Elizabeth Culhane , Fairport, New York asks: >what are the dates for first recording death > certificates in Baltimore as well as the state of Maryland ? "Baltimore City began requiring birth and death certificates in 1875. The counties didn't start until much later." Quoting Audrey BAGBY of the AA Co. Genealogical Society in the Baltimore Sun [newspaper] of 11/21/99. Keith Ellingsworth@Annapolis.Net Anne Arundel Co., Md.