Free Online Maryland Digital Archives

The Ancestor Hunt has been cataloging and listing links to free online genealogy collections in over 20 different record categories since 2014. These are available for you to view and use via the Resources tab above.

It occurred to me, however, that there is a massive amount of genealogy and historical material that can help us researchers as we discover who belongs in our family tree, and more importantly, what is their life story. But this genealogical and historical material doesn’t fit nicely into a specific genealogy record category.

As researchers, we should avail ourselves of the types of materials listed below. They definitely will help us in our genealogy and family history research  These online resources are available generally at state libraries and archives, larger public libraries, and college and university digital collections. Hence the creation of these lists of free online digital archives. I hope they prove useful to you in your pursuit

Types of Information Available in Digital Archives

• Scrapbooks
• Diaries
• Family Papers, Biographies, and Other Collections
• Letters
• Oral Histories
• Maps
• Bulletins and Newsletters
• Corporate Collections
• Local Community and County Histories
• Photographs and Postcards
• Rare Books and Manuscripts
• Government Publications and Documents
• and Yes, Genealogy Record Collections and Indexes

The Free Online Digital Archives for the state are listed below, preceded by Archives that are available for the region or the country:

Multistate Archives

• Digital Commons Collections
• Digital Public Library of America
• Library of Congress Digital Collections
• National Archives Online Exhibits
• PastPerfectOnline Collections
• Smithsonian Digital Library

Maryland

• Archives of Maryland Online
• Bowie State University Digital Collections
• College of Notre Dame of Maryland Digital Collections
• Digital Maryland
• Frostburg State University Digital Collections
• Goucher College Digital Collections
• Hood College Digital Collections
• Johns Hopkins University Digital Collections
• Loyola University of Maryland Digital Collections
• Maryland Center for History and Culture
• Maryland institute, College of Art Digital Collections
• Maryland State Archives
• Maryland State Archives Online Exhibits
• McDaniel College Digital Collections
• Morgan State University Digital Collections
• Mount Saint Mary’s College Digital Collections
• Salisbury University Digital Collections
• St John’s College-Annapolis Digital Collections
• St Mary’s College of Maryland Digital Collections
• Towson University Digital Collections
• United States Naval Academy Digital Collections
• University of Baltimore Digital Collections
• University of Maryland – Baltimore County Digital Collections
• University of Maryland – Baltimore Digital Collections
• University of Maryland – College Park Digital Collections
• University of Maryland – Eastern Shore Digital Collections
• Washington College Digital Collections
• WHILBR: Western Maryland’s Historical Library