Colonial Families of Maryland: Bound and Determined to SucceedThe main purpose of this work is to chronicle and categorize the life experiences of 519 persons who entered Maryland as indentured servants or, to a lesser extent, as convicts forcibly transported. The text itself is composed of solidly researched sketches of Maryland servants and convicts and their descendants, including 84 that are traced to the third generation or beyond. Lest genealogists conclude that this work is a mere recitation of