Articles / Series

• A Journey Through Time - Weekly article in the St. Mary's County Times by Linda Reno from 2009 to 2018.  Ms. Reno wrote on many historical persons, places, and events in St. Mary's County.  These articles are literally a treasure-trove of county history!  This single PDF contains an index of the articles on pages 1-7, and then all 487 articles in chronological order.  Her obituary as published appears as the last page.  You can search the PDF for any name or place (usually CTRL-F will search).  There are bookmarks on the left side to take to specific years and even specific issues; accessing the bookmarks will vary by your browser or PDF viewer.  Permission to post these articles was kindly granted by The County Times.

Magazines / Journals / Proceedings

• The Chronicles of St. Marys: 1953 to present, some bound and indexed. View Subject/Author Indices years 1953-1999 or 2000-Present, and access all issues online HERE.
  
• Maryland Historical Magazine: 1906 to date, bound and indexed

• Maryland Historical Magazine - 114 years (1906-2019) of MHM online, with a searchable index

Newspapers

• The St. Mary's BEACON, 1852-1960, available on microfilm.
  • St. Mary's Beacon Online Searchable Index (1852-1890) - Provided by the Maryland Public Library Community.  Search the index, then use the LOC sites below to view an image of the issue and page you are looking for.
  • St. Mary's Beacon (1852-1863) - Library of Congress Chronicling America
  • St. Mary's Gazette (1863-1867) - Library of Congress Chronicling America
  • Saint Mary's Beacon (1867-1921) - Library of Congress Chronicling America
• The St. Mary's ENTERPRISE, 1883-1989 are available on microfilm.
• St. Mary's County Library Newspaper Database and Archive  -The St. Mary's County Library System has an online searchable database and images of these papers:
  • The Enterprise (1952-2020)
  • Saint Mary's Beacon (1921-1984)
  • Southern Maryland News (2020-2022)
  • Patuxent Tester (1948-1962)
  • Command Histories (1940-1950)