TIP OF THE WEEK –
MARYLAND LAND RECORDS
Here’s a tip came from a fellow SGS member for everyone interested in land records of Maryland.
All land records for Maryland are available online from the Maryland State Archives at this URL: http://www.mdlandrec.net
Use of this site is free, but you will need to create an account. Here’s the blurb from their main home page expressing their intent:
“The Maryland Judiciary, the 24 elected Court Clerks of Maryland and the Maryland State Archives have joined in partnership to provide up to date access to all verified land record instruments in Maryland. This service is currently being provided free to all those interested in testing the system. Users are encouraged to provide feedback and inform the Maryland State Archives of any problems encountered.”
Once you have arrived at the home page, use the drop-down menu in the upper left part of the page to select your county of interested, and you’re off and running.
While these same land records are available via FamilySearch, most of them fall under that “restricted access” requiring you to be at a FHC or affiliated library to access the image. From the MDLANDREC website, you can view and download Maryland land records from the comfort of your home.
Seattle Genealogical Society’s Tip on Maryland Records: I was just looking at Maryland’s indexes to marriages, naturalization records and didn’t get to the land records. I believe the pandemic has brought together genealogist as in the past before computers when we all reached out to others to find our ancestors. There seems to be a common goal now and the sharing of programs and ideas for research is working to bring us together as a “genealogical community or village”. Thanks Seattle for the tip!