Most of us have looked at early Maryland records, but you may have not noticed they are adding records. Ancestry announced it this week. bj They said.. MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES http://www.mdsa.net/msa/homepage/html/homepage.html The Maryland State Archives is one of many state archives that has begun putting records online to make them more accessible to the public. The site features comprehensive research guides to the archives' collections, the ability to search the archives library, and several search functions that help users navigate the 25,000 pages currently available on the site. Online data includes: ~ The Historical and Biographical Series http://www.mdsa.net/msa/refserv/html/bioinfo.html Biographical sketches and photos of notable Marylanders from Maryland history. There are sections on African Americans, Women, Soldiers & Sailors, Artists, and Maryland Government. ~ Religious Records Program http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/html/0002.html General information, WPA Survey of Church Records, Church Records--Deaths and Burials Index, with more indexes to come. ~ United States Colored Troops Resident in Baltimore at the time of the 1890 Census http://www.mdsa.net/msa/speccol/3096/html/sc3096.html ~ "A Supplement to The Early Settlers of Maryland" compiled by Carson Gibb, Ph.D http://www.mdsa.net/msa/speccol/sc4300/sc4341/html/search.html This volume comprises 8,680 entries correcting omissions and errors in Gust Skordas, "The Early Settlers of Maryland" and was published by the Archives in 1997.