These organizations work hard to preserve much of the actual documents, historical buildings and personal effects of bygone eras. Often they are completely staffed by volunteer researchers and rely upon the contributions and donations of their members. Many societies maintain newsletters and keep active vertical files of member pedigree charts. When writing to a society, please make sure that you take the time to word your letter carefully. If you are seeking information regarding your ancestor, be precise and give clear and careful attention to details.
Some societies charge for lookup services, photocopies and for postage.
If you know of an address change, please kindly email Carol Askey and I will make the correction. Also, if a society is online we want to link to their web pages as well. Map image used with permission from the Maryland Office of Tourism Development . 9235 Dundalk, MD 21222 Heritage Society of Essex and Middle River 516 Eastern Blvd. Inc. The cemetery hot line is set up to respond to calls for help in reporting cemetery desecration.