Suspicious Deaths in Mid-19th Century Baltimore

Among the valuable genealogical sources at the Baltimore City Archives is a collection of coroner inquest reports. The records relate to investigations of about 4,000 persons dying in the city from murder, suicide, violence, or other circumstances deemed suspicious. Dates covered are 1827, 1835 to 1860, 1864, and 1867. The reports are one of the few sources that document deaths occurring in Baltimore prior to 1875 when the municipality started to keep comprehensive vital statistics. The significance of these records, coupled with their heavy use by researchers, led to the compilation of this index.

Baltimore City Archives

1986, 8.5" x 11", paper, index, 34 pp.

ISBN: 9780788474125

101-B7412