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From: Lee Garlock <>
Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] REDMOND & Balt. Birth Records
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 22:55:17 -0400

At 09:52 AM 9/29/1998 -0500, Deborah Link wrote:
>I'm a new subscriber to the list, and birth records may already have
>been discussed, but here is my question:
>
>Where would I look for birth records for a person born 1840 in Baltimore
>City?

There are none outside of church records and family Bibles. Baltimore City
did not start recording births until 1875. There is a book on port of
BAltimore entries 1820 through about 1836. Marriage licenses do exist in MD
since about 1776 for Baltimore. (Baltimore City did not become an enitity
in itself until 1851).

If the father died in 1850, did you check the mortality schedule of the census??

>Later records show that John E. REDMOND was born Dec 28, 1840 in
>Baltimore City. His father died in 1850 and I cannot find census record
>of the family. Later records from the Masons, census, and Civil War
>pension papers, show that he was the oldest of 2 brothers and sisters
>and went to Indiana in 1860. One census says his parents were Irish,
>but I cannot find immigration info. for them until I know their names.
>
>Are there existing records in Baltimore City to look for a birth in
>1840?
>
>Deborah Link
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