NEIGHBORING COUNTIES:

Wicomico, Maryland
Worcester, Maryland
Dorchester, Maryland
Sussex, Delaware
Accomack, Virginia

OUTSIDE LINKS:

African-American Genealogy in MD
African-American Heritage Sites on the Lower Shore
African-American History in DE and MD's Eastern Shore
American Life Histories
American Origins - Delmarva Digital Archive
Archives of Maryland Online
Cindy's Genealogy
Coalition to Protect MD Burial Sites
Crisfield Picture Gallery
DelMarVaObits.com
DelmarvaSettlers.org
DelMarVa Surnames Project
Family History Library Holdings for Somerset
Family Tree Bookshop
Free African-American Taxables in Somerset
Gazetteer of Maryland
GenForum - Somerset Co.
GHOTES
Golden Lyon Genealogy
Grandfather's Clock
Handley's Eastern Shore Genealogy
Interment.net Somerset Cemeteries
Invisible Indians of Delmarva
Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society
Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Committee
Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage
Methodist Church Records
Mid-Atlantic Archives
Nabb Research Center for DelMarVa History and Culture
National Register of Historic Places in Somerset
Ocean City Lifesaving Museum
Old English Writing
Political Graveyard - Somerset Co.
Sharpen Your Research Skills
Somerset County Museums
Somerset County Travel Information
Rev. Joshua Thomas

FAMILY SITES:

The Beathard Family
Fassitt Information
Dave Fletcher's Site
Hearne History Home
Hitch Genealogy
Dave Insley's Genealogy, Masonic and Cemetery Info
Outten Family History
The Pusey Family
Robert Simms' Genealogy
Al Wootten's Site

Somerset County, Maryland USGenWeb Project Dedication

- Capt. John Smith, 1608

Old Somerset, whose county seat is at Princess Anne, once encompassed a much larger area than the current boundaries. It included the territory shown at right, the areas which now are the counties of Somerset (bordered in red), Worcester and Wicomico in Maryland, and part of Sussex in Delaware. Other close neighbors are Dorchester County, Maryland to the northwest and Accomack County, Virginia to the south. Many early Somerset settlers came up from Accomack. Cecil, Lord Baltimore, Lord Proprietary of the Province of Maryland proclaimed in 1666 that Somerset County would be "bounded south with a line from Watkin's Point (being the north point of th^t bay into w^ch the River Wighco form^ly called Wighcocomoco afterwards Pocomoke and Wighcocomoco againe, doth fall exclusively) to the Ocean on the east; Nanticoke River on the North & the Sound of Chesipeake Bay on the West." Somerset County was named for Lady Mary Somerset, sister of Cecilius Calvert's wife, Lady Anne Arundell.

If you'd like to see more maps, take a look at this site's Somerset Maps section.

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