The references listed below are to card catalogue indexes available only in the Archives' searchroom. As internet access to these indexes becomes available, the links will be noted with an .   See also A Guide to Government Records at the Maryland State Archives, Court Records and Tax Lists.

For a discussion of varuous types of documents in this category, see Land Records in Maryland.

MARYLAND INDEXES

(Settlers, Index), 1633-1680. Contains names not included in Gust Skordas, The Early Settlers of Maryland, 1633-1680. Index 117.  MSA S1503.

(Patents, Index), 1634-1985. Pink cards refer to unpatented certificates of survey. Index 54.   MSA S1426.

(Patents, Tract Index), 1634-1985. Arranged by county. Index 55. MSA S1427.

(Patents, Manor Index), 1634-1804. Index to private and proprietary manors found in (Patent Record). Index 64. MSA S1436.

(Rent Rolls, Index), 1639-1776, Only volumes 1-13 are indexed here. See also Calvert Papers Rent Rolls and their indexes on microfilm. Index 56. MSA S1428.

(Rent Rolls, AA, Tract Index), 1651-1776. See cards in front of index for coding scheme. Index 57. MSA S1429.

(Land Records, AA, Index). 1653-1725, 1724-1759, 1759-1784. Index 71, 72, & 75. MSA S1433.

(Land Records, AA, Tract Index). 1653-1759, 1759-1784. Index 73 & 76. MSA S1444.

(Land Records, AA, Subject Index). 1653-1759, 1759-1784. Index 74 & 77. MSA S1445.

(Boundary Records, Index), 1720-1985. State and county boundaries. Index 86. MSA S1474

(Debt Book, Index), Eastern Shore, 1733-1775; Western Shore, 1753-1774. Arranged by county. Index 58. MSA S1430.

(Caveat Records, Index), 1739-1964 for papers, 1852-1903 for volumes. Caveats are formal objections against the issuance of a patent. Index 141. MSA S1467.

LAND OFFICE (Warrants, Index), 1634-1751. 2 vols. First volume, "Earliest to 1688," gives references to (Patent Record). Additional volumes, 1751-1842, located in stacks. Index 140. MSA S22.

LAND OFFICE (Certificates and Petitions, Index), 1669-1967. 23 vols. arranged by county. Indexes tract names first of patented and then unpatented certificates of survey. Some volumes also contain indexes to petitions. Index 114. MSA S25.

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