Religious organizations are highly useful sources of genealogical information. Religious organizations often keep records such as notices of births, baptisms, bar/bat mitzvahs, marriages, deaths, and so on.
Some of these records have been made public and can be found in Special Collections materials such as local newspapers, baptismal records, and registers of births and death, among other things. For a list of subject headings that will assist in finding genealogical materials by religious organization, look at the list below.
For a list of books and periodicals containing genealogical information involving religious organizations, click here or scroll down to the bottom of the page.
Subject Headings:
Baptismal records, Maryland
Baptismal records, Maryland, (insert county or city name)
Ex.: Baptismal records, Maryland, Baltimore
Catholics, Maryland, (insert city or county name), Genealogy
Church Records and Registers, Maryland
Church Records and Registers, Maryland, (insert county or city name)
Lutherans, Maryland
Marriage Records, Maryland
Marriage Records, Maryland, (insert county or city name)
Quakers, Maryland, Genealogy
Quakers, Maryland, (insert county or city name), Genealogy
Registers of Births, etc., Maryland
Registers of Births, etc., Maryland, (insert county or city name)
Books and Periodicals Containing Genealogical Information from Religious Organizations
