Baltimore County Genealogical Society
Library Overview

Location
8601 Harford Road, 3rd Floor of the Parkville Senior Center (corner of Harford Road and Hiss Avenue)

Hours
The BCGS Library is open:

User Fee
$3.00 for non-members. FREE for members.

H O L D I N G S

BOOKS
Over 2,500 books, arranged by subject categories:
Baltimore City and County
Maryland (over 100 volumes on other MD counties)
Other US States
Genealogies
Foreign and Immigration Research
Archival and Research Guides
Periodicals and Society Newsletters
Family Association Newsletters

VERTICAL FILE
Bible Records; church and cemetery records and information; tax lists; family folders filed by surname; and more. (A complete list is located in the first file folder.)

SURNAME FILE
Six boxes of card indexes to members' pedigree charts.

DR. MILLER FILE
Three boxes of card indexes to Baltimore County Parish Records and some court records for the 1600s and 1700s.

MAPS
Baltimore County for 1877, 1882, 1915; Carroll County for 1917; early land owners and patents; Horvath maps; and more.

COMPUTER
More than 100 CD-ROMs that include Census Indexes 1790-1930, plus national 1880 Census; Index to Baltimore Passenger Lists 1820-1872; Baltimore Church Records; Holy Cross Cemetery; Virginia and Pennsylvania Family and Church Records; North Carolina Settlers and Wills; New York Families and Wills; some British Census and vital records; and more.

MICROFICHE
LDS IGI for MD, DE, PA and VA; LDS Family History Catalog for Surname locality, subject; 1790 MD Census; 1870 Baltimore City and County Census Index; 1890 Veterans Census Index for MD, VA, WV; and more.

MICROFILM
Baltimore County Census 1810-1880; Baltimore City Census 1850-1870; 1890 Veterans Census Baltimore City and County; Baltimore County Wills 1666-1851 and 1892-1910; Baltimore County Administration Index 1674-1953; Church Records: Jerusalem Lutheran; Baltimore and Gunpowder Meeting (Quaker); Sacred Heart of Jesus; Holy Rosary; St. Alphonsus; St. Josephs (Fullerton); St. Michaels; St. Stanislaus; St. John's German; St. Patricks; St. Marys Episcopal (Hampden); Baltimore County Marriages 1851-1915; and more.

PHOTOCOPIES
$.20 per page, limit of 25 pages per patron. Copies will be made by library staff.

Pencils only will be allowed in the Library. No food or beverages permitted in the Research Room.
The BCGS Library will happily accept donations of Maryland (and other) genealogies or books related to genealogy or community histories, etc.
Thank you!
MEMBERS may borrow up to three books at a time and these MUST be returned within one month. No books are to be loaned through the mail.

(Sorry - Due to lack of resources, we cannot send copies of information to non-members.)
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