USEFUL HARFORD COUNTY HISTORY BOOKS AND WEBSITES

  1. The Chemical Warfare Community, Edgewood Arsenal, Md., Vol. I, Number 5, 159 pages, March 1919.
  2. The Harford County Directory, State Directories Publishing Company, (432 pages with illustrations), 1953.
  3. Beims, C.R. and Tolbert, C.P., A Journey Through Berkley, Maryland, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, (174 pages, several hundred references, an index, and roughly a hundred photographs, drawing and maps), 2003.
  4. Jay, P.A., Havre de Grace, an Informal History, Susquehanna Publishing Company, (194 pages with illustrations), 1986.
  5. Jones, E.C., Sr., Recollections . . . , Fairmont, West Virginia, (161 pages with illustrations), 1936.
  6. Jones, F.C., The Village of Darlington in Harford County, Maryland, Darlington, MD, (42 pages with illustrations), 1947.
  7. Larew, M., Bel Air, The Town Through its Buildings, The Town of Bel Air and the Maryland Historical Trust, (151 pages and illustrations, maps, and plans), 1980.
  8. Leslie, W.B., Aberdeen Proving Ground, Harford County, Maryland, Colonial Days, 18 Pages, 1952.
  9. Mason, S., Historical Sketches of Harford County, Maryland, Second Edition, Little Pines Farm, (177 pages with illustrations), 1955.
  10. Mitchell, C.D., Historical and Industrial Edition, 1856-1920, The Aegis Magazine Edition, Bel Air, Maryland, 102 pages,  1920.
  11. Morgan, R. H., Jr., Harford County Wills, 1774-1800, Harford County, Maryland, Family Line Publications, Silver Spring, MD, 160 pages, 1990.
  12. Penski, E.C., Harford County Chronolgy of Events from Prehistory to 2009, The Historical Society of Harford County, Inc., Bel Air, MD, www.HarfordHistory.org/chronology
  13. Preston, W.W.,  Historical Sketches of Harford County, Maryland, from 1608 to 1812, Press of Sun Book Office, Baltimore, Maryland, (360 pages and photos), 1901.
  14. Shagena, J.L., Jack L. Shagena has published several books on Harford County mills: Bel Air Roller, Eden, Jerusalem, and Rock Run and other mills. He has also published a book on Harford Glen. For details contact the Research Library of The Historical Society of Harford County, Inc.
  15. Weeks, C., An Architectural History of Harford County, Maryland, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, (385 pages with several hundred photographs) , 1996.
  16. Wikipedia, Harford County Public Library Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., en.wikipedia.org, Created March 9, 2009, Accessed July 12, 2009.
  17. Wilson, R.B., Robinson, D.C., and Morris, D.B., The River and the Ridge, 300 years of Local History, Peach Bottom Township and Delta, Pennsylvania; Cardiff and Whiteford, Maryland, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, (369 pages, over 100 references, an index, and roughly 150 photos & maps, four in color), 2003.
  18. Wright, C.M.,  Our Harford Heritage, a History of Harford County, Maryland, French-Bray Printing Company, Glen Burnie, Maryland, (462 pages with photographs and maps), 1980.
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Most of the books are not in print, but they are available for examination, but not borrowing, at the Library of The Historical Society of Harford County, Inc.

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