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Calvert County, Index to Land Records, c. 1840-1951, 10 volumes
Dorchester County, Index to Wills, c. 1823-1955, 1 volume
Queen Anne's County, Index to Land Records, 1852-1873, 3 volumes
Talbot County, Guardian Account Key, 1879-1901, 1 volume
Talbot County, Index to Distributions, c. 1800-1953, 1 volume
Talbot County, Index to Real Estate Record, c. 1870-1953, 1 volume
Talbot County, Index to Releases, c. 1800-1953, 1 volume
Talbot County, Index to Wills, 1900-1953, 1 volume
Everything in the above list, exclusive of the Queen Anne's County
work, is included in Hall of Records Bulletin No. 10, which was mimeograph-
ed and distributed in May of 1956. This Bulletin also contains a list of all the
other indexes now available at the Hall of Records.

In addition to the indexes, calendars, bulletins and other finding aids
generally available to the public, we also compile from time to time other find-
ing aids for staff use but from which the public also derives benefit however
indirectly. This year we prepared a list of the church records now at the Hall
of Records. It has not been processed because our collection is now growing
rapidly and the list is, consequently, frequently augmented. It is our hope that
within a few years enough stability will have been achieved in this record
group to justify a processed guide.

PHOTOCOPYING

The product of our photographic laboratory is listed here below in three
groups: (1) photostats, (2) microfilm and (3) projection prints. Each of
these groups is divided again into two categories: "paid" and "office."
"Office" orders consist of all work done without payment; they include
work actually needed in our office, or work which for one reason or another--
usually an exchange— we do not feel should be paid for. Where there is a pre-
cise order from another State agency, a third category called "Other State
Agencies" is noted

Most of the demands of genealogists and historians are for single or scat-
tered records where the photostat is still the most practical method of dupli-
cation. This medium is also required by the General Assembly for copies of
budget amendments to be studied by its fiscal committees. Finally, wherever
certified copies are required, as for court work, there is no substitute for the
photostat.

Microfilm copies are normally only made for libraries and other insti-
tutions which possess microfilm readers. In any case, we do not like to furnish
individuals with long runs of records because of the difficuity-rather, the
impossibility--of controlling the use and reproduction of such film. During