Baltimore City Archives

211 E. Pleasant St., Rm. 201
Baltimore, MD 21202

This archives has a name index to the municipal records (1756'1938), compiled by the Works Progress Administration (WPA); indexes to Port of Baltimore ships' passenger lists kept by the city (1833'66) and those from the National Archives (1820'1909); and the index to naturalizations in the U.S. circuit and district courts for Maryland (Baltimore City) (1797'1951). These indexes can be searched for a fee of $4 per request. Other useful records here, dating from 1729, include maps, tax records from 1798, an 1868 police census (incomplete), and voter registrations (1838, 1839, 1868, and 1877'89). For more detail, consult William G. LeFurgy, The Records of A City: A Guide to the Baltimore City Archives (Baltimore: City Archives and Records Management Office, 1984).