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Worcester Documents

The importance of documents to genealogists goes without saying. Without records such as family bibles, wills, or obituaries, we would not be able to trace our ancestors. Because of this, we would like to ask for your help. If you have any family records and wouldn't mind transcribing them, please click on one of the GenConnect links below and add your information.

• 1790 Census for Worcester County, Maryland: Fred W. Heine transcribed the document with help from proofreader Christine Joye. When you click on the link, you will be taken to a directory listing of two files. All are in plain text format. Click on the indx-a-z.txt file for a listing of all individuals. The other file contains the actual transcribed pages.
• 1800 Census for Worcester County, Maryland: Cynthia E. Lawson transcribed the document with help from proofreaders Kary Wild and Marta Diaz-Cantu. When you click on the link, you will be taken to a directory listing of four files. All are in plain text format. Click on the index.txt file for a listing of all individuals. The other three files are named for the first transcribed page it contains. (For instance, file pg0178a.txt contains pages 178 through 198. Then file pg0199a.txt picks up where that one left off).
• 1810 Census Index for Worcester County, Maryland: While this file does not contain all the information from the 1810 census, it does list the name of each head of household and the corresponding page number from the original census.
• 1820 Census Index for Worcester County, Maryland: While this file does not contain all the information from the 1820 census, it does list the name of each head of household and the corresponding page number from the original census.
• 1830 Census Index for Worcester County, Maryland: While this file does not contain all the information from the 1830 census, it does list the name of each head of household and the corresponding page number from the original census.
• 1840 Census Index for Worcester County, Maryland: While this file does not contain all the information from the 1840 census, it does list the name of each head of household and the corresponding page number from the original census.
• 1850 Census for Worcester County, Maryland: Kary Wild transcribed the document with help from proofreaders affiliated with the USGenWeb Census Project. When you click on the link, you will be taken to a directory listing of several files. All are in plain text format. Click on the 1850indx.txt file for a listing of all individuals. The other files are named for the first transcribed page it contains. (For instance, file pg0176a.txt contains pages 176 through 186. Then file pg0187a.txt picks up where that one left off).
• 1783 Worcester Tax List: This list has been transcribed and posted on the Maryland State Archives web site.
• Estate of James Smyly: This document lists individuals with debts payable to James Smyly at the time of his death in 1765. It is a good place to find individuals with a given surname at a given time. Transcribed by Judy Herbert.
• Revolutionary War Corn List: This document was transcribed by Craig O'Donnell and lists the names of individuals from whom the Continental Army purchased corn in Worcester County.
• Petition for the creation of Newport Town: This document was transcribed by Craig O'Donnell and dates from 1748.  It lists Worcester Countians from the period.
• 1777 Worcester County Militia List: This is on Craig O'Donnell's web site.  It lists officers from various counties, including Worcester.
• Worcester Patrons of the 1877 Atlas of the Eastern Shore: Also on Craig's list, this documents has names of individuals and the districts in which they lived.
• 1766 Worcester Tax Levy: A final document on Craig's site. 

For more genealogical documents, please visit the genealogy section of the Ocean City Life-Saving Station's web site. You may also find the Worcester Cemeteries Project and the Worcester Families Project helpful. Or, you can go to the research help section of the Worcester County MDGenWeb.

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