Dorchester County MD Genealogy
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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Dorchester Records by TypeBirth Records (13)Cemetery Records (282) Census Records (57) Church Records (38) City Directories (61) Court Records (5) Death Records (21) Histories and Genealogies (19) Immigration Records (1) Land Records (24) Map Records (16) Marriage Records (27) Military Records (4) Minority Records (5) Miscellaneous Records (5) Newspapers and Obituaries (98) Probate Records (13) School Records (18) 
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Dorchester County Records by City/TownBishops Head Genealogy (24)Bucktown Genealogy (24) Cambridge Genealogy (193) Church Creek Genealogy (37) Cornersville Genealogy (25) Crapo Genealogy (26) East New Market Genealogy (28) Eldorado Genealogy (23) Fishing Creek Genealogy (23) Galestown Genealogy (24) Golden Hill Genealogy (25) |
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Overview of Dorchester County Records
- Dorchester County was created in 1669.
- Birth and death records from 1898 to 1921 can be obtained from the Maryland State Archives. Birth and death records from 1898 to the present can be obtained from the Maryland Department of Health.
- The Dorchester County Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records starting in 1780, divorce records starting in 1821, court records starting in 1860, land records starting in 1669, plat records starting in 1912, equity docket records starting in 1821, and corporation records starting in 1858.
- Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.