JO ELLEN & OTHERS: To get to MD records just use a search engine like google and type in Maryland Archives, or Maryland government. For just Fredrick Co. , type that in instead. Also try a search for Maryland churches. I found when I got into them there were links to Historical and Genealogical organizations. And where records are kept. Try Genweb or MdGenweb or http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdfreder/ There are a few people that will do lookups of names in church records, cemetery, marrage license, etc. There are message forums at GenForum and RootsWeb. Some archives are on line. I went from a surname to the 1800 census in MD. With that to church records, marriage records etc. Lookups helped much. Confirmation of data and links to others came from message boards (found descendants of my ancestor's siblings, who had research that filled in a few blanks and told me I was working on the right Lefever in Frederick Co. MD And some kin there in 1790's I found in Shelby a few years later. Morris LeFever