Welcome to Frederick County, Maryland A Proud part of the Genealogy Trails Group Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Frederick 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. If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to our mailing lists Frederick County was created in 1748 from parts of Prince George's County and Baltimore County. In 1776, Frederick County was divided into three parts. The westernmost portion became Washington County, named after George Washington, the easternmost portion became Montgomery County, named after another Revolutionary War general, Richard Montgomery. The central portion remained Frederick County. In 1837 a part of Frederick County was combined with a part of Baltimore County to form Carroll County. Frederick Town was laid out in 1745 and became the county seat of Frederick County three years later. It is uncertain which Frederick the town was named for, but the likeliest candidates are Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore and Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales. ONLINE DATA We're looking to add the following types of data to this site: Births Marriages Biographies Events Census Data Cemeteries Newspapers County History Cities and Towns Military Data Death notices and obituaries Wills   Website Updates: Oct 2008: Marriage Announcements for REED-HUSTON; SHERFIGHT-MCNEIL; Death notices for DUNN and FENWICK 7 Feb 2008: ADLUM Biography and Will; PERINS will 31 Jan 2008: SWENEY-CLARY Marriage Announcement; RITCHIE obit 9 Nov 2007: Newspaper article - Frank Harper 31 Oct 2007: Marriages 1778-1785, 1 bio, updated Cemeteries and Obits 30 May 2007: Cities and Towns; Cemeteries; marriage notices, Wills Surrounding Counties Adams County, Pennsylvania (north) Carroll County (east) Howard County (southeast) Franklin County, Pennsylvania (north) Montgomery County (south) Washington County (west) Loudoun County, Virginia (southwest) *Please Report Broken Links* RETURN Copyright © 2006 by: Genealogy Trails - with original rights reserved for contributors