Henry
C. Peden, Jr., MA, FMGS
Hank
is a graduate of Towson University and a veteran of the Vietnam War. After
26 years service he retired from the Bethlehem Steel Corporation where
he was Workers Compensation Administrator and also a lieutenant in the
Sparrows Point Police Department. For a short time he served as Research
Director for Family Line Publications.
Hank has been doing genealogical research over 30 years and is a well
known genealogist who specializes in colonial Maryland families. He has
compiled over 115 genealogical publications to aid Maryland researchers
and has received many awards for his work. Hank was most recently recognized
with the "2005 Norris Harris Award" from the Maryland Historical
Society for his book entitled Abstracts of Marriages and Deaths in
Harford County, Maryland Newspapers, 1837-1871. This award is designated
for the "Best Maryland Genealogical Records Book Published".
Hanks
other books include a series on Revolutionary War patriots in Maryland,
a series on Marylanders who migrated to other states, a series on Colonial
Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, a series on Maryland Bible
records, a series on Maryland church records, and numerous books on Baltimore
and Harford County records. His revised edition of A Guide to Genealogical
Research in Maryland was published by the Maryland Historical Society
in 2001 and has received wide acclaim for its usefulness and thoroughness.
He has assisted countless men and women in joining DAR, SAR, Colonial
Dames, Colonial Wars, 1812, and other patriotic societies.
Hank has held numerous offices in local lineage and genealogical societies.
He is a Fellow and Past President of the Maryland Genealogical Society,
Past President of the Harford County Genealogical Society, Past President
of the Highland Society of Harford County, Genealogist Emeritus and Past
Vice-President of the Maryland State Society Sons of the American Revolution,
and a former member of the Search Room Advisory Committee at the Maryland
State Archives. He is currently serving as Verifying Genealogist for the
Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Maryland, Research Genealogist
for the Historical Society of Harford County, Consulting Genealogist for
the Society of the Cincinnati in Maryland, State Registrar for the Huguenot
Society of Maryland, and Genealogist General (and Past President General)
of the Hereditary Order of the Signers of the Bush Declaration (March
22, 1775).