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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...
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...
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 ...
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 an umbrella project for projects based upon families and local communities of Scots-Irish who settled on the Eastern Shore (also called Delmarva Peninsula) in the late 17th century and early 18th century. As an umbrella project, this project can provide historical and bibliographic information for the entire area and its families. The following historical overview is excerpted from "Mig...
The National Intelligence University (NIU), formerly known as the National Defense Intelligence College and the Joint Military Intelligence College, is a federally chartered research university in Bethesda, Maryland. NIU is the United States Intelligence Community's (IC) institution for higher learning in fields of study central to the profession of intelligence and national security. NIU award...
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...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Harford County, Maryland. This is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Official Website In 1608 the area was settled by Massawomecks and Susquehannocks. The first European to see the area was John Smith in 1608 when he traveled up the Chesapeake Bay from Jamestown. In 1652, the English and Susquehannocks signed a tr...
This is a sub project of Frederick County, Maryland Which is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Hyattstown, Maryland was founded in 1798 by Jesse Hyatt, a Frederick County farmer. The western part of Hyattstown is in Frederick County while the eastern part of Hyattstown is in Montgomery County. By 1804 the town had six houses; by 1811 there were 12. Two of Jesse's brothers, El...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cecil County, Maryland. Official Website This is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns The area now known as Cecil County was an important trading center long before the county's official organization in 1674 by proclamation of Lord Baltimore. It had previously been a northeastern part of a much larger Baltimore Cou...
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...
List of Known Maryland 400 Soldiers =On Aug. 27, 1776, the first major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought at Brooklyn, N.Y. Known as the Battle of Brooklyn or the Battle of Long Island, it was where Maryland would earn her nickname ‘‘The Old Line State.”Few are aware that the war could have ended that day had it not been for the ‘‘Maryland 400” who sacrificed themselves to allow the col...
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 o...
Wikipedia The University of Maryland, Baltimore, (also known as University of Maryland: The Founding Campus, or UMB, UMAB) was founded in 1807. It comprises some of the oldest professional schools of dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy, social work and nursing in the nation. It is the original campus of the University System of Maryland. Located on 60 acres in downtown Baltimore, it is part of...
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...
Wikipedia The United States Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium is a cemetery at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Find a Grave It is not Arlington National Cemetery. It is not Annapolis National Cemetery. The United States Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium is a cemetery at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Wikipedia Address: Cromwell W...
Wikipedia =Goucher College is a private, co-educational, liberal arts college in the northern Baltimore suburb of Towson in unincorporated Baltimore County, Maryland, on a 287-acre (1.2 km²) campus. The school has approximately 1,475 undergraduate students studying in 33 majors and six interdisciplinary programs and approximately 900 students studying in graduate programs. Goucher College and S...
The Battle of Monocacy (also known as Monocacy Junction ) was fought on July 9, 1864, approximately 6 miles from Frederick, Maryland , as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War . Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early defeated Union forces under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace . The battle was part of Early's raid through the Shenandoah Valley and into Maryland in an...
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 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 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...
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...
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