St. Mary’s County Historical Society
the
Society’s Bookstore
1 November
2007
A Most Convenient
Place: Leonardtown, Maryland ~1650-1950~. Aleck Loker. 232p.
2001. Soft cover; indexed. A comprehensive history of Leonardtown, the
county seat of St. Mary’s County.
Traces the development of the town from a colonial concept for a second
town in St. Mary’s County through 1950.
The book is illustrated with old photographs, maps and charts. Extensive reference notes follow each
chapter and a 14-page index contains thousands of surname and subject
references.
Chaptico
– A History of St. Mary’s County 4th District.
Joseph E. Norris, Jr. 52p. Soft cover.
Origins and history of a small town.
Charlotte Hall – The
Village Which Grew From a School. Dr. J. Roy Guyther. 221p.
Soft cover. Two hundred years of
history, 1797-1997. The unique story of
a village developing first from a clear spring then from a school. Over 13 historic homes may still be found
there.
Charlotte Hall School,
1774-1976. Dr. J. Roy Guyther. History of Charlotte Hall School. 94p.
Soft cover. Includes alumni,
headmasters and trustees.
Doctors of St. Mary’s
County, Maryland 1634-1900. Margaret Fresco. 311p. Hard cover;
indexed. Includes 15 photographs,
biographical and genealogical information.
A History
of Methodist Churches in St. Mary’s County.
Bi-centennial Committee of Cluster VII of St. Mary’s County,
Maryland. 1984. 32p.
Soft cover. Contains names,
locations and general history of Methodist Churches in St. Mary’s County, MD.
History of St. Mary’s
County, Maryland 1634-1990. Regina Combs Hammett.
631p. Hard cover; indexed. 145 photographs and illustrations.
The
History of Saint Mary’s Six Court Houses 1644-2002.
Aleck Loker. 2003p. 22p.
Soft cover. Concise and readable
account of the genesis of one of the oldest courts in our country.
Jesuit Missions of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. Edwin W. Beitzell. 422p. Hard cover; annotated
& indexed. Chronicles not only the
history of the Jesuit missions but also the general course of events in
Maryland’s Mother County from colonial days to more recent times. Contains genealogical information and
photographs.
Life at
Cedar Point: A Cultural & Natural History Tour of Naval Air Station,
Patuxent River, Maryland. 28p. Soft cover.
Life at
Priest Point: A Cultural & Natural History Tour of NAS Patuxent River
Webster Field Annex St. Inigoes, Maryland. 24p. Soft cover.
The
Margaret Brent Story. 1984.
35p. Soft cover.
Mechanicsville: The
Story of Our Village. J. Roy Guyther, M.D. 184p.
Hard cover; indexed. Tells the
story of the village of Mechanicsville, MD founded in 1850. Each copy autographed by the author. Includes recollections of people, places and
events, as well as photographs.
Memories of Sotterley. Richard and
Shawn Knott. 73p. Soft cover.
Wonderful collection of remembrances of the twentieth century from
Richard Knott who was born and raised at Historic Sotterley Plantation of the
Patuxent River. Filled with pictures
chronicling his life and those who also resided at and near the plantation.
Old St. George’s. 16p. soft cover.
A brief history of St. George’s Island, St. Mary’s County,
Maryland.
“…once
the Metropolis of Maryland”; The History and Archaeology of Maryland’s First
Capital. Silas D. Hurry. 2001. 58p. Soft cover.
Point Lookout Prison
Camp for Confederates. Edwin W. Beitzell. 200p. Soft cover;
indexed. History of the prisoner of war
camp. Includes names of 4,000 of the
prisoners who died there.
St.
John’s Parish, 1690-1990; The Same Yesterday Today & Tomorrow.
52p. Soft cover. Concise history of St. John’s Roman Catholic
Church and School in Hollywood, MD.
Includes list of priests who served and church patrons.
St. Mary’s County in
the American Revolution: Calendar of Events. Edwin W.
Beitzell. 145p. Hard cover.
Includes names of all St. Mary’s County men known to have served in the
war.
That Sweet Land. Henry
Bonner. 79p. Soft cover. An
exploration of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, since the arrival of the English
settlers on its shores in 1634. Also
includes colonial recipes reflecting the history of the county.
Tobacco
to Tomcats: St. Mary’s County Since the
Revolution. Sandy Shoemaker. Illustrations by Mary Lou Troutman. 180p. Soft cover. Gives an insightful overview of the history
of St. Mary’s County from the American Revolution to the present.
Where Maryland Began…
the Colonial History of St. Mary’s County. Sandy Shoemaker. Soft cover. Describes the colonial history of the county and explains how
information was obtained to uncover this history by using primary sources,
records with clues about the past left by the people who lived in Maryland, and
archaeology.
Yesterday in Old St.
Mary’s County. Robert E. T. Pogue. 464p.
Hard cover; indexed. Presents a
brief history of early Southern Maryland and a glimpse at life in St. Mary’s
County over the course of four generations.
Charles County Gentry. Henry
Wright Newman. 321p. Soft cover; indexed. Genealogical history of Thomas Dent, John Dent,
Richard Edelen, John Hanson, George Newman and Humphrey Warren, early settlers
of Charles County, Maryland.
A Guide
to Historic Episcopal Churches of Southern Maryland 1634-1984.
2984. 30p. Soft cover.
A guide to and concise history of over twenty Episcopal churches located
in St. Mary’s Charles and Price George’s Counties of Maryland.
History of Calvert
County, Maryland. Charles Francis Stein. 484p.
Hard cover; indexed. History of
one of Maryland’s oldest counties. Also
contains short historical sketches of 130 families.
History of Charles
County, Maryland. Klapther, Margaret Brown and Paul Dennis
Brown. 204p. Soft cover. Photographs
and illustrations. Written in the
county’s tercentenary year of 1958.
Thomas Stone: Elusive
Maryland Signer. John M. and Roberta Wearmouth. A biography of the youngest of the four
Marylanders who signed the Declaration of Independence. 218p. Hard cover.
Watery
Highways: Trade and Travel in the Colonial Chesapeake.
Joseph M. Greeley. 2005. 52p.
Soft cover.
Adventurers,
Cavaliers, Patriots – Ancestors Remembered. National
Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland. 304p.
. Soft cover; indexed. Biographical sketches of the ancestors from
whom Maryland Dames claim lineage.
Chesapeake
Bay: Witnesses to the Creation. Aleck Loker. 2002.
28p. Soft cover.
Chesapeake Bay in the
Civil War. Eric Mills.
315p. Hard cover; indexed. Focuses on the Civil War as it was
experienced in the lands surrounding the Chesapeake Bay.
Colonial and Historic
Homes of Maryland. Etchings by Don Swann, text by Don Swann,
Jr. Indexes and map included. 215p.
Soft cover. A unique treasury of
etchings of Maryland homes built between 1642 and 1830. Includes histories, legends and
descriptions.
Early Manor and
Plantation Houses of Maryland. H. Chandlee Forman. Index included. 269p. Hard cover. Excellent source for the first structures of
Maryland with photographs and floor plans.
Indians
of Early Maryland. Harold R. Manakee. 1959. 47p. Soft cover.
Primer for those interested in Maryland Indian tribes. Gives an overview of the native tribes,
their habits, rituals and clothing.
Life in
Maryland in the Seventeenth Century. Louise
Turner. 2003. 16p. Soft cover. A concise history of the early Maryland
colony.
Life on the Potomac
River. Edwin W. Beitzell. Soft
cover. First complete history of the
Tidewater Potomac (Washington, DC to the Chesapeake Bay). Covers the full period from the settlement
of Maryland and Virginia in the early 1600’s to the late 1980’s. Tells of the generations of men who worked,
fought and sailed the waters of the lower Potomac for over three
centuries.
Lighthouses
of the Chesapeake. 33p.
Soft cover.
Lost Towns of
Tidewater Maryland. Donald G. Shomette. 369p.
Hard cover; indexed.
Well-documented narrative of the disappearance of once important sites
in Maryland. Takes the reader through
history, illuminating the decline of many historic towns and cities.
Maryland’s at
Gettysburg. Daniel Carroll Toomey. 100p.
Soft cover; indexed. Composite
of Maryland regiments at Gettysburg.
Documents the battle, aftermath, veterans, and final tributes to these
regiments.
Maryland in the Civil War: A House Divided. Robert I.
Cottom, Jr. and Mary Ellen Hayward.
127p. Soft cover; indexed. Walks through one of Maryland’s most significant
periods in history with this collection of stories, photographs and songs. Journeys from the institution of slavery to
final remembrances.
Pirates on the
Chesapeake. Donald G. Shomette. 332p.
Hard cover; indexed. Collection
of stories brings to life the early history of the Chesapeake Bay and
region.
Escape on
the Pearl; the heroic bid for freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Mary Kay Ricks. 2007. 432p.
Hard cover; indexed.
Free African-Americans
in Maryland, 1832 -. Jerry M. Hynson. 161p. Indexed. Includes St. Mary’s County and other
counties in Maryland. Compiled from
census records found in Maryland State Archives and lists names and ages.
The First
Census: The 1790 Census of Charles County, Maryland.
Wanda A. Schuhart and Mary Z. Beaven.
39p. Soft cover; spiral bound;
indexed.
The
Second Census: The 1800 Census of Charles County, Maryland.
Wanda A. Schuhart and Mary Z. Beaven.
55p.Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The Third
Census: The 1810 Census of Charles County, Maryland.
Wanda A. Schuhart and Mary Z. Beaven.
39p. Soft cover; spiral bound;
indexed.
The
Fourth Census: The 1820 Census of Charles County, Maryland.
Wanda A. Schuhart and Mary Z. Beaven.
48p. Soft cover; spiral bound;
indexed.
The Fifth
Census: The 1830 Census of Charles County, Maryland.
Wanda A. Schuhart and Mary Z. Beaven.
71p. Soft cover; spiral bound;
indexed.
The Sixth
Census: The 1840 Census of Charles County, Maryland.
Wanda A. Schuhart and Peggy W. Schindler. 54p. Soft cover; spiral
bound; indexed.
The 1850
Census of Charles County, Maryland. Linda D. Davis
Reno. 213p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1860
Census of Charles County, Maryland. Richard T. Nelson, Jr. 161p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1870
Census of Charles County, Maryland. Richard T. Nelson,
Jr. 353p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1880
Census of Charles County, Maryland. Richard T. Nelson,
Jr. 404p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1790 Census of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. The First Census. St. Mary’s County Historical Society. 26p. Soft cover; indexed.
The 1800 Census of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. St. Mary’s County Historical Society. 46p.
Soft cover; indexed.
The 1810 Census of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. St. Mary’s County Historical Society. 35p.
Soft cover; indexed
The 1820 Census of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. Wanda Schuhart for St. Mary’s County
Historical Society. Soft cover;
indexed.
[NOTE: There is no census for 1830.]
The 1840 Census of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. Wanda Schuhart for St. Mary’s County
Historical Society. 53p. Soft cover; indexed.
The 1850 Census of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. St. Mary’s County Historical Society. 189p.
Hard cover; indexed.
The 1860 Census of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. Shirley Evans. 258p. Indexed.
The 1870 Census of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. St. Mary’s County Historical Society. 806p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1880 Census of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. Richard T. Nelson, Jr. 359p.
Soft cover; indexed.
[NOTE: There is no census for 1890.]
The 1900 Census of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. Richard T. Nelson, Jr.
392p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1910 Census of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. St. Mary’s County Historical Society. 377p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1920 Census of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. Richard T. Nelson, Jr. 378p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
The 1930 Census of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. Richard T. Nelson, Jr. 364p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Methodism
Through Family Lineage. Leonore Jean Blevins. 141p.
Hard cover. A baptism,
marriages, deaths, early trustee and probationary records of Bethel,
Leonardtown, Joy Chapel, and Mt. Zion Methodist churches in Southern
Maryland.
Abstracts of the Levy
Court Records of St. Mary’s County, Maryland (1829-1877). Linda Davis
Reno. 113p. Soft cover; spiral bound.
Abstracts contain the names of people who applied for financial
assistance and persons who supported their applications.
Judgments of St.
Mary’s County Court (1807-1841). Transcription of the microfilm of original
judgment records. 187p. Indexed.
Proceedings of the
Orphans Court of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Soft cover;
spiral binding; indexed. Orphans Court
addressed estate settlement problems and rendered decisions on issues not
covered in the probate process, appointed guardians for orphans, approved the
apprenticeships for children, ruled on the partial sales of estates in debt,
etc. Each book listed below:
Proceedings of the Orphans Court of St. Mary’s County,
Maryland: Book I (1777-1801) & Book II (1801-1809).
Charles E. Fenwick, Sr. (1777-1801) & Claude G. Blackwell
(1801-1809). 279p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Proceedings of the Orphans Court of St. Mary’s County
Maryland; Book III (1809-1826). Claude G.
Blackwell. 197p. Contains an account of the court case that
emancipated over 200 of the slaves of Colonel Richard Barnes. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Proceedings of the Orphans Court of St. Mary’s County Maryland: Book IV-A (1826-1829). Claude G. Blackwell. 210p.
Before
the Rain Comes and Washes All the Dust Away.
William and Robert Watson.
500p. Collection of genealogy,
pictures and family lore including the Alvey, Burch, Dean, Graves, Green, Hedrick,
Morgan, Quade, and Thompson families.
Chesdeline
& Gerard Families of Maryland. Edwin W. Beitzell,
1949. Reprinted by Thomas Brent
Cheseldine and Beverly Wild, 2000.
395p. Soft cover; indexed. Covers descendants of Kenelm Cheseldyne and
his father-in-law, Thomas Gerard.
The
Descendants of George and Matilda Cullins with Allied Families.
Juanita Gass. 133p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed. Covers Cullins family from 1900 through mid
1990’s. Some allied families included
are Bailey< Gass, Guy, Mattingly, Russell, Tennyson and Yates.
Gardiner Generations
and Relations – Volumes I and II. Thomas Richard Gardiner. 696p.
Hard cover; indexed. Twenty
years of genealogical research on the descendants of Wyllyam Gardiner
(1450).
The Guy
Family from Southern Maryland. Joseph S. Guy, Jr. 213p.
Soft cover; indexed. Discusses
the Guy Family including over 1900 names and photographs.
The
Hammett Family from Southern Maryland. Joseph S. Guy,
Jr. 294p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed. Covers 2350 families and descendants of Robert Hammett from the
late 1600’s.
Kings Passengers to
Maryland and Virginia. Peter Wilson Coldham. 444p.
Hard cover; indexed. A
consolidation of hundreds of passenger lists of involuntary
laborers/convicts. Some 25,000
passengers documented.
Marylanders to
Kentucky 1775-1825. Henry C. Peden. 202p. Indexed. Compiled from pensions, land records,
newspapers, etc. Approximately 900
surnames covered.
More Marylanders to
Kentucky 1778-1828. Henry C. Peden. 262p. Indexed. Contains additional names of Marylanders who
migrated to Kentucky as derived from a variety of sources.
Morgan Family from
William and Charity Morgan c. 1755-1900. Wanda Schuhart. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Revolutionary Patriots
of Calvert & St. Mary’s Counties, Maryland 1775-1783. Henry C.
Peden, Jr. 307p. Soft cover; indexed. Identifies the men and women of Calvert and
St. Mary’s counties who served in some capacity0 military, government, public –
or who had a connection to the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary Patriots
of Charles County, Maryland 1775-1783. Henry C. Peden, Jr. 332p.
Soft cover; indexed.
Alienations and
Transfers, St. Mary’s County (June 6, 1786 to March 7, 1829). Charles E.
Fenwick and Wanda Schuhart. 286p. Soft cover; indexed. A courthouse fire in 1830 destroyed many of
the records for St. Mary’s County.
Twenty years of compilation from private collections, state archives and
remaining courthouse records have culminated in this edition. Enhanced by indexes including grantors,
grantees, slaves and land names.
Annual Valuations and
Assessments: 1780-1841 (Abstracts from Libers I, JF, JM1). Kirk E.
Ranzetta. 110p. Soft cover; indexed; spiral bound. The county Orphans Court require annual
valuations and assessments to protect the interests of orphans. Abstracts contain folio numbers, dates of
property evaluations, the names of orphans/orphans’ parents, guardians,
assessors, descriptions of properties and condition of properties and the land
grant area depicted in each description.
Balances and Distributions:
JJ & JF (1782-1815) and JF1 (1816-1829) of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. 126p. Verbatim transcriptions, includes index.
Debt Books of St.
Mary’s County (1753-1758). Linda Davis Reno. 264p. Soft cover;
indexed; spiral binding. Compiled from
land records formerly known as “Rent Rolls,” annual account books showing
collections of rents due proprietors and includes names of tenants, tracts and
rents.
Early Landowners of
Maryland, Volume 5: St. Mary’s County. Robert W. Hall. 2007.
347p.
Land Commission
Records of St. Mary’s County Maryland 1843-1884.
Transcription of the microfilm of original court records.
Settlers of Maryland. Peter
Wilson Coldham. 306p. Hard cover; indexed. Continues Skordas’ Early Settlers of
Maryland. Identifies several
thousand immigrants and tracts. Entries
include names, counties, tracts, acreages, dates, etc. for the period 1731-1750
(306p.); 1751-1765 (367p.) 1766-1783 (204p.).
St. Mary’s County
Patent Records 1635-1946. Linda Davis Reno. 101p. Soft cover. Lists names alphabetically of land owners,
properties patented, and dates of patents.
Also available on compact disk (Word Perfect format).
Federal Direct Tax of
1798 St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Wanda M. Schuhart. 255p. The 1798 tax was a
levy upon owners of real property and slaves.
Lists the districts – combination of hundreds – owners and occupants,
dwellings and outbuildings including size, description, location and valuation. Slaves are categorized but not names.
St. Mary’s County Tax
Assessment Records 1793-1849. Research by Charles E. Fenwick and
transcribed by Wanda M. Schuhart.
523p. Soft cover. Includes year 1793-1796, 1812, 1821, 1826,
1831, 1846, and 1849. Over 8700 entries
are listed in the volume. [In 1831, a
fire destroyed the County Courthouse and with it many of the records. Mr. Fenwick sources to recreate the records
included tax assessment and land abstract records held at the Maryland State
Archives and records that were rescued by concerned citizens at the time of the
fire.]
Birth Index of St.
Mary’s, Charles, and Calvert Counties, Maryland (1898-1919). Ann Ascosi
Baker. 405p. Soft cover; spiral bound.
Contains alphabetical listing of births transcribed from Board of
Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics birth records. Includes names of infants, mothers, fathers, and dates of birth.
Burials from
Tombstones, Grave Markers, and Church Registers of St. Mary’s County, Maryland
(1634-1994). Janet Tice, et al. 618p. Soft cover; spiral
binding. Over 20,000 burials,
alphabetized by surname, from over 150 cemeteries and private burial
sites. When available, birth and death
dates, ages, marriage dates, military data, and relationships are
provided.
Charles
County Court Marriage Records 1866-1886. Wanda A.
Schuhart. 2005. 107p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Charles
County Court Marriage Records 1887-1903. Wanda A.
Schuhart. 2005. 143p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Colonial Records of
Southern Maryland. Elise Greenup Jourdan, 93p.
Soft cover; indexed. A
consolidation of some existing records on Colonial births, marriages and deaths
in Southern Maryland.
Death Index of St.
Mary’s Charles, and Calvert Counties, Maryland (1898-1923). Barbara
Bassford Higgs. 256p. Soft cover; spiral bound. Alphabetical listing of deaths transcribed
from Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics death records. Includes names and ages of deceased, dates
of death, and race.
Death Notices
(1900-1930) from the St. Mary’s Beacon. Consolidated and indexed by
Richard t. Nelson, Jr. (1900-1919);
transcribed by Regina Combs Hammett (1920-1930; transcribed by Charles David
Long. 199p. Soft cover; indexed; spiral bound. Alphabetized listing of obituaries.
Early Charles County,
MD Settlers, 1658-1745. Strawser Bates & F. Edward Wright. 400p.
Soft cover; indexed. Compilation
of data from wills, inventories and accounts, church registers, and county and
Provincial Court records. Includes
relationships, ages, births, marriages and death dates, and names of tracts.
Index to Obituaries,
Memorials and Death Notices (1931-1969): The St. Mary’s Enterprise and the
Enterprise (St. Mary’s County,
Maryland newspapers). Charles David
Long. 12p. Soft cover. Contains over
8000 entries. Includes names of
deceased, ages when given in newspaper, dates of newspaper editions, columns
and page numbers. Indicates which
obituaries contain photographs and which extractions were taken from memorials.
Index to The
Enterprise Obituaries (1970-1996). Richard T. Nelson, Jr. 136p.
Soft cover; spiral bound. Index
contains over 12,500 entries. Provides
the names of the deceased, the dates of The Enterprise issues, and the page
number of obituaries or accounts of death.
Marriage Records, St.
Mary’s County, Maryland (1987-1915) from Marriage Liber E.B.A. No. 1. Richard T.
Nelson, Jr. 175p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Marriage Records, St.
Mary’s County, Maryland (1915-1940) from Marriage Liber E.B.A. No. 2. Richard T.
Nelson, Jr. 192p. Soft cover; spiral bound, indexed.
Marriage Records, St.
Mary’s County, Maryland (1940-1949) from Marriage Liber E.B.A. No. 3. Richard T.
Nelson, Jr. 164p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Marriage Records, St.
Mary’s County, Maryland (1949-1960) from Marriage Liber E.B.A. No. 4. Richard T.
Nelson, Jr. p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Marriages and Deaths,
St. Mary’s County, Maryland 1634-1900. Margaret K. Fresco. 513p.
Hard cover.
Obituaries, Memorials
and Death Notices (1883-1902) and (1912-1930) from the St. Mary’s Enterprise (St. Mary’s County, Maryland newspaper). Charles David Long. 314p.
Soft cover; indexed. Contains
newspaper edition dates and page and column numbers. Alphabetized records.
Supplemental index lists names of relatives and other information.
St. Mary’s County
Coroners Inquest, 1821-1921. Harry C. Knott. 175p. Hard cover;
indexed. Compilation of coroners’
inquests into the cause and circumstances of violent or suspicious deaths.
St.
Mary’s County, Maryland Wills 1836-1857. 2007. Linda D. Reno. 156p. Soft cover;
indexed.
Wills,
St. Mary’s County, HH#1 & JJ #1 1776-1791.
Linda D. Reno; indexed by Joann E. Humphries. 234p. Soft cover; spiral
bound; indexed.
Wills,
St. Mary’s County, JJ#2 1791-1802. Linda D. Reno; indexed
by Joann E. Humphries. 205p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Wills,
St. Mary’s County, JJ #3 1803-1820. Linda D. Reno; indexed by Joann E. Humphries. 257p.
Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Wills, St. Mary’s
County, 1820-1836. Linda D. Reno. 202p. Soft cover;
indexed.
Confederate Cook Book. Family
favorites from the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Oyster Recipes of St.
Mary’s County, Maryland. Ann Loker with introduction by Aleck
Loker. 97p. Soft cover; indexed.
Contains award-winning oyster recipes from 19 years of the National
Oyster Festival Oyster Cookoff.
St. Mary’s County
National Oyster Cook-off. 15p.
Soft cover. Contains
award-winning oyster recipes.
300 Years
of Black Cooking in St. Mary’s County Maryland.
1983; reprinted 2004. 110p. Soft cover; spiral bound; indexed.
Treasured Recipes of
Old St. Mary’s. St. Mary’s Academy Alumni Association. 282p.
Soft cover; spiral bound.
Unrevised reprint of the 1959 edition featuring illustrations and old
family recipes.
A to Zax. Barbara Jean Evans.
300p. Soft cover. Comprehensive dictionary for genealogists
and historians.
Reading Early American
Handwriting. Kip Sperry.
289p. Soft cover. Guide to reading and understanding the
writing of colonial times.
Christmas Memories
from St. Mary’s County. Ann Loker.
24p. Soft cover. Personal remembrances and amusing anecdotes
of a local family.
Doris, A Trail of
Tragedies. J. Roy Guyther, M.D. 40p.
The story of a woman who had a stressful childhood, broken home, and
tragic experiences as a mother. It also
recreates life in St. Mary’s County during the depression. In his usual frank manner, the author, a
family physician for 42 years in the county, writes a bit about politics.
Memoirs of a Country
Doctor. J. Roy Guyther, M.D. 116p.
Hard cover. Chronicles life in
mid-twentieth century Southern Maryland as seen through the eyes of a family
physician.
The
Murder of Joseph Henry Ching: A Legend Examined.
Aleck Loker. 2003. 22p.
Soft cover. A compelling and
true account of an early twentieth century murder in Leonardtown, Maryland.
Piney
Point Memories. Jean Tolson Waikart. 2000.
69p. Soft cover. A personal story of an enchanted childhood
lived from the early days of the 20th century that revolved around
the summer resort hotel owned by her family on the steamboat shores of the
lower Potomac River.
Red Tide. David A.
Dement. 201p. Soft cover. An unusual
tale of family loyalty, broken ties, and high stakes spying during the Civil
War.
Chronicles
of St. Mary’s. Journal published by the St. Mary’s County
Historical Society. Contains articles
on the history and genealogy of St. Mary’s County and Maryland. Features photographs, illustrations, maps,
and excerpts from historical and genealogical research.
Chronicles of St.
Mary’s Book 2 (1957-1959). Hard cover; table of contents; indexed.
Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 10 (1987-1990).
Hard cover; table of contents; indexed.
Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 11 (1991-1994).
Hard cover; table of contents; indexed.
Chronicles of St. Mary’s, The. Monthly issue (1953-1986).
Chronicles of St. Mary’s, The. Quarterly issue (1987--).