January 25, 1943 Kenneth May was returned to his father. My Grandfather married a June Decker. I know that Kenneth became some kind of doctor. I never got to meet my Grandfather . My mother was about 6 months pregaent with me when he past away. I never got to meet him. I never meet his siblings and I am trying to find any information on them and eventually contact them and have a relationship with my lost family. April Anderson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4234.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Your message partially answers the questions I just posed for you in my reply to your other message. Robert BARNES gave the exact date for Benjamin FORD, b. 18 Dec. 1723, MD. Could he have been still alive and buying land with J. T. after 1800? Have you seen a Xerox copy of the original deed to see whether it was actually John TIPTON or John Tipton FORD? Here's one more clue. Balto. Co. Deed Abstracts: On 31 May 1722, John TIPTON & wf. Mary conveyed 114 acres of Murphy's Hazard, part of Addition to Poor Jamaica Man's Plague, to Edward MURPHY [IS:G:46]. Since Jonathan was b. 25 Mar. 1699, and bpt. with older brothers Thomas, b. 1693, and William, b. 1696, on 25 Apr. 1699, some other researchers and I had estimated three years between each birth and John's birth in 1702. When selling land in 1722, he was supposed to be 21, so John TIPTON was probably b. 1701, two years after Jonathan.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4234.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: There are more clues that prove the Maryland connection, even if we still can't identify your John FORD. Robert BARNES' Baltimore Co. Families, 1659 - 1759, also has two pages on the TIPTON family. As references, he lists Chas. B. HEINEMANN's "Tipton Family of MD, VA, TN, KY, OH, IL, & IN," at MD Historical Society, compiled 1942. Also, "We Tiptons & Our Kin," by E. Chas. TIPTON, San Rafael, CA, 1975. The obituary of the first proven TIPTON of MD, Jonathan, said he was b. Kingston, Jamaica {Port Royal area that became Kingston?}, and died 21 Jan. 1757, Balto. Co., aged 118. {Take that with about a bushel of salt.} In June 1731, he petitioned the court to be made tax free, as he was over seventy, which would mean born ca. 1660. His known children were b. 1693+. Son Wm. TIPTON (27 July 1696, St. Jas., AA - will pr. 2 Aug. 1726, bond by Thos. FORD & Jonathan & Thos. TIPTON) m. 1720, Hannah PRICE, d/o Mary PARSONS & Mordecai PRICE. John TIPTON, b. ca. 1702, {youngest?} s/o Jonathan, died bef. 13 N 1775, when dau. Rachel, wf/o Benj. FORD, sold her share of "Benjamin's Beginning," to her sister Mary, now wf/o Jas. CHAMBERS [two daus. were only ch. listed]. That agrees with your reference of Rachel TIPTON marrying Benj. FORD. Do you have any time clues that might indicate that Benj. FORD & Rachel moved to Tennessee when Rachel sold her land in Maryland? Have you found anything definitive about the age of John Tipton FORD? I did a Google search for him. One reference is on GenForum > MD #12239 by Jane Ford Taylor. The problems seem to be that Benjamin FORD was b. 18 Dec. 1723, but the children of John Tipton FORD seem to have been b. ca. 1800+. If Rachel was b. 1730, as some researchers say, she would have been pretty old for John Tipton FORD's estimated birth year, as late as 1780. However, they could have had a John, b. ca. 1759, that could have had a son John, b. ca. 1780, m. ca. 1800. One piece of the puzzle at a time!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ford, Tipton, Hopkins, McMullen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4234.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My gr-gr-gr-grandfather is John Tipton Ford m. to Annie/Anne/Sarah Anne-McMullen/McMullin. Don't know his birthdate or place of birth; but, from the date of birth of his first son, Tipton Ford, in 1800-1805, believe he may have been born possibly between 1770-80. Have land grants/deeds from about 1800 to 1817 or so in Buncombe Co., NC listing John Tipton Ford. Also one listing where a Benjamin Ford and a John Tipton were purchasers on the same deed!!! Have SPECULATED that my John Tipton Ford connects back to the Maryland, Baltimore & Anne Arundel County, Fords; but, NO DOCUMENTED PROOFS found yet. Have an 1833 will for John from Haywood Co., NC that wasn't probated till 1871, long after John's death in about 1834. Have land deed from his widow Anny to her son that mentions land she obtained after John's death etc. Have contacted some persons listing John Tipton Ford's father as Benjamin Ford married to Rachel Tipton and they have no documented proof of the connection. Think ! the deed listing Benjamin Ford and John Tipton as purchasers of land in Buncombe Co., NC, about 1800-05 may indicate that the John Tipton was actually John Tipton FORD; but, no way to prove that. And if he was does that make Benjamin his father??? This deed is very confusing in that I haven't seen a deed listing two persons of different surnames being purchasers on one deed. Willing to share my info and I think the Fords of TN/NC/KY probably all have common ancestors from various Maryland Ford families. Just a very big problem sorting them all out.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nelson, Ford, Jones, Smith, Merritt, Woodward, Hampton, Mowl, Williams, Ramsey, Ault, Queen, Free Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4234.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: John C.D. Ford also used the name of John C. Dye Ford on some of the very few documents we find for him. He was in the War of 1812; joined in June 1812 and died in Jan. 1813; his widow was granted a 5 year pension. I've seen a lot of land transfers where the land is sold to another relation to keep it in the family - his name and his purchase of land from Frederick seem to be fairly good indicators that he belongs in this family. Of course, that doesn't place my John Ford yet. Maybe he is a son of Benjamin; There are no Benjamins in our line though that we have been able to identify. I have seen one researcher link Benjamin to a John Tipton Ford whose family migrated to Haywood NC (Benjamin's wife in this database is Rachel Tipton). Most researchers have nothing for him though.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4234.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Your dates for Lloyd FORD prove that he was the son of Thomas FORD and Leah PRICE. Lloyd FORD (10 Nov. 1727, St. Paul's, Baltimore, - 1816, Washington Co., TN) m. Mary GRANT, d/o Alexander. [BARNES' book does indicate that this family moved to Tennessee.] Those with the extra initials "C. D." can only be the ones born in Maryland. Thus, those two must be the ones in the book and in St. Paul's Register, Thomas Cockey Deye FORD & Frederick, sons of Thomas FORD & Charlotte COCKEY. John C. D. must have been another son. John FORD of William was so listed in Maryland to indicate which one he was, son of William, b. 28 Feb. 1721, son of Thomas FORD & Leah PRICE. Thus, he's probably the one you found also listed in Tennessee as John of William. To complicate things further, John FORD of William may have married a daughter of Thomas FORD and Charlotte COCKEY. Mordecai FORD must come from this family. Mordecai was not a common name, as far as I know, except in these Maryland families. SHIPLEY fits, too. However, the Shipleys of MD group have had great difficulty proving the Tennessee connections. Shipleys of MD, 2002, has Rachel SHIPLEY (b. ca. 1819, of Joshua of Eli) m. Frederick T. C. FORD (1818 - 1841). They had John Wm. FORD (9 Jan. 1840, Sullivan Co., TN - 28 Aug. 1872, Putnam Co., MO) m. Ann Elissa CHILDRESS, 29 Aug. 1867, Sull. Co. There are several Nathan SHIPLEYs, but I don't see one connected to FORD. Howard was a respected name in early Maryland, so I would think that John FORD's son John Howard FORD, b. 1753, would have used that name. If so, that leaves us with Benjamin, b. 18 Dec. 1723, of the sons of Thomas and Leah, and there's nothing about his family in the book, so he's still a possible father of your John. Sorry, I have to stop.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nelson, Jones, Smith, Woodward, Ford, Hampton, Merritt, Ramsey, Williams, Free, Queen, Ault Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4234.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The names certainly seem to fit the later naming patterns of my ancestor, John Ford. In looking over a book that Edith Wilson Hutton wrote on this John Ford (1759-1819) she has the following: 1) Lloyd Ford Sr. (1727-1816) received two NC land grants in 1783 and first settled along Sinking Creek in Sullivan County; a few years later he moved further up the Creek into Washington County along with several of his sons, including one named John (not my John). This John Ford appeared on the tax lists beginning in 1801 through 1810 with no land; in 1811 he appears on the tax list with 85 acres his father deeded him. From then until the mid 1820s he appears on the tax lists taxed on this same 85 acres. In 1824 this John had a zero white poll on the tax list indicating he had become age 50 that year and making his birth year 1774. This John Ford made his will 11 April 1838 but did not die until after the 1840 census; his name appeared on the 1840 tax list and in 1841 his widow's name (Susannah) appears. 2) My John Ford obtained a 100 acre NC land grant on Sinking Creek Washington County in 1784. He received an additional 178 acre grant at the same location in 1790. He appeared on the tax lists beginning in 1787. Through his land transfers and the tax lists one can pick out this John Ford on subsequent tax lists. The 1809 tax list indicates that this John Ford was age 50 in that year making his birth year 1759. He died 10 years later with no will. At the April Session of Court in 1819 a Nathan Shipley was appointed administrator of his estate and an inventory of his estate was presented in July 1819. Edith writes in her book that probably our John Ford and Lloyd Ford were related somehow since both came to the area about the same time. She notes that it has been suggested that our John was Lloyd's nephew but this has not been established. Other Fords of the Sullivan County area which seem to match the names in your list are Frederick T.C.D. Ford who purchased 194 acres of land from John Ford (of William). (This is how the transfer reads - perhaps this is John Ford who was William's son in your list?). In 1811 a John Ford Senoir sold 102 acres to Frederick T.C. Ford. A witness to this deed was John C. D. Ford. This John Ford having originally purchased 394 acres of land from a Samuel Billingsley in 1790 in Sullivan County (and sold 100 of the acres in 1795) was then left with no land and drops off the tax lists in Sullivan County where he had previously appeared. It is not thought that this John Ford was our John Ford. While not all the children of John Ford and his wife Sarah have been identified there are no occurrences of the name Lloyd in any of the families of these children; neither do the names Edmund, Charles, Horatio, Barney, Joshua, or Benjamin appear. The name Thomas does appear in subsequent generations, however John Ford's daughter Leah married a Thomas Murray and the children could be named for him. The name Leah does appear several times. A couple of other facts: 1) John Ford's daughter Hannah and her husband Nathaniel moved from Washington County TN in 1841 to Campbell County. Prior to their departure they sold their 82 acre farm to Elizabeth, Rhoda, Sarah Frances, Barbary, and Louisa Jane Ford to be theirs after the death of Susannah Ford - these are the children and widow of Lloyd Ford's son John Ford. Perhaps this land transfer indicates a family tie here. 2) Early Campbell County tax records show the presence of an Enock, Joseph and Mordecai Ford in the area. They appear to have been short time residents of the area. No record of land ownership was found for Enock or Joseph. Mordecai seems to have settled in the area in the 1820s and appears on the 1830 censuss along with John Ford's son Stephen Ford who was the only other Ford family in the area at that time. Mordecai owned 50 acres of land on Little Elk Fork Creek which he sold in 1832. The last mention of Mordecai was in some court minutes in 1838. He does not appear on the 1840 census. So as you can see from your list I can find a lot of the names in this area with my John Ford. Yes, I do think there is a tie but I'm not sure just where he ties in - perhaps he is the son of John Ford who has a son John born in your list in 1753. If he does how can I establish this link??

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4234.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The name Leah makes it more important to investigate the PRICE family. Leah PRICE, m. 1 Jan. 1711, Thomas FORD. Also, Leah PRICE, b. 7 Oct. 1733, d/o John & Rebekah, [per St. Paul's Register, by Bill & Martha REAMY, Family Line Publications]. Some of the FORD names in the St. Paul's book: Thomas Cockey Deye FORD, b. 26 July 1753, & Caroline FORD, b. 27 Je. 1759, ch/o Thomas FORD & Charlotta {sic, Charlotte} COCKEY. Patrick, b. 2 Dec. 1768, s/o Thomas & Bridget FORD. Robert BARNES' Balto. Co. Families, 1659 - 1759: Mordecai PRICE (ca. 1660 - inventory of estate 23 Dec. 1715) m. Mary PARSONS, d/o Thos. & Isabella. Mary's will, pr. 15 Je. 1718, AA, MD, had witness Wm. TIPTON & named ch. John, Thomas, Benjamin, Stephen, Mordecai, Rachel, Hannah, Mary, & Sarah PRICE, Elizabeth (wf/o Thos. CARR), & Leah FORD. Leah was b. ca. 1690/2? & m. 1 Jan. 1711, All Hallows Parish, AA Co., MD, Thomas FORD. Hannah m1. Wm. TIPTON. John PRICE, (ca. 1692 - will pr. 8 May 1790, of Mordecai, Thomas, Thomas) m. Rebecca MERRYMAN, d/o Samuel. They had Mary, b. 20 first mo. 1726, m. 30 first mo. 1744, John PARRISH. John (28 Mar. 1729 - 14 fourth mo. 1809) m1. Mary PARRISH, m2. Urith COLE. Mordecai, b. 27 Feb. 1731/2. Leah, b. 7 Oct. 1733. Aquila (27 N 1735 - 8 second mo. 1773) m. Ann GRIFFITH. Elizabeth, b. 25 Feb.1737/8. Ketura, b. 21 Apr. 1739, m. Richard BELT. Isabella (4 Aug. 1742 - 11 of fifth mo. 1836). Agnes, b. 28 Jan. 1745. Benjamin, b. 5 Jan. 1747. Rachel, b. 2 Apr. 1751, m. _ WOODEN. Ann, m. _ STEVENSON. possibly Rebecca. Thomas FORD (28 F 1692, AA - will pr. 4 Jan. 1748/9, Balto. Co.) m. Leah PRICE. They had Thomas (15 Apr. 1714 - est. adm. 1787) m. Charlotte COCKEY. Their known sons were Thos. C. D. & Frederick. John (5 Nov. 1720 - w. pr. 14 S 1782) m. Ruth or Ruhama HOWARD, d/o Edmond. Their sons were Thomas, John H. (b. 30 July 1753), Joshua (b. 23 F 1756), Edmund, Charles, & Lloyd. Wm., b. 28 Feb. 1721/2, probably had John & Benjamin (no dates in book). Benj., b. 18 Dec. 1723. Mary, b. 6 F 1725, m. Absolom BARNEY. Lloyd (10 N 1727 - 1816, Wash. Co., TN) m. Mary GRANT, d/o Alex. Sons were Lloyd (1748 - 1843), James, John, Thos., & Alex. Mordecai, b. 19 D 1729, m. Ruth BARNEY. Sons were Barney, Horatio, Mordecai, & Thomas. Stephen (15 Oct. 1731 - by 15 Apr. 1778) had sons Stephen & Joseph. How do these fit?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nelson, Ford, Hampton, Smith, Jones, Woodward, Merritt, Mowl, Ramsey, Williams, Ault, Free, Queen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4234.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm researching the same John Ford that Ann is...Here is what I have. John Ford had the following children that have been identified so far: 1. FORD Stephen, b. BET 1786 AND 1790, Washington, NC/TN 2. FORD Leah, b. 03 Feb 1786, Washington, TN 3. FORD John, Jr., b. Abt 1796, Washington, TN 4. FORD Isaac, b. Abt 1800, Washington, TN 5. FORD Elizabeth, b. Abt 1805, Washington, TN 6. FORD Hannah, b. 1807, Washington, TN We believe John was born about 1759 in Maryland; came to Washington County TN abt. 1782, died about 1819 in Washington County TN. Had a land grant of 100 acres on Sinking Creek in Washington County about 1784. Like Ann I would love to find a connection back to Maryland. Suzanne Pratt

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SFB.2ACI/4277.1.1 Message Board Post: thank you for your suggestion and I will do that.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4277.1 Message Board Post: Just as a suggestion, you could go to the National Archives website www.archives.gov and put the various spellings of your ancestor's name in their search engine under the Civil War section and see if you get results.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4286.1 Message Board Post: Nora, Baltimore was the second most popular port of entry in the country in the 1800's. There is a project to develop an immigration center, but it is still in early development. They have a description at their web site at http://www.immigrationbaltimore.com/index.htm. They do not have an online database yet. Ellis Island has only had theirs for a couple years. Most of the Baltimore records are on microfilm and many are in Ancestry.com's database and CD's. The Baltimore City mail list gets many requests for lookups.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/4286 Message Board Post: I have a general question. Would most immigration into Maryland come into Baltimore? Is there an immigration center in MD. We here in the north has Ellis Island and the web site that is what I am looking for? Nara is just too confusing for me. Nora