Resources

There are hundreds of genealogy-related websites to help you with your family history development. We hope you find these resource links helpful. If you have additional resources that you have found to be quite helpful, please share them with us.

• Wikipedia
• FamilySearch
• Maryland State Archives offers many online record collections searchable by county
• National Archives Military Records Research
• Internet Archive
  • 1866 History of Maryland by E. Allen and L. VanBokkelen
  • 1879 Second Annual Report of Owen Riordan, Inspector of Mines
  • 1882 History of Western Maryland by J. Thomas Scharf   Volume 1   Volume 2
  • 1881 Report of Thomas Brown, Inspector of Mines
  • 1883 Report of Thomas Brown, Inspector of Mines
  • 1883 The Republican, Oakland – many more issues are available in Internet Archive
  • 1888 Report of C.H. Hamill, Inspector of Mines
  • 1900 A Century of Growth or The History of the Church in Western Maryland by Thomas J. Stanton
  • 1903 Leading Events of Maryland History by J. Gambrill and S. Bates
  • 1942 Maryland Main and the Eastern Shore by Hulbert Footner
  • 1987 Garrett County Graves, Volume 1 by Youghiogheny Glades Chapter, DAR
  • 2004 Garrett County Graves, Volume 2 by Youghiogheny Glades Chapter, DAR
• USGenWeb Tombstone Project
• FindAGrave
• Chronicling America – Library of Congress free online newspaper collection
• Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County – has many reference materials at 6 N. Second Street, Oakland
• National Register of Historic Places
• Secretary of State
• Bureau of Land Management – land patents
• Historic Map Works
• MapGeeks
• Maps of US – interactive map of Maryland county formation history
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
• Maryland, the 7th State – The Great Seal of Garrett County
• Garrett County Government
• Garrett County Circuit Court
• Garrett County Health Department
• Garrett County Chamber of Commerce
• Oakland Government
• Garrett County Historical Society Museum
• Bibliography
• Surname Registry
• Family Sites
  • Walt WARNICK’s Western Maryland Family History
• Physical (offline) Resources
• Linkpendium
• GenealogyTrails

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