Transcript:Colonial Walker Birth and Baptism Records Maryland Eastern Shore

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Intermediate Source:All Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911 results for Walker, Ancestry

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Colonial Walkers of Marylands Eastern Shore

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The following data are extractions from one of Ancestry's "Data Base Online" compilations. The original database includes 247 records from various counties in Maryland. Records from Marylands Eastern Shore during the colonial period have been extracted here for use in discussion of the family relationships between Walkers living on the eastern shore.

"This database is an index extracted from more than 200,000 birth, baptism, and christening records from Maryland."

They go on to add:

"Volunteers extracted the birth, baptism, and christening details in this index from microfilmed copies of church, civil, family, and other records of Maryland births and baptisms. Note that the number of available records can vary widely by county, and this database does not necessarily represent a comprehensive set of birth, baptism, and christening records for the state during this time."

Most of the records here are probably taken from church registers. Ancestry notes however, that ,

"Because this database includes details extracted from family records, researchers will want to confirm facts with original and primary sources."

The latter note may mean that the data was in some cases extracted from things such as Family Group Sheets, and may not reflect extraction from original source documentation. Some of the records in the complete data set provide only a year of birth/baptism and may well be estimates based on the work of early genealogists. Such estimates may or may not be accurate. The selection of records shown here give full dates (day, month, year) and so are most likely derived from original sources. Nonetheless, care has to be utilized in interpreting these data because of the possibility that they may not reflect original sources. In at least two instances (e.g., Thomas Walker born 7 March 1775, and Susanna Walker borne 3 mar 1676, both in Wicocomico, Somerset County) have been entered more than once into the data base, which may reflect on the accuracy of the database.

Finally, where possible, links to persons in the WeRelate database have been added on a "most probable person" basis. Further work may result in reevalaution of such links.

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