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Upper Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland
P.O. Box 275
Easton, MD 21601

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USGSMD YARD SALE FUNDRAISER


The USGSMD is having a Yard Sale/Fundraiser on October 26, 2024, from 8 AM - 12 Noon. If you have any items you'd care to donate for the yard sale, or if you'd like to have a space and sell some of your own items, check out the flyer below for details. Rain date for the yard sale will be November 2. 2024 Yard Sale


UPDATED INVENTORY AVAILABLE - October 2024


The latest version of our Research Center/Library Inventory has been posted, which includes all of our recent acquisitions, including our Maryland State-Level holdings and now including our Delaware holdings, including state-level, as well as holdings from all three counties in Delaware (Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex). Just click on the link in the left menu titled Family Research Center Inventory to look through the PDF of all of our inventoried holdings.


New Annual Dues Rate Takes Effect - July 2024


Due to the rising costs associated with everything from printing to our utility bills, the dues have been raised from $25.00 to $30.00. This dues increase was postponed for quite a while, in the hope that costs might stabilize, however it's become apparent we're stuck with these higher costs for the foreseeable future. Dues have been at $25 for a very long time, and unfortunately, in order to remain within our budget, we have to have this increase.


Individual Issues Now Available!

Chesapeake Cousins 46-1 cover Individual past issues of the Chesapeake Cousins from volumes 1 through 50-2 are now available for purchase.

Each issue is $9 for CD (PDF) and $17 for book format (if available).

All volumes (1 through 50-2, 98 issues) are also available on CD (PDF) for $50 and USGSMD Member price is $40 (20% OFF).

The table of contents has been updated and can be found on the Chesapeake Cousins page and at the USGSMD Bookstore.

Dorchester County Cemetery
Preservation Organization

Anchor of Hope Cemetery, Hoopers Island, Dorchester County, Maryland Anchor of Hope Cemetery Edward Dean formed a new non-profit organization to help preserve Dorchester County cemeteries.

It all began with trying to preserve the Anchor of Hope Cemetery (aka: Travers Family Graveyard) on Hoopers Island, and it has grown from there.

Please join the Dorchester County Cemetery Preservation Organization Facebook group to get updates on their progress and to see days and times of volunteer projects.

Pictures on the left are of the Anchor of Hope Cemetery, one of the many cemeteries in Dorchester County that needs preservation.

Family Group Sheets- Form-Fillable PDF Files

FRE USGSMD Family Group Sheet

FRE Instructions
FRE Family Group Sheet
FRE Additional Children
FRE Additional Notes and Sources

We have created new family group sheets for the Family Record Exchange (FRE) and for submitting to the USGSMD journal, the Chesapeake Cousins. These new family group sheets may be filled out on your computer and emailed to usgsmd@yahoo.com for submission. We still accept handwritten forms, though they will not be text searchable. These forms are listed on the Chesapeake Cousins page.

Please fill out and submit your family group sheets for the next issue of the Chesapeake Cousins!


Caroline County Administrative Accounts Indexes

1703 - 1776 and 1790 - 1817

This index to the Caroline County Administrive Accounts of the Register of Wills records, was compiled by USGSMD member, Gary Willis, and can be found on our research links page. Thank you Gary!


Will and Probate Records Indexes

1634-1940

This is a joint project by the Maryland State Archives, Comptroller of the Treasury, Register of Wills and FamilySearch. This project began in 2013. The volunteers are working on indexing all the counties in Maryland. Baltimore, Caroline and Carroll counties have been completed so far. If you would like to volunteer to help with this project, please email usgsmd@yahoo.com. These indexes can be found on our research links page.