Maryland: Eastern Shore

The Eastern Shore of Maryland — the nine counties on the Delmarva Peninsula — has a distinct genealogical identity shaped by its Chesapeake Bay geography, tobacco economy, Quaker and Methodist religious communities, and one of the largest concentrations of free African Americans in pre-Civil War America. Heritage Books carries an extensive collection of Eastern Shore titles including colonial church records, vital records abstracts, county deed and will summaries, and compiled genealogies for the major Eastern Shore families.