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Wikipedia The University of Maryland, College Park (often referred to as The University of Maryland, Maryland, UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, approximately 8 miles from Washington, D.C. Founded in 1856, the University of Maryland is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. It is c...
This is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in Allegany County, Maryland. Official Website Allegany County was formed in 1789. The name Allegany may come from a local Lenape word, welhik hane or oolikhanna, which means 'best flowing river of the hills' or 'beautiful stream'. It is often referred to as "Where the Sout...
This project is part of the State of Maryland Portal. = About the Project Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from Maryland. You can add profiles for: People born in Maryland People who lived in Maryland People who died in Maryland When you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit. If y...
This is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Official Website The settlement of Lord Baltimore's Maryland began with the arrival of passengers from England at St. Clement's Island in the Potomac River in what is now southwestern St. Mary's County on March 25, 1634, and the annual annivers...
Catoctin Furnace was constructed in 1774 by four brothers Thomas, Baker, Roger and James Johnson to produce pig iron from locally mined hematite.[2][3] In blast by 1776, the furnace provided ammunition (cannonballs) for the American Revolutionary War. Some sources state that it also provided cannon.[4][5][6] They also state that iron from this furnace was (much later of course) used to make p...
Thsh is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Talbot County, Maryland. Official Website The county was named for Lady Grace Talbot, the wife of Sir Robert Talbot, an Anglo-Irish statesman, and the sister of Lord Baltimore. The founding date of Talbot County is not known. It existed by February 12, 1661, when a writ w...
Wikipedia Article The United States Naval Academy's campus is located in Annapolis, Maryland, at the confluence of the Severn River and the Chesapeake Bay.In its most recent report, the 2012 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked the US Naval Academy as the No. 1 Public Liberal Arts College in the nation, tied for first with the US Military Academy. In the category of High School Counselor ...
Damascus United Methodist Church Cemetery is located on 9800 Main Street, Damascus, Montgomery County, Maryland. Find a Grave
The Battle of Antietam /ænˈtiːtəm/ also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of dead, wounded, and ...
The cemetery sits beside the Hoyes United Methodist Church and is also known as Hoyes UMC Cemetery . Find a Grave USGW Archives
This is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Kent County, Maryland. Official Website History In 1642, the governor and council appointed commissioners for the Isle and County of Kent. This act appears to have led to the establishment of Kent County. The county was named for the county of Kent in England. Washingto...
This is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Official Website History The County was named for Lady Anne Arundell , the daughter of Thomas Arundell , 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, members of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall , England . She married Cecilius Calvert , second...
Johns Hopkins University= Wikipedia The Johns Hopkins University (commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, the university was named after its first benefactor, the American entrepreneur, abolitionist, and philanthropist Johns Hopkins. His $7 million bequest—of which half financed the establishment of...
This is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns This project is for those who were born, live or died in Dorchester County, Maryland. Many residents of Dorchester County have historically been watermen and farmers. The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries provide harvests of crabs, oysters and many fish species to both commercial and recreational fishermen. Dorchester County was t...
This cemetery is located on 20476 Point Lookout Road, Great Mills, St. Mary's County, Maryland. Find a Grave
Wikipedia The University of Baltimore (UB), located in midtown Baltimore, Maryland in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood at 1420 N. Charles Street, is part of the University System of Maryland. The university is a public undergraduate, graduate, and professional university located in the heart of the state's largest city. UB's schools and colleges provide education in business, law, public affairs, ...
This is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Washington County, Maryland. Official Website Following independence, the sovereign State of Maryland formed Washington County on September 6, 1776. It was the first county in the United States to be named for the Revolutionary War general (and later President) George Was...
This is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Somerset County, Maryland. Official Website Somerset County is located on the state's Eastern Shore and was named for Mary, Lady Somerset, the wife of Sir John Somerset and daughter of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1560–1639). For an historical chrono...
This is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Howard County, Maryland. Official Website In 1652, the Susquehannock tribes signed a peace treaty with Maryland, giving up their provenance over the territory that is now Howard County. The name of the county honors Colonel John Eager Howard, an officer in the "Maryland L...
This cemetery is located on 1970 Long Corner Road (at New Cut Road). It's also known as Ridgeville United Methodist Church Cemetery . Find a Grave
This is a sub project of Anne Arundel County, Maryland Which is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns The early (pre-Revolutionary War) colonists of Anne Arundel, MD, seem to have been responsible for an unusual number of descendants. Perhaps this is only because they have been unusually well documented. Families of interest include: Anderson Family Ashman Family Beal...
The cemetery opened in 1850 and lies in the Northeast corner of the City. It is on high ground and comprises over 100 acres overlooking the city. The entrance to the cemetery was designed to appear that entering the gates were like entering heaven…from a certain angle..it is all sky. The cemetery’s founders designed and priced the cemetery for the surrounding community and the blue collar empl...
Thsh is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Prince George's County, Maryland. Official Website Overview Prince George's County was created by the English Council of Maryland in the Province of Maryland in April 1696. It was divided into six districts referred to as "Hundreds": Mattapany, Petuxant, Collington, Mou...
This project is to identify early settlers and notable people of the region now called "Southern Maryland" click for map Please add your profiles: must be set to public. Feel free to enrich them by "tagging" with photos & documents from the media repository . click to view Project collaborators, please update the project page, add resources, documents, and photos ... and invite more collabo...
The Kentucky Migration Note: This project is intended for anyone that moved to Kentucky during this period. If you have more info on why these families migrated, please feel free to add it here, or on their profiles. The first serious explorations of the Kentucky territory by English colonists had begun around 1750, and it was found that the area was not generally inhabited by Indians, but wa...