Harford County (Maryland) Genealogical Society Library Page

The Harford County Genealogical Society does not have its own library. We help the Historical Society to staff the Genealogical Section of the library of the Historical Society of Harford County, at the old Post Office Building, 143 N. Main St., Bel Air, Maryland.

The Genealogical Section is open on Thursdays, from 9:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M., and on the fourth Saturday of each month, from 10:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M.

Holdings of the Genealogical Section include:

A card file index to many of the tombstone inscriptions in Harford County cemeteries
A card file index to the obituaries appearing in the Bel Air Aegis (The Aegis itself is available on microfilm at the Bel Air branch of the Harford County Library). 1857-1925 and 1967-present. This is and ongoing project.
Some local church records
- Quaker
  - Little Falls Meeting of Friends 1738-1988 (anniversary book prepared by Hunter C. Sutherland, published by the Historical Society of Harford County)
  - Records of the Little Falls Monthly Meeting, Fallston, 1815-1881
  - Friends Meeting of Harford County, Bush River (Sutherland)
  - Deer Creek Society of Friends, Vital Records, 1761-1823 (Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin - Parks)
  - Nottingham Quaker Records 1680-1889 (Beard) (Includes Deer Creek Meeting)
  - Quaker Records of Northern Maryland (Peden)
  - Quaker Records of Southern Maryland (Peden)
- Anglican, Episcopal
  - St. James Episcopal Parish
  - St. Johns and St. George's Episcopal Parishes
- Methodist
  - Harford Circuit of the Methodist Church (1831-1842)
  - Havre de Grace United Methodist Churh
- Churchville Presbyterian Church
Local histories
- Our Harford Heritage, by C. Milton Wright
- History of Harford County, by Preston
Local Family Histories - published and manuscripts
Bible records
- Large collection of Harford County Bible records (four volumes)
- Cecil County Bible records collected by the Cecil County, Maryland, Genealogical Society
- Maryland Bible Records, Volume 1 (Genealogical Council of Maryland, inventory of 2700 Bible records and their locations)
Local undertaker's records
- Herbert S. Bailey, Darlington, Maryland, 1921-1961
- Harkins Funeral Home, Delta, Pennsylvania, 1930's to 1970's
- Pennington Funeral Home, Havre de Grace, 1880-1976
An extensive file of newspaper clippings (obituaries and marriages)
Various general references
Census records
- 1776 Maryland Census (Carothers)
- 1790 Federal Census of Maryland
- 1800 Harford County
- 1820 Census of Maryland and Washington, DC, index (Parks)
- 1850 Harford County Census (index cards)
- 1860 thru 1920 Harford County Census (microfilm)
- 1860 Cecil County, Maryland Census
- 1900 Aberdeen, Maryland (Livezy)
- 1910 Census of 5th District of Harford County (Stearns District)
- 1850 and 1860 Maryland Mortality Schedules (Dryden)
The George W. Archer collection of old Harford County history and genealogy

Other resources of the Historical Society of interest to genealogists include some of the County Archives (old land records, etc.), old town directories, old county maps, local histories, and church histories.

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