Welcome to Allegany County, Maryland A Proud part of the Genealogy Trails Group Welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Allegany County Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This website is in need of a dedicated host! This is a continuation of our original Illinois Genealogy Trails project and we are excited about this opportunity to expand into other states. We welcome your feedback and comments, and of course, your data contributions. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project grow. If you think you might be interested in hosting a county website such as this one, please view the Volunteer Page for further informationand contact Kim. If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to our mailing lists The western part of Maryland (including the present Allegany County) was incorporated into Prince George's County in 1696. This county included six current counties, and by repeated splitting, new ones were generated: Frederick from Prince George's in 1748; and Montgomery and Washington from Frederick in 1776. Allegany County was formed in 1789 by the splitting of Washington County. At the time it was the westernmost county in Maryland, but a later (1872) split produced Garrett County, the current westernmost county. The county seat is Cumberland. The name Allegany comes from a local Native American word for the Potomac River, oolikhanna, which means "beautiful stream." ONLINE DATA We're looking to add the following types of data to this site: Births and Baptisms Deeds and Land Transfers Biographies Events Cemeteries Marriages Census Data Military Data County History Newspapers Death notices and obituaries Cities and Towns Will Abstracts Website Updates: 29 Oct 2007: Death notices and Obit's., 2 biographies 27 Oct 2007: Marriages 1791-1800, Marriages 1801-1810 31 May 2007: Cities and Towns; Cemeteries Surrounding Counties Somerset County, Pennsylvania (north) Bedford County, Pennsylvania (north) Fulton County, Pennsylvania (north) Washington County (east) Morgan County, West Virginia (south) Hampshire County, West Virginia (south) Mineral County, West Virginia (south) Garrett County (west) Visit our National Site Copyright © 2006 by: Genealogy Trails - with original rights reserved for contributors