Welcome to Howard County, Maryland A Proud part of the Genealogy Trails Group Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Howard 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! 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 We welcome your feedback and comments, and your data contributions. The center of population of Maryland is located on the county line between Howard County and Anne Arundel County, in the unincorporated town of Jessup. Howard District was formed in 1838 by the splitting of Anne Arundel. It had the same status as a county except for not being represented in the Maryland General Assembly. In 1851, it became an official county. The county was named for John Eager Howard, an officer in the American Revolutionary War and later the fifth Governor of Maryland The county seat is Ellicott City Its largest community is Columbia Howard County has no incorporated municipalities. ONLINE DATA We're looking to add the following types of data to this site: Births   Marriages Biographies Cemeteries Census Data Newspapers Death notices and obituaries County History Postcards Military Data   Website Updates: Oct 2012: Bio - MURRAY, Robert - Transcribed by Richard Ramos Jan 2011: Bio of Gen. Robert Murray, Arthur Gorman, ex-slave Tom Randall, Henry Davis, Richard Warfield; Marriage announcement for WILL-HARDINGE Feb 2010: Newspaper EVENT story Aug 2009: Elliott City Postcards Surrounding Counties * Anne Arundel County (southeast) * Baltimore County (northeast) * Carroll County (north) * Frederick County (northwest) * Montgomery County (west) * Prince George's County (south) Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.