Most of my families originate from this area in Maryland and I have acquired a nice collection of reference books. For Frederick County I have both volumes of The Diaries of Jacob Engelbrecht, The Jacob Engelbrecht Marriage and Death Ledgers, Frederick County Lutheran Marriages and Burials…
I have found ancestors galore in Spesutia Hundred, mostly from tax lists. I would love to connect with anyone researching this time and place, especially if they have an interest in any of the following, with all their various spellings or interpretations of handwriting:Thomas Gilbert (Gilbart,…
I have been using ''The Federal Direct Tax of Somerset County, Maryland, Abstracted and edited by Tom Reedy, Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland, 1999. I have several questions to help me understand the culture of 1794.What role did a slave superintendent have in this period?What and how were…
Do you have a connection to the Maryland Catholic League of Families? I find it very interesting and just getting started on this branch. Would love to share info on this event and the impact it had on our families.Sixty families in the League of Catholic Families, mainly from St. Mary's County,…