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Last Updated: Monday, 22-Jul-2002 14:49:20 MDT Field Trip to Baltimore |
TOPIC: NEWSPAPER NOTICES
From: Tom Harig - "The Index books to the Baltimore Sun are just pointers to actual printed material. For many years the Sun had a column that listed marriages and deaths. The marriages are a bit dry. You know, who married who and when. The deaths are similar to todays obituaries. For the few that I obtained, they mentioned the ancestors age, address, cause of death, survivors, sometimes where they came from and how long they lived in Baltimore, their occupation, and the like. They really are a good genealogy source. The index tells you the newspaper date, page number, and if I recall, maybe even the column number of the article. Unfortunately, those Index books cover a narrow date range. I think the library had the paper from the 1830s on."
From: BLH - "The Maryland Newspaper Dept. at the Enoch Pratt Library has many Baltimore and other Maryland newspapers with death notices/obits in them, advertisements, etc. Based on my own experience, I have a copy of an obit from 1812 and of ads from the Md. Gazette as early as 1758. There's also a book you can use as an index, so to speak, by Thomas L Hollowak, "Marriages and Deaths from Baltimore Newspapers, 1796-1816" , pub. by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.
Note: To request newspaper notice searches from Periodical Department of Pratt Library, view instructions on the Planning Ahead page.
TOPIC: CHANGE IN STREET NUMBERS
From: Tim - [Regarding the change of street addresss numbers in Baltimore City in 1887..]
"If you are referring to Baltimore City, yes, 1887 was the year the street numbers changed.
In "R. L. Polk & Co's Baltimore City Directory for 1887" the entries listed the old number, then the street name, then the new number. For example, "Rubenkonig, Fred, tailor, 1223 Orleans 51"
TOPIC: "MARKET SPACE" ADDRESSES
Fdrom: Betty Lee Hudson (aka BLH) - "What is now considered the foot of Broadway, I think, was at one time a rather large square, or space, close to the waterfront. Vendors probably sold a variety of good there. It was in the section of Baltimore City that was once the independent Fell's Point. On the 10th of April, 1804, one of my ancestors "rented from William S. Davis the house, lot and improvements on the corner of Lancaster street and Market space, etc., etc." A long ago historian, Passano, wrote,"By the end of the Revolution Baltimore had grown to be a beautiful town. Market Street, lined with houses brightly colored in blue, white and blue, or yellow, was the longest, gayest, and most beautiful street of any city in the country". The water front eventually succumbed to the progress(?) of the Industrial Revolution, but there is a Preservation Society now for Fells Point and the Federal Hill area."
From: Jim Rodgers - "Someone wrote about a week ago asking the meaning of "Market Space" as an address in an obituary. I haven't seen an answer and I have the same question. One of my ancestors, whom I know sold fish in the Broadway Market, had his address listed as "Market Space" in the 1840 Baltimore City Directory". Does anyone know what that means? Why would his address be listed as, what seems to be, a place of business?"
From: Maria Rooney - "In answer to your question, market places in Fells Point were in the street on Broadway just north of Thames running on both sides, and people paid a fee for the year and were given a numbered place. These numbers can still be seen imbedded in the sidewalks and are used during festival times. Some vendors did not live in the city and therefore only had this one address. If they were lucky, they could have a covered indoor place and could keep up a cot or something to sleep if Baltimore was not their family home. They could come in by boat or by land transportation."
Note: For more information, view the Markets of Baltimore.
TOPIC: ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
From Betty Lee Hudson (aka BLH)- "There are several Zion Lutheran churches in Baltimore, but if you are looking for the oldest German Lutheran church, it is located at Holliday and Lexington Sts. (City Hall Plaza). Its original records are at the church but copies of them from 1785 to 1977 are at Md. State Archives.
There is a Zion Ger Ch in Manchester, Md. with records from 1760-1836 at MSA. There is also the Zion Ref. & Luth Ch, Manchester, Balto Co., records from 1760-1836 at LDS. Certainly sounds like they are the same church except for location of records.
There are a coupla' other Zion churches in the co. but they are of the 20h century. The above info is from "Directory of Maryland Church Records, " compiled by Edna A. Kanely, pub. in 1987 by Family Line Publications."
From Cheri - "I had family at Zion's, too. Not only is not indexed, but in old German script, but you should be able to work your way through it. Best thing is to get a copy of the old German alphabet and write out the surnames and Christian names that you know that you are looking for. That'll help those names jump off the page for you. Don't forget to look every year or two for baptisms in a family. Many babies didn't survive infancy and there may be no other record. Babies weren't necessarily baptized immediately so you might have to search a little for the baptism. The records will generally give birth and baptism date, baby's name, parents and sponsors. Sponsors are family a lot of time--check other baptisms to see if your people are also sponsors for kin's children. Lots of clues sometimes.
If I might make a suggestion...if you have access to a microfilm reader(say, at your public library) you could rent the Zion's film from the MD St Archives and read it in CA. Depending on how much you have to look up it might be less nerve wracking to try to read the film at a more leisurely pace than when you have so much else to accomplish on your trip to MD."
Cheri also sent along this URL for specific record listings for the Zion Lutheran Church in Baltimore City (Holliday and Lexington) at the Maryland State Archives: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/catalog/002600/html/sc2600.html
NOTE: Additional information is available for Zion Lutheran Church and for churches of Baltimore, including a listing of churches from the 1819 and 1845 city directories.
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