Welcome to Charles County, Maryland A Proud part of the Genealogy Trails Group Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Charles 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 information and contact Kim. The county was named for Charles Calvert (1637-1715), the third Lord Baltimore. Its county seat is La Plata Charles County was created in 1658 by an Order in Council. It should be noted that from 1650 to 1653 there was an earlier Charles County, sometimes referred to in historic documents as Old Charles County. ONLINE DATA We're looking to add the following types of data to this site: Births Death notices and obituaries Marriages Biographies Events Census Data Cemeteries Cities and Towns Military Data County History   Website Updates: 2 Nov 2007: 1 new bio for John Campbell 31 Oct 2007:  Marriages 1777-1790 30 May 2007: Cities and Towns; 1828 Death and Marriage Notices; Cemeteries; Biography of Charles Calvert Surrounding Counties Prince George's County (north) Calvert County (east) St. Mary's County (southeast) Westmoreland County, Virginia (southeast) King George County, Virginia (south) Stafford County, Virginia (west) Prince William County, Virginia (west) Fairfax County, Virginia (northwest) This County is available for adoption Copyright © 2006 by: Genealogy Trails - with original rights reserved for contributors