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Carroll County, Maryland is not only my home, it is a historic adventure! My name is Mary McIndoe and I've lived in Maryland all of my life, though most of my family roots are from a bit north in Pennsylvania.
When I first moved to Carroll County in the early 90's, my focus was still on my Pennsylvania roots, but as I have come to know the people of this area, I have also spent a lot of time learning their history. In many cases, their roots have also come from Pennsylvania, and it has been fascinating to make those connections.
Rather than simply being a site filled with my own family lines, I am concentrating on providing records for all of the lines that I have come across for the area and to that end, am seeking to put records online that are seldom seen anywhere else. as a related goal, I am photographing the headstones in many of the local cemeteries in Carroll County and tying them into the actual family records in the Family Files section, as I think that will be far more useful to researchers.
This site makes use of several main sections to share data: the Forums, this Wiki, the Family Files, and the Data section. Though all may see the Forums, in order to post to the Forums, you will need to register on this site first - there's no cost to do so and it will enable you to participate more fully, so please join us!
At this point, most of the data on this site is contained within the Family Files section, our very large online family tree section.
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