This annotated index to over 8,500 death certificates issued in Harford County, Md., from Jul. 1898 through Dec. 1918, includes nearly 2,000 African Americans. It lists: name of the deceased; date, place, and time of death (beginning in 1911); race; and age.

Census records are very important research tools for genealogists and cultural historians. In the United States, beginning in 1790, the census was taken every ten years. The 1890 census, however, was lost in a fire in 1921 and only fragments survived, but none for Maryland. This two-volume compilation is a reconstruction of that census for Harford County, which identifies approximately 90% of the 28,980 people in Harford County at that time. Since the original 1890 census for Harford County was lost, every scrap of information about it is like mining for gold. Information was gleaned from a variety of sources, including newspapers, death records, church records, Bible records, cemetery records, tombstone inscriptions, funeral home records, court records, probate records, naturalizations, school records, marriage records, military records (including the 1890 Special Census of Civil War Veterans compiled by L. Tilden Moore), business records, local histories, family histories, and Find a Grave online. A considerable amount of time was also spent researching and correcting errors discovered in many primary and secondary sources. This compilation is more than a reconstructed census of names, dates, and places. It is also a directory that includes businesses, churches, and civic, social, and political organizations, i.e., a snapshot of the life activities and experiences of many of the citizens in 1890, including vocations, avocations, and more. Unlike the census, it includes full names, maiden names, married names, and nicknames in many cases. In addition to places of origin and family relationships, it also includes places of residence, dates of birth and death, and places of burial for most of them, and baptisms and divorces for some of them.

This book includes abstracts of marriage and death notices from the following newspapers: The Aegis and Intelligencer, 1864-1871; The Harford Democrat, 1856-1871; The Madisonian (Harford & Baltimore Advertiser), 1837-1857; The Havre de Grace Republican, 1868-1871; and The Southern Aegis (sometimes known as The Southern Aegis and Harford County Intelligencer), 1857-1864. Information was gleaned not only from the marriage and death notices but also from news and local affairs items, as well as executor and administrator notices and also the occasional "removals from voter registration lists" that were published. Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname.

"This volume contains over 130 burial sites in Harford County, Maryland. Additional burial information has been gleaned from extant newspapers, death certificate, some church records, family histories and local histories. Annotations have also been inserted [in brackets] within the text in an effort to further identify those buried here. Cemeteries and gravesite entries vary in length and may contain the site's location (if known), description, or interesting tidbits about the site's history or genealogy. This revised edition has been prepared with private gravesites found since the original edition was published in 2016. A full-name and location index adds to the value of the work."--Page 4 of cover.

Quite a bit of genealogical information can be found among these medical records from Harford County, Maryland, doctors from 1772 through 1852.