Genealogy Resources on the Web

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Baltimore City Directories online

From Special Collections at the University of Maryland.  About sixty digitized directories from the early 1800's to the 1920's.  While not every directory (Baltimore City directories were published from 1796-1964), these are a great place to start. 

Can be viewed online or downloaded in pdf or e-reader formats. 

Church Records 
The Maryland State Archives has created a Directory of Maryland Religious Institutions to identify religious organizations across the state. The Directory lists the church records in the Archives holdings.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet-Maryland 
Cyndi has put together a great list of websites for genealogical research in Maryland.

Cemetery Records Online 
 Interment.net contains thousands of transcriptions of cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions from cemeteries across the United States.  This link  

takes you to the Maryland cemeteries page, which allows cemetery searching by county and includes some death indexes.

Genealogy Blog Finder 
This site contains more than blogs. Newsletters, research tools, digitized documents, DNA in genealogy, tips from Librarians, conferences and associations are only some of the topics covered.
Maryland State Archives Guide to History/Family History Research in Maryland 

This guide is a must for anyone doing genealogical research in Maryland.

Maryland State Archives Vital Records Indexing 
Search various Maryland county (1898-1952) and Baltimore City death indexes, (1875 -1972)
MDGenWeb 
The Maryland Genealogy-USGenWeb Project features a county index, state resources, reference links, and surname queries. 

RootsWeb Surname List 
Useful for exchanging family research with other genealogists. There are more than 800,000 surnames submitted with about 700 additional names being added each day according to RootsWeb.
Social Security Death Index 
Find out when a relative died. This index contains the records of deceased persons who possessed Social Security numbers and whose death has been reported to the SSA..This index is accessed via familysearch.org
Surname to Soundex Code 
Need a soundex number to research passenger lists or to look at census records? Then try this site provided by RootsWeb first!
Vital records in Maryland 
Contains information about where to obtain copies of Maryland vital records, such as birth & death certificates, marriage licenses and divorce decrees.