Search Baltimore Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms

With each result, you will be able to view an image of the original register and a transcript with the facts of the events. The details in each record can vary depending on the time of the event and the amount of information recorded. Most records will include a combination of the following details:

• First name(s)
• Last name
• Age
• Birth year
• Birth date
• Baptism year
• Baptism date
• Father’s first name(s)
• Father’s last name
• Mother’s first name(s)
• Mother’s last name
• Residence
• Parish
• City
• County
• State

Images may contain additional details such as, the names of the sponsors or godparents, the child’s birth place, the parents’ residence, and parents’ occupations. In early records, the registers noted the names of children of slaves and the registers included the names of the slave owners.

This collection of sacramental records was digitised from the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s archive of parish records. The Archdiocese of Baltimore is the oldest in America. The records comprise the City of Baltimore and 8 of Maryland’s counties including Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard, and Washington.

If you would like to cite this record in your family history research, Findmypast suggests the following format: [Name of Parish] [(Location)]. Sacramental Registers, 1782 - 1918, [page number], [Item of interest "John Smith and Mary Jones, 17 October 1873"]; Archdiocese of Baltimore. Digital Images. Findmypast. (https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/baltimore-roman-catholic-parish-registers-browse : accessed DD MMM YYYY).

For example, the record for baseball legend, Babe Ruth, would be cited as:

St Mary’s Industrial School (Baltimore, Maryland). Sacramental Registers, 1782-1919, page 13, George Ruth baptized 7 August 1906; Archdiocese of Baltimore. Digital Images. Findmypast. (https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/baltimore-roman-catholic-parish-baptisms: accessed 7 September 2018).