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Do you have ancestors’ from Maryland? Search this collection of Wills and Probates to find out the date of their Will.
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The Maryland Calendar of Wills was compiled and edited by Jane Baldwin.
As confirmed in the introduction of the publication, the Maryland Calendar of Wills was compiled in response to an already long existent and steadily increasing need for such work, a need not only of genealogists, nor only for Marylanders now living in the State, but also for the large class of persons, whose ancestors are to be numbered among the men and women who took part in the nation-building as begun on Maryland shores, and whose descendants are now to be found in every State of the Union.
The General Index of Wills of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, 1633 to 1900 was compiled by Margaret Roberts Hodges from original indices, the collection of records were published by the Carter Braxton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
The Daughters of the American was first formed in 1890 in Washington DC. Within the collection, you will find the very first lineage volume. The organisation was formed on the anniversary of Columbus’ discovery of America and incorporated by an Act of Congress in 1896. In 1891, the DAR had 818 members. Today, that membership exceeds 930,000 members.
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