Available through the Maryland State Archives is the Vital Records Indexing Project, which contains digitized death record indices from 23 counties for 1898-1944, and for Baltimore City 1875-1972. Baltimore City was the first to start recording records of deaths on a large scale. The periods of 1875-1880 and 1943-1949 can be searched, but for dates outside of these ranges, you must look at PDF scans of the original paper death record indices.
introducing the towsons
I feel like genealogists often have a "main family" that spurs their interest, that family name that they always come back to. For a lot of folks that main family seems to be the surname that they were born with. For me, my interest lies in my mother's family name.
finding the von niedas
A few weeks ago, my friend Chanel and I were shopping on the Avenue in Hampden. For those who haven't visited, Hampden is a bit of hipster heaven in Baltimore. Along West 36th Street, also known as the Avenue, is home to a variety of restaurants, boutiques, and my favorite, antique shops.
the union orphan asylum in baltimore
In addition to fashion and photography, I'm a big fan of genealogy. Late last night I was going through some unfiled records that I retrieved during my last visit to NARA in DC, and I rediscovered mention of a distant relative spending time at a Baltimore orphanage in the 1870s.
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