Online Maryland Death Records & Indexes

Online Maryland Death Indexes, Probate Indexes and Obituaries

• Maryland Death Indexes covers 1898-2009 (except 1969-1972) for counties outside of Baltimore City, and 1875-2009 for Baltimore City; PDFs grouped by years; When you get there, scroll down to "Find a Death Record," then click on "View Baltimore City" or "View Maryland Counties." Also see the Baltimore section below.
• Maryland Death Indexes not complete - ongoing project; currently includes: Baltimore City, 1874-1962 (with several gaps); all counties (except Baltimore City), 1969 -1972; and the state of Maryland, 1973-2014; from the Baltimore County Genealogical Society.

• Maryland Probate Records Colonial Index, 1634-1777
• Maryland, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes digitized images of the records
• Maryland Probate Estate and Guardianship Files, 1796-1940 at FamilySearch; coverage varies by county; does not include all counties
• State of Maryland Register of Wills Offices - Estate Search

• Maryland Obituaries Archive - Recent (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes these newspapers...
  • Annapolis Capital (4/2/2002-Current)
  • Baltimore Sun (10/1/1990-Current)
  • Bowie Blade News (10/3/2002-Current)
  • Glen Burnie, Maryland Gazette (4/6/2002-Current)
  • South County Gazette (Annapolis, MD) - (1/9/2003-6/10/2004)
  • West County News (Annapolis, MD) - (11/14/2002-Current, 8/27/2004-3/16/2005 unavailable)
  • And about 20 more Maryland newspapers

Baltimore City and County

• Baltimore City Death Index, 1875-1880 and 1943-1949 searchable database
• Baltimore City Death Indexes: see the "Maryland Death Indexes" link above
• Assorted Baltimore City and County Cemeteries includes Falls Road United Methodist Church Cemetery, Govans Presbyterian Cemetery, Grace Falls Road United Methodist Church Cemetery, Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Mays Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery, St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, and St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
• Mount Auburn Cemetery Burials African American cemetery in Baltimore
• Baltimore, Loudon Park Cemetery Records, 1853-1986 at FamilySearch
• Death Notices and Obituaries from Baltimore Area Newspapers including Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County and Howard County
• Suspicious Deaths in Mid-19th Century Baltimore coroner's reports index from 1827, 1835-1860, 1864, and 1867; PDF
• Baltimore: Locks Funeral Home Records, 1936-2007 at FamilySearch
• Scanned searchable books at Ancestry - these require a fee-based Ancestry subscription...
  • Index to Marriages and Deaths in the Baltimore Sun 1837-1850
  • Index to Marriages and Deaths in the Baltimore Sun 1851-1860
  • A Record of Interments at the Friends Burial Ground, Baltimore, Maryland (Quaker)
• Note that Baltimore City and Baltimore County have been separate entities since 1851

Maryland Death Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County

• Allegany County: Percy Cemetery Burials and Obituaries small older cemetery in Frostburg, MD
• Anne Arundel Genealogical Society Obituaries Index c.2004-c.2007
• Frederick County...
  • Frederick County Gazette Obituaries March 2000-January 2005
  • Frederick County: Reformed Cemetery Burials (Knoxville, Maryland)
• Garrett County: Ruth Enlow Library Obituary Database, March 1877-1911
• Montgomery County: Judean Memorial Gardens and Norbeck Memorial Park Burials Search in Olney, Maryland
• St. Mary's County: Names of Those Interred at Point Lookout Cemetery Civil War prison cemetery
• Washington County...
  • Washington County Obituary Locator, 1790-2021 also has other genealogy indexes, including cemeteries and historical newspapers
  • Washington County: Antietam National Cemetery Burials military cemetery that began during the Civil War

• Assorted Maryland Deaths and Burials from Church Records (various counties - see list on the webpage)
• Records of Jewish Cemeteries in Maryland (PDF files of cemetery burials in various Jewish cemeteries in Maryland)

Ordering Maryland Death Certificates and Vital Records

• Maryland State Archives - Vital Records fees and restrictions apply

Also Helpful...

• Maryland Genealogy Records at Ancestry (requires payment)
  includes census records, cemetery burials, military records, vital records and more
• Baltimore Passenger Lists Research Guide