The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is December 2024)
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One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, baptism, and/or christening information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, a great number of indexes to birth and baptism collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific birth, baptism, or christening information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth documents themselves. These free online collections have millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 32 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
If you are interested in baptism indexes that may include the birth date as well as baptism information, make sure and check out Church Records.
The lists below are specific birth, baptism, and christening indexes and record collections available for free online for the state.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
Maryland Birth Records
- Allegany County, Cumberland, Birth Records: Doctor’s Birth Register, 1914-1928
- Anne Arundel County, Birth Indexes
- Baltimore Miscellaneous Births
- Baltimore, New Jerusalem or Swedenborgen, Births or Christenings, 1798-1862
- Charles County, A Register of Births, Marriages and Burials, 1654 – 1706
- Charles County, Birth Indexes
- Charles County, Register of Births, Marriages & Burials, 1654-1726
- Charles County, A Register of Births, Marriages and Burials 1654 – 1706
- Charles County, Register of Births, Marriages & Burials, 1654-1726
- Dorchester Parish, Births or Christenings, 1743-1854
- Dorchester Parish, Births or Christenings, 1793-1822
- Dorchester, Great Choptank Parish, Births or Christenings, 1790-1875
- Forest Glen St. John’s Church Vital Records
- Garrett County, Birth Indexes
- Harford County, Birth Indexes
- Harford County, Stepney Parish, Records of 1700-1800
- Kent County Colonial Births and Marriages
- Kent County, Birth Indexes
- Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995
- Maryland Records, Miscellaneous Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church Records 1700s and 1800s
- Maryland, Birth Records
- Maryland, Births and Baptisms, 1665-1995
- Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995
- Maryland, Miscellaneous Source Records
- Maryland, Selective Service System Registration Cards, World War II, Fourth Registration
- Maryland, Miscellaneous Records
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Somerset County Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1600-1720
- Somerset County Births, Deaths and Marriages: 1600-1720
- Somerset County, Birth Indexes
- Somerset County, Coventry Parish Vital and Parish Records, 1724-1891
- St. Marys County, Birth Indexes
- Talbot County Colonial Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths
- Talbot County, Birth Indexes
- United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
- Western Maryland Pioneer, Marriages, Early Settlers, Births and Deaths
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!