Upper Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland

The goal of The Upper Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland is to discover, collect and disseminate data and records significant to history and family research. By becoming a member of the Society, you will be joining many others who share this goal while tracing their family’s origins to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Founded in 1973, the USGS continues to serve as a focal point for genealogical activities in the counties of Kent, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Caroline and Dorchester. The Society is an important link in the exchange of information between resident and non-resident family history researchers.

A forum of exchange is provided at meetings which are held on the third Sunday during the months of September, November, January, March, and May, at 2 PM. Meetings are held at the USGS Meeting Center & Library. Occasionally meetings are held at other locations of genealogical or historical interest.

The annual membership dues of $25.00 covers the period from July 1 through June 30. It includes the Society’s publication Chesapeake Cousins, an annually published Surname List and Cousin to Cousin, a periodic newsletter.

Saturday, April 7th: closed for Easter

April 14th - Library open for research 10 til 3
Librarians - Shirley Cahall and Joyce O'Neal

April 21st - Library open for research 10 til 3
Librarians - Mary Engle and Cindy Schmidt

April 28th - Library closed for research – BUT..
We will meet at the Library at 10 a.m. and travel to local cemeteries to photograph tombstones requested on Find A Grave. If you have requests for us in the Denton area cemeteries - let us know! If it rains - the library will be open for research.

May 5th - Library open for Research 10 til 3
Librarians - Jean Kelly and Louise Scott

May 12th - Library closed for Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day

May 19th - Annual Luncheon - bring a covered dish
At the library - open at 10, will eat at 12:30 - other activities include short business meeting, door prize and more. Come join us!

May 26th - Library Closed for Memorial Day Holiday - Have fun!
Come See Our New Donations • John Winterbottom collection • Lee Walbert collection • books from Shirley Cahall

We Now Have E-Books

USGS is now offering their publications as E-books on CD-ROM in PDF searchable format. E-books are in book-like cases made of recycled plastics. Help us save paper along with mileage and expense incurred by our volunteers.

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Five volumes of “Deaths Published in the Papers” are now available

Each volume is $17 plus $3 shipping and handling. Sales tax will be added for Maryland residents. Order today

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Join us on Facebook

We’ve set up a public Facebook page Upper Eastern Shore of Maryland Genealogy – so come join us online.

We’re inviting anyone interested in genealogy and the history of our area. Ask questions, post events, anything at all! An open forum dedicated to our area.

If you haven’t been a facebook-er in the past, now is the time to start.

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Library hours are 10 am to 3 pm on the first and second Saturdays of each month, except weekends of federal holidays.

The library will be closed the weekends of Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.

New Book on the Bookshelf
37 years of Chesapeake Cousins on CD in searchable PDF format, and Tombstone Recordings on CD in searchable PDF format, available by book or by county

Chesapeake Cousins is the Society’s journal to help further the research of our members. Published twice a year, in the spring and fall, it contains a wide variety of articles submitted by members. The articles include such information as family charts, bible records, abstracts of public records – county and state, cemetery records, newspaper abstracts, military records, tax records, census, family histories, depositions, pension lists, emigration lists, book reviews and articles of genealogical and historic interest. A section is devoted to queries sent in by members seeking information and assistance in their research. There is no fee for these queries.

Preserving Cemetery Records Beginning in 1985, the USGS undertook a continuing project to transcribe all of the cemeteries in the counties of the Upper Eastern Shore. This has resulted in the publication of the following books, that may be ordered from the USGS. For ordering information, stop by the USGS Book Store.

Books by USGS Members Several USGS members are active publishers of genealogical books of interest to Eastern Shore researchers. Titles, pricing and order forms are available through this web site for many of these books. Check out the USGS Book Store for details.