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Tax Records

Buy Title: Assorted Assessments 1820-1858
Author: Trish Surles
Price: $22.00
Contents: Tax Assessments for Queen Anne's county of property, stock, watches, silver, vessels, etc. Various years, areas and items.
Buy Title: "1896 Tax Assessment of Queen Anne's County" - Districts 1-7
Author: Trish Surles
Price: See order form for pricing, individually and per set
Surnames In Dist.1, Surnames In Dist.2, Surnames in Dist.3,Surnames in Dist.4, Surnames in Dist.5, Surnames in Dist.6, Surnames in Dist.7
Contents: taxable real estate, personal estate including livestock, farm equipment, etc. Easy to determine occupation, businesses of the District, personal and daily life of your ancestor.

Marriages and Obituaries

Buy Title: Married in Maryland - Queen Anne's County 1817-1858
Author: Cindy Schmidt and Irma Harper
Price: $17.50 postpaid
Contents: Name of Bride and Groom, Date of Marriage License, Residence of both Bride and Groom, minister, indexed alpha by Bride and Groom. Also see Married in Maryland - Kent County 1796-1850 that includes over 500 marriages in which the bride and groom are both Queen Anne's county residents.
Buy Title: Queen Anne's County Marriage Licenses 1858-1897
Author: Trish Surles
Price: $22.00 postpaid
Contents: Name of Bride and Groom, date of license, residence of Bride and groom, indexed alpha by both bride and groom.
Buy Title: Queen Anne's County Marriage Licenses 1902-1914
Author: Trish Surles
Price: $18.00 postpaid
Contents: Name of Bride and Groom, date of license, residence of Bride and groom, indexed alpha by both bride and groom.
Buy Title: Queen Anne's County Marriage Licenses 1914-1926
Author: Trish Surles
Price: $18.00 postpaid
Contents: Name of Bride and Groom, date of license, residence of Bride and groom, indexed alpha by both bride and groom.
Buy Title: The Newspapers of Queen Anne's County 1851-1933
Author: Trish Surles
Price: See Order Blank for pricing on individual volumes
Contents:Obituaries and Marriages extracted from the Centreville Observer and the Centerville Record. All extractions are complete as they appeared in the newspaper.NEW See New Volumes

Court and Probate Records

Title: Queen Anne's County Freedom Certificates
Author: Cathy Downes
Price: Can be ordered from the Historical Society of Queen Anne's County
Contents: The freedom papers for the slaves of Queen Anne's County beginning in 1807 through 1848.
Buy Title: Legacies of Queen Anne's County, Maryland 1776-1791
Author: Cindy Schmidt
Price: $22.00 postpaid
Contents: The Wills of Queen Anne's County transcribed from Libers SC:7, WHN:2 and TW:1
Title: Legacies of Queen Anne's County, Maryland 1791-1795 and 1809-1815
Author: Cathy Downes
Price: Can be ordered from the Historical Society of Queen Anne's County
Contents: The Wills of Queen Anne's County transcribed from Liber RW
Title: Legacies of Queen Anne's County, Maryland 1795-1801
Author: Cathy Downes
Price: Can be ordered from the Historical Society of Queen Anne's County
Contents: The Wills of Queen Anne's County transcribed from Liber WHN:3
Title: Legacies of Queen Anne's County, Maryland 1801-1810 Author: Cathy Downes
Price: Can be ordered from the Historical Society of Queen Anne's County
Contents: The Wills of Queen Anne's County transcribed from Liber WHN:4
Surnames Included: Surnames
Title: Legacies of Queen Anne's County, Maryland 1815-1823
Author: Cathy Downes
Price: Can be ordered from the Historical Society of Queen Anne's County
Contents: The Wills of Queen Anne's County transcribed from Liber TCE:1
Title: Legacies of Queen Anne's County, Maryland 1823-1833
Author: Cathy Downes
Price: Can be ordered from the Historical Society of Queen Anne's County
Contents: The Wills of Queen Anne's County transcribed from Liber TCE:1
Buy Title: ...and They Appeared at Court
Volume 1 - 1779-1772, Volume 2 - 1774-1777, Volume 3 - 1779,1782,1785-1787
Author: Trish Surles
Price: $20.00 each postpaid
Contents: Court minutes, Criminal dockets, bastardy cases, road overseers, indentures, guardian bonds, balances, land commisions, petitions, Trustees of the Poor, and licenses to Keep and Ordinary. Exciting detailed business of the court.
Title: Orphans, Minors and Heirs of Queen Anne's County Orphans Court Proceedings 1801-1812
Author: Cathy Downes
Price: Can be ordered from the Historical Society of Queen Anne's County
Contents: Orphans Court Proceedings
Buy Title: Orphans, Minors and Heirs of Queen Anne's County Annual Valuations, Guardian Bonds and Indentures 1778-1803NEW
Author: Cindy Schmidt
Price: $20.00 postpaid
Contents: Property valuations of the orphans of Queen Anne's county, their guardians and bonds, along with the indentures of orphan children into apprenticeship by the Orphans Court and the Trustees of the Poor.
Title: Queen Anne's County Guardianship Index 1779-1888
Author: Cathy Downes
Price: Can be ordered from the Historical Society of Queen Anne's County
Contents: An index alpha by guardian and ward indicating the Box Number that contains the original guardian accounts housed at the Maryland Archives.
Buy Title: Bound to Serve Indentured Children 1794-1851NEW
Author: Trish Surles
Price: $20.00 postpaid

Census Records

Buy Title: 1910 Census Index for Queen Anne's County
Author: Trish Surles
Price: $20.00 postpaid
Contents: Census Index
1Buy Title: 1930 Census Index for Queen Anne's County
Author: Trish Surles
Price: $22.00 postpaid
Contents: Census Index

Land Records

Buy Title: Patents and Plats of the 1600's
Author: Harper, and Surles
Price: $19.00 postpaid
Contents: The patents granted to the settlers of Queen Anne's county with all patent information and a plat of the land as described in the patent. The properties included are the patents within the boundaries of present day Queen Anne's County. Exciting new, one of a kind series!!
Buy Title: The Land Records of Queen Anne's County
Author: R. Bernice Leonard
Price: $530.00 postpaid
Contents: 30 Volumes beginning in 1707 with the formation of Queen Anne's County through 1843. The Land Records

Vital Records

Buy Title: Births and Deaths 1865-1884
Author: Trish Surles
Price: $12.00
Contents: Births and Deaths for Kent, Queen Anne's and Caroline counties recorded in the office of the County Ciruit Court

Miscellaneous

Buy Title: Open for Business
Author: Jennifer P. Taylor
Price: $20.00
Contents: Annual Licenses of Queen Anne's County 1851-1860. Complete transcriptions including some actual digital images, for Taverns and Ordinaries, Milliners, exhibitions, Hawkers and Peddlers, circus', Equestrians and Stallions, Merchandisers and the sales of Spirituous Liquors, etc. Provided infomation is the names of the owners, operators, type of business, place and town of business and the names of the stallions.
Buy Title: Odds and Ends
Author: Cindy Schmidt
Price: $18.00 postpaid
Surnames included in this book
Contents: Coroner's Inquisitions 1780-1787, Recognizance Court Records 1782-1788, Genealogical gleanings from the Chancery Court of Queen Anne 1815-1823, Indentures of Queen Anne's County 1794-1801,among other records for Talbot and Caroline counties.
Buy Title: Bits and Pieces
Author: Cindy Schmidt
Price: $22.00 postpaid
Surnames included in this book
Contents: The Church records of St. Luke's Parish of Queen Anne's county 1840-1925 including births, baptisms, burials, marriages and confirmations. The Records of the Alms House of Queen Anne's county 1828-1916 including a brief history of the Alms House. Templeville M.E. Church burial records 1914-1929, along with other records for Talbot County.
Buy Title: Queen Anne's County Poll Books 1890
Author: Trish Surles
Price: $15.00 postpaid
Contents: Includes all 7 districts of Queen Anne's County, a great alternative for the missing 1890 Census

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