Welcome to Cecil County, Maryland A Proud part of the Genealogy Trails History Group This County is available for adoption Welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Cecil County. Currently we are looking for a County Host for this website. 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 is a continuation of our original Illinois Trails History and Genealogy Group and we are excited about this opportunity to expand into other states. We welcome your feedback/comments and your data contributions. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as it can be. If you are interested in hosting this county website please view the Volunteer Page for further information and contact US.   We regret that we have no time to perform personal research for anybody. Cecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. It was named for Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605-1675), who was the first Proprietary Governor of the colony of Maryland from 1632 until his death in 1675. The county seat is Elkton. Cecil County was created in 1674 by proclamation of the Governor. It was created from portions of Baltimore and Kent Counties. -- Wikipedia Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories/Records County Records Court Records Deaths Family Bibles History Marriages Military Newspaper Data Obituaries Surnames Wills/Probate Records  Website Updates: Nov 2010: Bio for IRELAND; obits for FENDALL, KEY, CRESSWELL Aug 2010: Death notice for CRESSWELL; ANGELINI bio Jun 2010: Newspaper "Event" Fire item Apr 2010: Crime News Item; death notice for CLARKE and REYNOLDS Feb 2010: Crime News Item 1780-1790 Marriages; bios, obits Surrounding Counties:    Harford Co.  --   Kent Co.   --  New Castle, DE   --  Chester, Penn.  --   Lancaster, Penn. Return to Maryland Home Page   Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.