The society's web site offers a list of all surnames available for research, links to marriage records, and a list of all cemeteries in Allegany County. The site also offers information on how to submit queries to the Society, a list of all available resources at the library, a variety of resource links, and the publications that the Society produces, including a list of past issues of the newsletter.

GenealogyBank features a wealth of material, particularly modern obituaries and historical newspapers, as well as books, pamphlets, military records, government documents and more. There are over 15,000 newspapers available, including 245 Maryland newspapers starting as early as 1728.

GeneaNet is a great Web site for those with French ancestors. Launched in 1996, about two million members share more than 400 million entries for free in their Online Family Trees, Archival Records, Indexes, Family Pictures and Postcards. Numerous features are available to help genealogists in their research. The site offers free basic membership, plus a subscription Club Privilege that offers many extended search features. The subscription service includes the ability to download images of original documents from extensive civil and church records in France. Many members have uploaded searchable family trees that extend from France to the USA and all parts of the world. The site accepts US members and credit cards and can be viewed in English. The original records and many members are French, so some knowledge of the language is helpful, but not necessary.

Begun in 1860, the library collection contains over 300,000 volumes largely from the 18th and 19th centuries. Notable collection strengths are archaeology, British art and architecture, British and American history, biography, English and American literature, Romance languages and literature, Greek and Latin classics, history of science, geography, and exploration and travel including a large map collection.

This web site provides biographical information on Marylanders of German descent and information on German-related churches, cemeteries, societies, and heritage.

Located in Connecticut, the Godfrey Library has approximately 200,000 books and periodicals in its collection including: state and local histories, international resources, family histories, biographies, records by religious organizations, church records, funeral records, cemetery records, military records, maps, etc. The online Godfrey Scholar Program offers researchers access to a variety of databases from their home computer.

Type in your search term - name, location, etc. - and see a list of books digitized by Google. Some can be viewed in their entirety for free. Portions of others (still under copyright) will be shown, along with links to where you can purchase the book or what library near you holds a copy.

This two-part PDF publication by Ralph E. Eshelman and A. Douglas Rawlinson includes an inventory of 11,861 American Civil War veterans buried in 1,106 cemeteries in Maryland, plus illustrated historical information on Civil War burials in Maryland.

By Ralph E. Eshelman and A. Douglas Rawlinson, this inventory contains the names of more than 11,000 American Civil War veterans buried in 1,106 cemeteries in Maryland and more than 1,800 veterans who served in Maryland units who are buried outside of Maryland. The authors have made this work publicly available through the Maryland State Archives web site. Links to two PDFs are available: 1) a 122-page illustrated introduction, and 2) the 1,304-page inventory.

In 1838, Maryland's Jesuit priests sold hundreds of men, women, and children to Southern plantations to raise money for the construction of Georgetown University. Though they faced incredible hardship, most didn't perish. They married and raised children. Today, more than 8,000 of their descendants have been located through genealogical research. Use this site to search for an ancestor and to hear the stories of the descendants.