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Welcome to Allegany
County Maryland Genealogy Research
First courthouse built 1799
My name is Bob
Jenkins and I created this
website to provide genealogy
information and links to genealogy
information to assist people in
researching
their Allegany county Maryland
ancestors.
I would appreciate any
contribution that you would like to
make to this site:
biographies, obituaries, birth,
marriage, death info, grave info,
photographs....etc
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Use the box below to
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Allegany
County Data
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Brief
History:
The western part of
Maryland (including the present Allegany
County) was originally part of Prince
George's County when
Maryland was formed in 1696. This
county included six current counties, and
by repeated splitting, new ones were
generated:
Frederick from Prince George's in
1748; and Montgomery and Washington from
Frederick in 1776.
Allegany County was formed in
1789 by the splitting of Washington County.
At the time it was the westernmost county in
Maryland, but a split in 1872 produced
Garrett County, the current westernmost
county.
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