Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Maryland’s Colonial Eastern Shore
Internet ArchiveEditors: Swepson Earle and Percy G. Skirven • 1916
Citation: Earle, Swepson, and Percy G. Skirven, eds. Maryland’s Colonial Eastern Shore: Historical Sketches of Counties and of Some Notable Structures. Baltimore: Munder-Thomsen Press, 1916.
Price List of the Eastern Shore Nurseries for Fall 1894 and Spring 1895
Internet ArchivePublisher: Eastern Shore Nurseries, Denton • 1894
Citation: Price List of the Eastern Shore Nurseries for Fall of 1894 and Spring of 1895. Denton, Maryland: Eastern Shore Nurseries, 1894.
Painting the Eastern Shore
Internet ArchiveAuthor: James Drake Iams • 1999
Citation: Iams, James Drake. Painting the Eastern Shore: A Guide to Chesapeake and Delaware Places and How to Capture Them in Watercolors. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
Delaware and the Eastern Shore
Internet ArchiveAuthor: Edward Noble Vallandigham • 1922
Citation: Vallandigham, Edward Noble. Delaware and the Eastern Shore: Some Aspects of a Peninsula Pleasant and Well Beloved. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1922.
The Eastern Shore Cook Book
Internet ArchiveCompiler: Epworth League, Still Pond Methodist Episcopal Church • 1919
Citation: Epworth League of the Still Pond Methodist Episcopal Church. The Eastern Shore Cook Book. Wilmington: Hubert A. Roop, Printer, 1919.
The Eastern Shore Baseball League
Internet ArchiveAuthor: William W. Mowbray • 1989
Citation: Mowbray, William W. The Eastern Shore Baseball League. Centreville, Maryland: Tidewater Publishers, 1989.
Newspapers of Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Internet ArchiveAuthor: Dickson J. Preston • 1986
Citation: Preston, Dickson J. Newspapers of Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Centreville, Maryland: Tidewater Publishers, 1986.
Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts
Internet Archive • Multi-volume setAuthor: F. Edward Wright • originally published 1981–1985; later edition 2000
Includes Volume 1 (1790–1805), Volume 4 (1819–1824), and other volumes in the series covering Eastern Shore newspaper items.
Citation: Wright, F. Edward. Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts. 8 vols. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2000. Originally published Silver Spring, Maryland: Family Line, 1981–1985.
Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Book 2: 1726–1750
Internet ArchiveAuthor: F. Edward Wright • 2001
Citation: Wright, F. Edward. Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, 1726–1750. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2001.
The Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, Volume II
Internet ArchiveAuthor: Charles Branch Clark • 1950
Citation: Clark, Charles Branch. The Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. Vol. 2. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1950.
The Maryland Eastern Shore and Tile
Internet ArchiveAuthor: Edwin Bateman Morris • circa 1950
Citation: Morris, Edwin Bateman. The Maryland Eastern Shore and Tile. Washington, D.C.: Edwin Bateman Morris, circa 1950.
Eastern Shore Indians of Virginia and Maryland
Internet ArchiveAuthor: Helen C. Rountree • 1990
Citation: Rountree, Helen C. Eastern Shore Indians of Virginia and Maryland. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1990.
Indians of the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Internet ArchiveAuthor: Frank G. Speck • 1922
Citation: Speck, Frank Gouldsmith. Indians of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Baltimore: Springfield State Hospital Press, 1922.
A Faraway Time and Place: Lore of the Eastern Shore
Internet ArchiveAuthor: George Gibson Carey • 1971
Citation: Carey, George Gibson. A Faraway Time and Place: Lore of the Eastern Shore. Washington: R. B. Luce, 1971.
Historic Landmarks of Delaware and the Eastern Shore
Internet ArchiveAuthor: Betty Harrington Macdonald • 1963
Citation: Macdonald, Betty Harrington. Historic Landmarks of Delaware and the Eastern Shore. Annapolis: Delaware State Society, Daughters of American Colonists, 1963.
Ye Kingdome of Accawmacke
Internet ArchiveAuthor: Jennings C. Wise • 1911
Citation: Wise, Jennings C. Ye Kingdome of Accawmacke, or, The Eastern Shore of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. Richmond: Bell Book and Stationery Co., 1911.
Hirelings: African American Workers and Free Labor in Early Maryland
Internet ArchiveAuthor: Jennifer Hull Dorsey • 2011
Citation: Dorsey, Jennifer Hull. Hirelings: African American Workers and Free Labor in Early Maryland. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2011.
The Parson of the Islands
Library of CongressAuthor: Adam Wallace • 1861
A biography of Rev. Joshua Thomas with extensive material on Methodism, camp meetings, revivals, and life on the Chesapeake islands and Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia.
Citation: Wallace, Adam. The Parson of the Islands: A Biography of the Rev. Joshua Thomas; Embracing Sketches of His Contemporaries, and Remarkable Camp Meeting Scenes, Revival Incidents, and Reminiscences of the Introduction of Methodism on the Islands of the Chesapeake, and the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia. Philadelphia: The Author, 1861.
Recollections of a Long Life on the Eastern Shore
Library of CongressAuthors: Joseph B. Seth and Mary W. Seth • circa 1926
Citation: Seth, Joseph B., and Mary W. Seth. Recollections of a Long Life on the Eastern Shore. Easton, Maryland: Press of the Star-Democrat, circa 1926.
An Architectural Monograph on Colonial Architecture of the Eastern Shore of Maryland
HathiTrust • Full viewAuthor: Charles A. Ziegler • 1916
Citation: Ziegler, Charles A. An Architectural Monograph on Colonial Architecture of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. St. Paul: White Pine Bureau, 1916.
Kent County
History of Kent County, Maryland, 1630–1916
Internet Archive • Added in this updateAuthor: Frederick G. Usilton • 1916
A county history covering settlement, communities, institutions, events, and people of Kent County.
Citation: Usilton, Frederick G. History of Kent County, Maryland, 1630–1916. [N.p.], 1916.
Queen Anne’s County
Queen Anne’s County, Maryland: Its Early History and Development
HathiTrust • Full view • Added in this updateAuthor: Frederic Emory • 1950 book edition; originally published 1886–1887
Emory’s extensive county history, originally published as a series in the Centreville Observer and later edited and issued in book form.
Citation: Emory, Frederic. Queen Anne’s County, Maryland: Its Early History and Development; A Series of Sketches Based upon Original Research. Edited by Frances S. Heard. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1950.
Caroline County
History of Caroline County, Maryland, from Its Beginning
Internet Archive • Added in this updateAuthor: Edward M. Noble • 1920
A substantial early county history with local history, community information, and source references.
Citation: Noble, Edward M. History of Caroline County, Maryland, from Its Beginning. Federalsburg, Maryland: J. W. Stowell Printing Co., 1920.
Talbot County
History of Talbot County, Maryland, 1661–1861 — Volume I
Internet Archive • Added in this updateCompiler: Oswald Tilghman, from the papers of Samuel A. Harrison • 1915
Volume I contains biographical sketches and extensive material on early Talbot County families.
Citation: Tilghman, Oswald, comp. History of Talbot County, Maryland, 1661–1861. Vol. 1. From the papers of Samuel Alexander Harrison. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1915.
History of Talbot County, Maryland, 1661–1861 — Volume II
Internet Archive • Added in this updateCompiler: Oswald Tilghman, from the papers of Samuel A. Harrison • 1915
Volume II continues the two-volume history of Talbot County.
Citation: Tilghman, Oswald, comp. History of Talbot County, Maryland, 1661–1861. Vol. 2. From the papers of Samuel Alexander Harrison. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1915.
Dorchester County
History of Dorchester County, Maryland
Internet Archive • Added in this updateAuthor: Elias Jones • 1902
An early county history with extensive historical and genealogical material.
Citation: Jones, Elias. History of Dorchester County, Maryland. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1902.
Revised History of Dorchester County, Maryland
Internet Archive • Added in this updateAuthor: Elias Jones • 1925
A revised and expanded edition containing county history and substantial family-genealogy sections.
Citation: Jones, Elias. Revised History of Dorchester County, Maryland. Baltimore: Read-Taylor Press, 1925.
Wicomico County
Historic Salisbury, Maryland
Internet ArchiveAuthor: Charles J. Truitt • 1932
Citation: Truitt, Charles J. Historic Salisbury, Maryland, Including Historical Sketches of the Eastern Shore. Garden City, New York: Country Life Press, 1932.
Worcester County
Manumissions and Sales of Slaves Recorded in Land Records of Somerset and Worcester Counties, Maryland, 1859–1866
Internet ArchiveCompiler: Donna Messick • circa 2020
Abstracts of records documenting manumissions and sales recorded in Somerset and Worcester County land records.
Citation: Messick, Donna. Manumissions and Sales of Slaves Recorded in Land Records of Somerset and Worcester Counties, Maryland, 1859–1866. Salisbury, Maryland: Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University, circa 2020.
Old Buckingham by the Sea on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
HathiTrust • Full viewAuthor: Isaac Marshall Page • 1936
A history centered on Buckingham Presbyterian Church and the Berlin area of Worcester County.
Citation: Page, Isaac Marshall. Old Buckingham by the Sea on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1936.
A Trip Up the Pocomoke, Through the Wooded Wilds of the Eastern Shore
Library of CongressAuthor: Anonymous • 1908
An illustrated period account of travel along the Pocomoke River and through the surrounding Eastern Shore landscape.
Citation: A Trip Up the Pocomoke, Through the Wooded Wilds of the Eastern Shore. [N.p.], 1908.
Somerset County
Expedition of Col. Edmond Scarburgh to Annamessecks and Manokin
Internet ArchiveDocument date: 1663 • printed 1833
Scarburgh’s account of the Virginia expedition to Annamessecks and Manokin, printed by order of the Maryland legislature.
Citation: Scarburgh, Edmond. Document Presented by Charles C. Harper, Esquire, from the Committee on the Library, Enclosing Col. Edmond Scarburgh’s Account of Proceedings in an Expedition from Virginia to Annamessecks and Manokin, Pursuant to an Act of the Grand Assembly of Virginia in the Year 1663. Annapolis: J. Hughes, Printer, 1833.
Land Commissions and Affidavits: Somerset County Court Records, 1767–1783
Internet ArchiveCompiler: James Edward Jensen • 2007
Abstracts of land commissions and affidavits from Somerset County court records.
Citation: Jensen, James Edward. Land Commissions and Affidavits: Abstracted from Somerset County, Maryland Court Records, 1767–1783. Salisbury, Maryland: Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University, 2007.
Inventory Locator Index for Somerset County, Maryland, 1666–1720
Internet ArchiveCompiler: Edward F. Jones, Jr. • 1996
A locator index for early Somerset County probate inventories.
Citation: Jones, Edward F., Jr. Inventory Locator Index for Somerset County, Maryland, 1666–1720. Salisbury, Maryland: Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University, 1996.
Inventories of Women in Old Somerset County, Maryland, Volume 1: 1676–1726
Internet ArchiveCompilers: Jennifer Lovellette and G. Ray Thompson • 1996
Transcribed and abstracted probate inventories associated with women in Old Somerset County.
Citation: Lovellette, Jennifer, and G. Ray Thompson. Inventories of Women in Old Somerset County, Maryland. Vol. 1, 1676–1726. Salisbury, Maryland: Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University, 1996.
Early Settlers of Old Somerset — Volume I, Inventories 1665–1700
Internet ArchiveAuthor: G. Ray Thompson • revised 2004
Part of the Studies in Primary Sources of the Lower Eastern Shore series.
Citation: Thompson, G. Ray. Studies in Primary Sources of the Lower Eastern Shore: Early Settlers of Old Somerset, a Revision and Expansion of Bogerternorton Hundred and Surrounding Areas of Old Somerset County, Maryland. Vol. 1, Inventories 1665–1700. Revised and expanded. Salisbury, Maryland: Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University, 2004.
Early Settlers of Old Somerset — Volume II, Inventories 1701–1720
Internet ArchiveAuthor: G. Ray Thompson • 1996
Part of the Studies in Primary Sources of the Lower Eastern Shore series.
Citation: Thompson, G. Ray. Studies in Primary Sources of the Lower Eastern Shore: Early Settlers of Old Somerset, a Revision and Expansion of Bogerternorton Hundred and Surrounding Areas of Old Somerset County, Maryland. Vol. 2, Inventories 1701–1720. Salisbury, Maryland: Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University, 1996.
Early Settlers of Old Somerset — Volume III, Inventories 1721–1740
Internet ArchiveAuthor: G. Ray Thompson • 1997
Includes additional inventories from the period 1693–1719.
Citation: Thompson, G. Ray. Studies in Primary Sources of the Lower Eastern Shore: Early Settlers of Old Somerset, a Revision and Expansion of Bogerternorton Hundred and Surrounding Areas of Old Somerset County, Maryland. Vol. 3, Inventories 1721–1740. Salisbury, Maryland: Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University, 1997.
Early Settlers of Old Somerset — Volume IV, Inventories 1741–1832
Internet ArchiveAuthor: G. Ray Thompson • 1997
Continues the primary-source inventory series through 1832.
Citation: Thompson, G. Ray. Studies in Primary Sources of the Lower Eastern Shore: Early Settlers of Old Somerset, a Revision and Expansion of Bogerternorton Hundred and Surrounding Areas of Old Somerset County, Maryland. Vol. 4, Inventories 1741–1832. Salisbury, Maryland: Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University, 1997.
Marriage Licenses of Somerset County, Maryland, 1796–1831
Internet ArchiveCompiler: Earle Brodie Polk • 1949
An alphabetical transcription/index of Somerset County marriage licenses from 1796 through 1831.
Citation: Polk, Earle Brodie. Marriage Licenses of Somerset County, Maryland, 1796–1831. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949.
Somerset County, Maryland Certificates of Freedom, 1821–1864
Internet ArchiveCompiler: Donna Messick • circa 2020
Transcriptions and abstracts of freedom certificates recorded in Somerset County.
Citation: Messick, Donna. Somerset County, Maryland Certificates of Freedom, 1821–1864. Salisbury, Maryland: Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University, circa 2020.
Manumissions and Sales of Slaves Recorded in Land Records of Somerset and Worcester Counties, Maryland, 1859–1866
Internet ArchiveCompiler: Donna Messick • circa 2020
Abstracts of records documenting manumissions and sales recorded in the two counties’ land records.
Citation: Messick, Donna. Manumissions and Sales of Slaves Recorded in Land Records of Somerset and Worcester Counties, Maryland, 1859–1866. Salisbury, Maryland: Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University, circa 2020.
Stepney Parish, Somerset County, Maryland: Register and Vestry Proceedings, 1703–1890
Internet ArchiveCompiler: Annie Walker Burns • circa 1940
Church-register and vestry material from historic Stepney Parish.
Citation: Burns, Annie Walker. Stepney Parish, Somerset County, Maryland: Register and Vestry Proceedings, 1703–1890. Annapolis, Maryland: The Author, circa 1940.
1734 Debt Book, Somerset County, Maryland
Internet ArchiveCompiler: T. Aaron Horner • 2003
A transcription of Somerset County’s 1734 debt book, a useful source for locating landholders and residents.
Citation: Horner, T. Aaron. 1734 Debt Book, Somerset County, Maryland. Salisbury, Maryland: Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University, 2003.
Views and Estimates: Orphan Documents from Somerset County Court Records, 1722–1759
Internet ArchiveCompiler: James Edward Jensen • 2004
Abstracts of valuable surviving documents from Somerset County court records.
Citation: Jensen, James Edward. Views and Estimates: Orphan Documents from Somerset County Court Records, Maryland, 1722–1759. Salisbury, Maryland: Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University, 2004.
Family Histories and Biographies
Portrait and Biographical Record of the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Internet ArchivePublisher: Chapman Publishing Company • 1898
Biographical sketches of Eastern Shore residents and families, with portraits and local-history material.
Citation: Chapman Publishing Company. Portrait and Biographical Record of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. New York: Chapman Publishing Co., 1898.
Genealogical Notes of the Chamberlaine Family of Maryland
Internet ArchiveAuthor: John Bozman Kerr • 1880
Includes the Chamberlaine family and connected Neale, Lloyd, Tilghman, Robins, Hollyday, Hammond, Dyer, Hughes, Stockton, Hayward, Nicols, Goldsborough, and other families.
Citation: Kerr, John Bozman. Genealogical Notes of the Chamberlaine Family of Maryland (Eastern Shore) and of the Following Connected Families: Neale-Lloyd, Tilghman-Robins, Hollyday-Hammond-Dyer, Hughes-Stockton, Hayward, Nicols-Goldsborough, and Others. Baltimore: J. B. Piet, 1880.
Some Descendants of John Culver, 1700–1766, Somerset County, Maryland, and Related Families
Internet ArchiveAuthor: Lorena Martin Spillers • 1963
A compiled Culver family genealogy with associated Somerset County lines.
Citation: Spillers, Lorena Martin. Some Descendants of John Culver, Born 1700, Died 1766, Somerset County, Maryland, and Related Families. Tulsa: Lorena Martin Spillers, 1963.
The Hollyday and Related Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Internet ArchiveAuthor: James Bordley, Jr. • 1962
Includes Truman, Vaughan, Covington, Lloyd, Robins, Chamberlaine, Hayward, Carmichael, Murray, Bennett, Earle, Chew, Hemsley, Tilghman, Goldsborough, and other families.
Citation: Bordley, James, Jr. The Hollyday and Related Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1962.
Our Family Heritage: The Perdues of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, 1563 to Present
Internet ArchiveAuthor: Edward M. Perdue • 1988
A compiled history and genealogy of the Perdue family of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
Citation: Perdue, Edward Marshall. Our Family Heritage: The Perdues of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, 1563 to Present. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1988.
Just for Fun
Misty of Chincoteague
Internet ArchiveAuthor: Marguerite Henry • 1947
The beloved children’s classic about Misty, the Beebe family, and the ponies of Assateague and Chincoteague.
Citation: Henry, Marguerite. Misty of Chincoteague. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis. Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1947.