Genealogy  

If you are looking for genealogy and local  history information related to Annapolis, Anne Arundel County and Maryland, the Annapolis Area Library has the Maryland Gold Star collection, with material for use only in the libray about Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, and Maryland.  

You can also access Ancestry Library Edition database from any computer in the library.  HeritageQuest database is available from home or within any of the branches of the library.  

Other sources of information include the Maryland State Law Library and the Maryland Archives; the Kuethe Library  of the Anne Arundel County Historical Society in Glen Burnie, and the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore which has collections online and in their building related to the history of Maryland.  

The Maryland Archives has vital records but the online access is just to the indices through the Maryland State Archives Vital Records Indexing Project. Provided are county death record indices from 1898-1944, and Baltimore City death record indices 1875-1970.  It costs $25 to order an actual record from the Maryland Archives.   

Vital records are also available for a fee from any state online via a site provided by the Centers for Disease Control.

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