Welcome to St Mary's County, Maryland A Proud part of the Genealogy Trails Group Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for St. Marys 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. The settlement of Lord Baltimore's Maryland began with the arrival of passengers from England at St. Clement's Island in the Potomac River in what is now southwestern St. Mary's County on March 25, 1634. The passengers arrived in two vessels, the Ark and the Dove, which had set sail from the Isle of Wight on November 22, 1633. St. Mary's County was the first county established in Maryland, in 1637, probably by an order of the Governor. The county seat and state capital was St. Mary's City. The county seat was moved to Leonardtown. The county was also home to the first Catholic Mass celebrated in the original thirteen colonies. ONLINE DATA We're looking to add the following types of data to this site: Births Death notices and obituaries Marriages Biographies Cemeteries Census Data Cities and Towns County History Events Military Data Index of Wills A-B-C D-E-F-G-H I-J-K-L-M-N O-P-Q-R-S T-U-V-W-Y-Z   Website Updates: 9 Nov 2007: Births; Index of Wills 2 Nov 2007: New biography for John Causin 29 May 2007: Cities and Towns; 1828 Death and Marriage Notices; Cemeteries Surrounding Counties Calvert County (northeast) Charles County (northwest) This County is available for adoption