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     Talbot County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is bordered by Queen Anne's County to the north, Caroline County to the east, Dorchester County to the south, and the Chesapeake Bay to the west. As of 2000, the population was 33,812. It was named for Grace, Lady Talbot, the wife of Sir Robert Talbot, an Irish statesman, and the sister of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Easton.  The founding date of Talbot County is not known. It certainly existed by February 12, 1661, when a writ was issued to its sheriff.    Founding Father John Dickinson was born in Trappe, as was Abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

     Talbot County, Maryland is one of the oldest centers of European settlement in the New World. Talbot County's long history has always been linked to the water that surrounds it. With over 600 miles of tidal shoreline, the most of any county in the United States, it retains a maritime flavor to an unusual degree. Like the Native Americans who moved through this area many centuries ago, European settlers were drawn to Talbot County's wealth of natural resources and profusion of waterways for ease in travel. Its first English settlers, arriving by boat in the 1630s, established tobacco plantations along the shores of the Choptank, Wye, Tred Avon, and St. Michaels, (now Miles) rivers, on the long stretch of Chesapeake Bay coast known as Bayside, and on its countless creeks and coves. By 1662, these settlers had formally created Talbot County. Boundary adjustments were made in 1706 with the establishment of Queen Anne's County to the north and again in 1773 with the creation of Caroline County to the east, resulting in the Talbot County of today.

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·        Talbot County Register of Wills/ Clerk of Orphan's Court has Probate Records from 1668 and is located at the courthouse, 11 N. Washington St., Easton, MD 21601 - 0816

·        Talbot County Circuit Court Clerk has Land Records from 1662 and Marriage Records from earliest to 1919 and is located at the courthouse, 11 North Washington Street, Suite 16, Easton, MD 21601;

·        410-822-2611

·        There are a few online databases for Court, Land and Probate Records which include: Maryland Calendar of Wills, Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 and Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899.

·        Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum 

·        Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)

·        The Maryland Room, Talbot County Free Library  Local History and Genealogy Special Collections

·        The Oxford Museum 

·        PERiodical Source Index Search  Talbot County, Maryland     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)

·        Talbot County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)

·        USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

·          General Perry Benson Chapter  Easton (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

·        Historical Society of Talbot County 

·        The Kitty Knight Chapter      (Source: United States Daughters of 1812)

·        Talbot County Historic Preservation Committee 

·        Upper Shore Genealogy Society of Maryland 

Your LINK to the Historical Places and Districts in TALBOT County

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

National Park Service

National Historic Landmarks

National Battlefields

National Historic Sites

National Historical Parks

National Memorials

National Monuments

surnames

The following are names of persons, found within our databases,

as having been either born, married or died in this location.

To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding Link.

McVicker; Moreland; Pinnell; Scruggs and allied families

Eubanks;   Vanderford

Bozarth; Peiffer; Quigley; Rhubart and allied families

Dellinger; Knecht; Pfeffer; Silar and allied families

Additional information regarding these and other surnames may also be found at:

Surname Locator Resources

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Easton

Easton

LOCATION:  Country: United States;   State: Maryland;   County: Talbot;   Place: Easton;

Coordinates/Map: 38° 46′ 18″ N, 76° 4′ 14″ W

Talbot County

Court House,

Easton, Maryland

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DESCRIPTION:  The county town of Talbot County, first known as Talbot Courthouse and later as Easton, was known as the "East Capital" of Maryland because the Eastern Shore's courts and governmental offices were located there. Easton had the Shore's finest bank, its first newspaper, its first Federal offices, its first brick hotel.  The Third Haven Meeting House, the oldest Quaker meetinghouse, and one of the oldest places of worship in Maryland, is in Easton.

ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:  

INTERNET WEB LINK(s):  Easton Main Street;   Easton, Maryland - Local Info;

LOCATION:  Country: United States;   State: Maryland;   County: Talbot;   Place:; Coordinates/Map:

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Gazetteer of Places in This County

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The list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of your ancestor’s birth, marriage, death dates and the place(s) within this locality at which these events may have occurred.

Profiles for 176 cities, towns and other populated places in Talbot County Maryland

Map of Talbot County Maryland

Talbot County Physical, Cultural & Historic Features

Talbot County ZIP Codes | Area Codes

Talbot County Land - Property, Farms & Ranches   

Links To Populated Places Within This County

This county contains the following incorporated municipalities:

·        Easton (incorporated 1870)

·        Oxford (incorporated 1852)

·        Queen Anne (incorporated 1953) (This town is partly in Talbot County and partly in Queen Anne's County.)

·        Saint Michaels (incorporated 1804)

·        Trappe (incorporated 1827)

The Census Bureau recognizes the following census-designated places in the county:

·        Cordova

·        Tilghman Island

Other unincorporated areas include:

·        Bozman

·        Claiborne

·        McDaniel

·        Neavitt

·        Newcomb

·        Royal Oak

·        Sherwood

·        Wittman

·        Fairbanks

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State-Wide Resources

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• The USGenWeb Project
• GenealogyLinks.net
• United States Research Wiki – Family Search

·        Our Genealogy Reference Library (USA Locations)

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• Talbot County - Wikipedia
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• Talbot County (Family History 101.com)
• Talbot County USGenWeb

·        Talbot County, Genealogy Forum

·        Talbot County, at Rootsweb

·        Cyndi's List - U.S. – Maryland - Localities

·        Linkpendium > Genealogy> Talbot County

The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy reference books.   Here you may find books about the history and records of this county and other places such as towns and churches.  The collection also contains research works about military units and personnel during America’s wars, in addition too resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who may have settled in this locality.

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The Oxford – Bellevue Ferry at Oxford, Maryland

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Contact information

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Snail mail:

Fred
889 Dante Ct.
Mantua, NJ 08051

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Tom
27 Christopher Dr.
Burton, NB E2V3H4
Canada