Montgomery County Resources
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This collection contains key reference sources on the history of Montgomery County that exist in the public domain. Items include city/regional directories, written histories, and maps;atlases.
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Item Birth Register: District 212, 1914-1928(1928)Birth Register for "Registration District 212" which apparently describes a region that includes Poolesville, Darnestown, Dawsonville, and Seneca. The ledger includes entries for names of infants born (parents' names are only included if the infant died and was not named), attending physician or midwife, and date of birth. Other dates for clerical bookkeeping were not well documented. In addition to stillbirths, abortions are occasionally noted. Both Black and white births are included, but are not differentiated. Entries appear in rough chronological order. The original document is part of the Monocacy Cemetery Collection held by the Jane Sween Research Library and Special Collections, Object ID SC-CR-00009.Item Death Records of African Americans Who Resided in Montgomery County, Maryland(Montgomery History, 2006) Cole, Jane L.Extracted From Microfilmed Maryland State Department of Health Death Certificates held by The Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland. Abstracts include all information given on the certificate, which can include birth/death dates, age at death, burial arrangements, parents' names (often including mother's maiden name), place of birth/death, age at death, cause of death, certificate number, and MSA number for reference to the original record. The bulk of the certificates represent people from the communities of Potomac, Cabin John, Scotland, and Rockville, with a few from Sugarland, Gaithersburg, Clarksburg, and other upcounty areas. The death dates range from 1900-1980 and include people of all ages. Arranged in alphabetical order by surname and then first name. Deaths that occurred outside of Montgomery County (where the deceased was a known Montgomery County resident) are at the end. Surnames include: Cooper, Jackson, Johnson, Lair, Luckett, Lych, Magruder, Nelson, Shields, Warren, and many more.Item Montgomery County, Maryland's Historic African-American Communities(2023-01-04) Buglass, RalphPhotograph-rich vignettes of more than 75 communities, including churches, schools, community halls, recreation, founding families, and modern-day events. Also contains a list of featured communities and a map. Sections: Listing, Map, Images, Benevolent Societies, Baseball TeamsItem The Segregated Black Schools of Montgomery County(2021-03) Buglass, Ralph; Duffin, SharynThis compilation seeks to document all of the mostly-forgotten segregated Black schools in Montgomery County-- but hopefully conveys much more. Reading between the lines, an important story emerges: one of community commitment and racial pride, struggling but dedicated teachers, and perseverance, resilience, and accomplishment in the face of a white-supremacist system. Includes overview document, source explanations, multiple maps, a timeline, national context Sidebars, and "snapshot descriptions" of 45 Black schools.Item The History of Montgomery County, Maryland (Directory and Appendix)(W.K. Boyle & Son, 1879) Boyd, T.H.S.This volume presents a history of Montgomery County, Maryland, from its earliest settlement in 1650 to 1879. Including: the early land grants; by whom patented; their order of settlement and present owners; local and general events, leading incidents, principal towns, villages, and etc.; its soil, products, and industries. Also, sketches of the prominent men of the county. 1879 directory of post offices, merchants, manufacturers, professors, farmers, tobacco planters, mechanics, mills, colleges, schools, and churches. With an appendix containing a description of the prominent business houses of Washington and Georgetown. Content warning: this historical publication contains derogatory descriptions of Native American people reflective of the time period in which it was written. These descriptions can be upsetting and offensive.