I’m new to researching in Frederick County, Maryland, and need your advice. I will have a chance in a week or two to go to either Frederick or Hagerstown or ???? in Maryland to do a bit of family research, and need suggestions on where to best spend my time. I have three research goals I would be trying to achieve. The first two are from the 1770’s, the latter from the 1820’s or so. 1) I’m trying to track my George WERTZ (1752-1837) and his wife (Nancy CHRISTY), as to their whereabouts and where/when they were married. George says he was born in 1752, came to the US about 1761, and “lived in Maryland before coming to Bedford”. More specifically, his pension application says that when the Revolutionary War broke out (1776), he was living in Maryland and volunteered to go with Captain Cressup of Oldtown largely to help residents of Western Penna with problems with the Indians. George also says he served in support of Bedford County under Captain Samuel Davidson in 1778, 79, 80, and 81, approximately 4 months each year. I would like to try to find where George was in Maryland, and also figure out whether he married there (i.e., whether he was a single freeman or not). How would you recommend I try to figure this out? 2) Similarly, I’m trying to figure out more details about my Lorentz/Laurence BULGER, in particular, when he got to Frederick County, Maryland, and when he married. I know he was born about 1752 (not sure where), and by 1777 was having children – he is having a daughter baptized on Christmas day, 1777, in the Frederick Evangelical church. By 1783 his children are being christened in the German Reformed Church of Frederick, and by 1790 he comes up to Bedford County, Pa. So how do I find him (in a township, for example), so I can see if I can figure out when he got there, and perhaps when he married? 3) Last, I’m trying to find my John GOGLEY/COCKLEY/GOGUELY between 1813 and 1830, and perhaps a bit about his wife, Catherine MALONE. John is baptized in Lebanon County in 1803, and I can find his father in York County in 1813. The next time John shows up is in the 1830 Bedford County census. (There is a Bedford County Orphans Court reference to some property in Greenfield Twp, Bedford County, Pa, belonging to the deceased David Cockley – possibly John’s dad – in 1813, that has John (who would be only 10) petitioning on behalf of his mother and siblings to see whether the land can be partitioned. Unfortunately, I could find no disposition of the case, to know whether John and company settled on the land – but since they don’t show up in the tax records, nor in the 1820 Bedford census, I doubt it.) The family bible shows him marrying Catherine Malone March 8, 1827, but it doesn’t say where. A book by Richard Stoler Myers (“From Compass to Computer” ) implies that either John Gogley, or more likely his father-in-law (Catherine Malone’s father) was a member of the Maryland Legislature. So what I’m really trying to find out is – where was John Gogley between 1813-1830, and, also, was he a member of the Maryland Legislature? If he wasn’ t, was there a Malone who was a member of the Maryland Legislature? That would give us a clue to where Malone’s family was from in Maryland, and also I might find John living nearby – since he gets married in 1827. Any and all suggestions are welcome – where should I look? Where should I visit? Thanks in advance! - Jeff Rinscheid