Maryland Archives: 233 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

If you are researching your ancestry from Maryland, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online MD newspaper archives: 233 titles to help you search your family history in the “Old Line State,” providing coverage from 1728 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Maryland newspaper archives!

Photo: Great Falls on the Potomac River, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park. Credit: Joe Calhoun; Wikimedia Commons.
Photo: Great Falls on the Potomac River, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park. Credit: Joe Calhoun; Wikimedia Commons.

Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from Maryland in these newspapers. Our MD newspapers are divided into two collections, each with their own search page:

  • Newspaper Archives (complete paper with all articles, including historical obituaries, with a number of very rare single-issue newspapers – many of them are the only known issues of the paper)
  • Obituaries (including both historical and recent obituaries, if obits are specifically what you are searching for)

Search Maryland Newspaper Archives (1728 – 1963)

Search Maryland Obituaries (1990 – Today)

Illustration: Maryland state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Illustration: Maryland state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Here is the complete list of Maryland newspapers in the online archives. Each newspaper title in this list is an active link that will take you directly to that paper’s search page, where you can begin searching for your ancestors by surnames, dates, keywords and more. The MD newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.

City Title Years of Coverage Issues Available Collection
Annapolis Capital 01/02/1991 – Current Obituaries
Annapolis South County Gazette 01/09/2003 – 09/04/2008 Obituaries
Annapolis West County News 11/14/2002 – 03/17/2005 Obituaries
Annapolis Annapolis Gazette 09/28/1854 – 11/24/1874 789 Newspaper Archives
Annapolis Maryland Gazette 03/25/1751 – 02/16/1832 318 Newspaper Archives
Annapolis Maryland Gazette 12/03/1728 – 11/22/1734 55 Newspaper Archives
Annapolis Maryland Republican and Political and Agricultural Museum 12/23/1817 – 05/16/1826 52 Newspaper Archives
Annapolis Negro Appeal 02/16/1900 – 02/16/1900 1 Newspaper Archives
Annapolis Evening capital 05/14/1884 – 12/10/1907 4323 Newspaper Archives
Annapolis Evening capital and Maryland gazette 06/14/1910 – 08/02/1922 2581 Newspaper Archives
Annapolis Evening capital 08/03/1922 – 05/25/1923 246 Newspaper Archives
Annapolis, Glenburnie Maryland Gazette 03/06/2002 – Current Obituaries
Arbutus Arbutus Times 03/10/2001 – 09/16/2019 Obituaries
Baltimore Baltimore Guide 01/19/2005 – 07/01/2015 Obituaries
Baltimore Baltimore Guide: South Baltimore Edition 03/25/2009 – 03/24/2010 Obituaries
Baltimore Baltimore Messenger 02/13/2001 – 06/24/2017 Obituaries
Baltimore City Paper 01/14/2004 – 06/14/2014 Obituaries
Baltimore Jewish Times 03/07/1997 – Current Obituaries
Baltimore Sun 09/10/1990 – Current Obituaries
Baltimore True Democrat 10/30/1875 – 10/30/1875 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Rural Register 02/15/1860 – 04/01/1860 2 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Afro-American 04/29/1893 – 03/26/1898 22 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore American 05/18/1799 – 03/01/1802 152 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore American a Gazette for the Country 07/10/1802 – 07/10/1802 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore American and Commercial Daily Advertiser 01/31/1801 – 12/31/1853 13881 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore American Citizen 04/19/1879 – 04/19/1879 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore American Farmer 04/02/1819 – 12/26/1828 502 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore American Whig 02/10/1844 – 12/31/1844 6 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore American Whig 03/13/1847 – 03/13/1847 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore American, and Baltimore Gazette 07/30/1803 – 02/28/1805 38 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore American 06/14/1861 – 12/31/1922 7316 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Bulletin 04/20/1872 – 09/23/1876 118 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Christian Advocate 12/08/1860 – 12/08/1860 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Commercial Journal, and Lyford’s Price-Current 04/14/1838 – 12/08/1849 593 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Daily Intelligencer 10/28/1793 – 10/29/1794 313 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Evening Post 07/13/1792 – 09/30/1793 156 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser 01/02/1826 – 01/27/1838 3619 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Patriot 12/28/1812 – 12/31/1834 6594 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Price-Current 02/14/1803 – 12/25/1830 1387 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Republican 05/21/1829 – 12/31/1832 710 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Saturday Visiter 01/16/1841 – 04/03/1847 320 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Telegraph 06/23/1814 – 03/29/1816 81 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Campaigner 06/17/1852 – 11/06/1852 15 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Catholic Mirror 09/30/1876 – 09/30/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Commonwealth 07/24/1915 – 09/04/1915 6 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Democratic Republican 03/17/1802 – 08/13/1802 46 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Dunlap’s Maryland Gazette, or, The Baltimore General Advertiser 05/02/1775 – 01/05/1779 177 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Edward’s Baltimore Daily Advertiser 10/29/1793 – 11/15/1794 60 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Federal Gazette 01/01/1796 – 11/08/1823 4056 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Federal Intelligencer 10/30/1794 – 12/30/1795 358 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Federal Republican 07/04/1808 – 06/20/1812 1111 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Fell’s Point Telegraphe 03/06/1795 – 06/01/1795 9 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Katholische Volkszeitung 07/02/1870 – 09/23/1876 249 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Maryland Journal 08/20/1773 – 01/16/1797 1415 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Mechanics’ Gazette; and Merchants Daily Advertiser 03/14/1815 – 09/13/1815 108 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore North American and Mercantile Daily Advertiser 01/11/1808 – 12/31/1808 305 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Race Standard 01/02/1897 – 01/16/1897 2 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Republican; or, Anti-Democrat 01/01/1802 – 01/14/1804 372 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Sun 05/17/1837 – 12/31/1922 27300 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Telegraphe and Daily Advertiser 05/14/1795 – 01/11/1807 2781 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore True Union 04/26/1855 – 04/26/1855 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Lutheran Observer, and Weekly Religious Visiter 08/24/1833 – 12/28/1866 1247 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore M’Pherson’s Advertiser and Miscellaneous Journal 11/10/1835 – 06/08/1836 2 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Commercial 04/29/1876 – 04/29/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Price-Current and Weekly Journal of Commerce 06/29/1850 – 09/09/1876 205 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Price-Current Letter-Sheet 09/13/1856 – 02/06/1858 2 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Prices Current and Review of the Market 07/31/1846 – 07/31/1846 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Trades’ Union 05/28/1836 – 05/28/1836 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Daily Exchange Prices Current 01/08/1859 – 01/08/1859 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Marion and Co’s Monthly Reporter 01/01/1854 – 02/01/1854 2 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Methodist Protestant 04/18/1840 – 09/23/1876 14 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Robinson’s Stock and Exchange Gazette 09/19/1823 – 03/04/1825 3 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Weekly Price Current from Odom and Co. Commission Merchants 01/23/1871 – 10/02/1871 5 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Olive Branch 11/01/1855 – 11/01/1855 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Pathfinder, Traveler’s Guide, and Business Register 06/01/1852 – 06/01/1852 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Weekly American, Compendium of News and Prices Current 03/29/1851 – 03/29/1851 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Canfield’s Lottery Argus, Commercial and Exchange Telegraph; or, National Miscellany 02/19/1827 – 04/06/1829 16 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Clipper 09/10/1839 – 06/30/1866 1903 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Daily exchange 02/22/1858 – 09/14/1861 1096 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Der Deutsche correspondent 01/01/1858 – 04/27/1918 16461 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Der Deutsche correspondent 01/02/1874 – 10/18/1912 520 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Pilot and transcript 05/05/1840 – 01/25/1841 186 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Lee’s Commercial and Literary Gazette 09/03/1825 – 11/26/1825 7 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Daily Record 02/13/2001 – Current Obituaries
Baltimore Commonwealth 08/03/1882 – 10/04/1883 56 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Sun 09/26/1883 – 04/29/1885 11 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Maryland suffrage news 04/06/1912 – 10/23/1920 402 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Czas Baltimorski 08/15/1940 – 01/23/1941 24 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore South 04/22/1861 – 02/17/1862 216 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Northeast Booster Reporter 04/23/2015 – 04/23/2015 Obituaries
Baltimore Baltimore Wecker: Sonntags-Blatt 09/10/1876 – 09/10/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Deutsche Correspondent 09/08/1876 – 09/08/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Deutsche Correspondent 11/02/1876 – 11/02/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Recorder; or, Summary of Foreign, Domestic, and Literary Intelligence 06/16/1810 – 06/16/1810 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Palladium of Freedom; or the Baltimore Daily Advertiser 08/08/1787 – 08/08/1787 1 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Times-Herald 10/21/2005 – 08/25/2006 Obituaries
Baltimore Beacon 10/01/2006 – 04/01/2010 Obituaries
Baltimore Baltimore Wecker 01/05/1856 – 03/08/1867 2436 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Taglicher Baltimore Wecker 03/09/1867 – 12/31/1872 1586 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Afro-American 01/30/2010 – Current Obituaries
Baltimore Il risorgimento italiano nel Maryland 08/26/1922 – 12/27/1930 416 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Katholische Volkszeitung 01/17/1874 – 03/31/1888 291 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Jednos’c’-Polonia = 01/10/1920 – 12/27/1924 252 Newspaper Archives
Baltimore Baltimore Brew 01/20/2010 – Current Obituaries
Bel Air Harford Gazette and General Advertiser 05/27/1848 – 05/21/1852 201 Newspaper Archives
Bel Air National American 09/05/1856 – 11/09/1866 120 Newspaper Archives
Bel Air Southern Aegis 07/11/1857 – 12/29/1922 2504 Newspaper Archives
Bowie Bowie Blade News 10/03/2002 – 07/01/2021 Obituaries
Bowie Crofton Crier 04/10/2009 – 04/10/2009 Obituaries
Calvert County County Times 05/01/2011 – Current Obituaries
Cambridge Banner 01/01/2007 – Current Obituaries
Cambridge Dorchester Star 06/30/2006 – Current Obituaries
Cambridge Daily banner 06/03/1907 – 12/30/1922 2037 Newspaper Archives
Catonsville Catonsville Times 03/14/2001 – Current Obituaries
Centreville Bay Times and Queen Anne’s County Record-Observer 08/04/2006 – Current Obituaries
Chestertown Kent County News 12/28/2006 – Current Obituaries
Chestertown Apollo; or, Chestertown Spy 03/26/1793 – 12/31/1793 60 Newspaper Archives
Chestertown Chestertown Transcript 01/06/1866 – 12/25/1879 607 Newspaper Archives
Columbia Columbia Flier 01/31/2001 – Current Obituaries
Columbia Howard County Times 03/14/2001 – Current Obituaries
Columbia Jeffersonian 02/26/2002 – 03/12/2008 Obituaries
County Shore 08/19/2020 – Current Obituaries
Crisfield Crisfield Times 01/03/2007 – Current Obituaries
Crofton Crofton-West County Gazette 03/29/2012 – Current Obituaries
Cumberland Cumberland Times-News 08/22/2007 – Current Obituaries
Cumberland Allegany Freeman 12/04/1813 – 10/18/1817 124 Newspaper Archives
Cumberland American Eagle 02/15/1809 – 02/15/1809 1 Newspaper Archives
Cumberland Cumberland Daily News 04/05/1871 – 04/02/1872 308 Newspaper Archives
Cumberland Cumberland Gazette 07/21/1814 – 07/21/1814 1 Newspaper Archives
Cumberland Cumberland Impartialist 01/24/1809 – 01/24/1809 1 Newspaper Archives
Cumberland Phoenix Civilian 04/14/1835 – 01/04/1840 226 Newspaper Archives
Cumberland Weekly Civilian 01/30/1852 – 12/28/1865 352 Newspaper Archives
Cumberland Cumberland Telegraph and Maryland Mining Register 01/10/1856 – 01/10/1856 1 Newspaper Archives
Cumberland Maryland Advocate and Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Register 06/21/1828 – 01/24/1829 6 Newspaper Archives
Cumberland Voice 11/17/1938 – 11/17/1938 1 Newspaper Archives
Cumberland Voice of labor 12/01/1938 – 07/30/1942 78 Newspaper Archives
Cumberland CIO news 08/17/1942 – 12/18/1944 56 Newspaper Archives
Denton Times Record 08/09/2006 – 06/10/2020 Obituaries
Denton Times Record: Web Edition Articles 07/08/2013 – 06/07/2020 Obituaries
Dundalk Dundalk Eagle 04/02/2015 – Current Obituaries
Easton Star Democrat 09/01/2005 – Current Obituaries
Easton Sunday Star 11/13/2005 – Current Obituaries
Easton Easton Gazette 07/06/1818 – 06/28/1879 2359 Newspaper Archives
Easton Easton Journal 05/16/1874 – 05/16/1874 1 Newspaper Archives
Easton Easton Star 09/16/1828 – 02/11/1862 1268 Newspaper Archives
Easton Maryland Herald, and Eastern Shore Intelligencer 05/11/1790 – 08/28/1804 524 Newspaper Archives
Easton Republican Star 02/11/1800 – 06/12/1832 1347 Newspaper Archives
Easton dcmilitary.com 08/12/2011 – 05/11/2018 Obituaries
Easton Chesapeake Business Ledger 06/06/2008 – 05/20/2010 Obituaries
Eldersburg Eldersburg Eagle 06/17/2004 – 06/19/2015 Obituaries
Elkton Cecil Whig 10/04/2004 – Current Obituaries
Elkton Cecil Democrat 12/22/1832 – 11/11/1876 11 Newspaper Archives
Elkton Cecil Whig 08/14/1841 – 09/01/1866 601 Newspaper Archives
Elkton Cecil Whig 08/07/1841 – 12/25/1920 3797 Newspaper Archives
Elkton, Rising Sun, Chesapeake City, North East Cecil County Life 06/08/2016 – Current Obituaries
Essex Avenue News 05/10/2007 – Current Obituaries
Frankfort Freiheitsbothe 04/14/1810 – 04/14/1810 1 Newspaper Archives
Frederick Frederick News-Post 10/17/1997 – Current Obituaries
Frederick Bartgis’s Maryland Gazette 05/22/1792 – 01/23/1794 77 Newspaper Archives
Frederick Bartgis’s Marylandische Zeitung 02/18/1789 – 02/18/1789 1 Newspaper Archives
Frederick Examiner 07/08/1857 – 12/29/1875 954 Newspaper Archives
Frederick General Staatsbothe 12/27/1811 – 12/27/1811 1 Newspaper Archives
Frederick Hornet 06/29/1802 – 06/29/1814 293 Newspaper Archives
Frederick Maryland Chronicle, or Universal Advertiser 01/18/1786 – 05/28/1788 98 Newspaper Archives
Frederick Republican Advocate 12/06/1802 – 12/15/1808 238 Newspaper Archives
Frederick Republican Citizen and State Advertiser 08/29/1823 – 12/30/1831 33 Newspaper Archives
Frederick Republican Gazette and General Advertiser 02/11/1801 – 09/28/1826 486 Newspaper Archives
Frederick Reservoir and Public Reflector 07/25/1826 – 07/28/1829 150 Newspaper Archives
Frederick Rights of Man 02/05/1794 – 11/05/1800 14 Newspaper Archives
Frederick Citizen 03/01/1895 – 09/10/1915 742 Newspaper Archives
Frederick Frederick citizen 01/04/1895 – 02/22/1895 8 Newspaper Archives
Frederick Maryland Union 12/27/1855 – 12/30/1880 1262 Newspaper Archives
Frostburg Frostburg Mining Journal 08/26/1876 – 08/26/1876 1 Newspaper Archives
Frostburg Frostburg Mining Journal 09/30/1871 – 04/18/1913 2094 Newspaper Archives
Frostburg Frostburg gleaner 08/01/1901 – 08/08/1901 2 Newspaper Archives
Frostburg Frostburg Mining Journal 01/01/1916 – 06/09/1917 68 Newspaper Archives
Frostburg Frostburg forum 04/08/1899 – 06/08/1901 2 Newspaper Archives
Frostburg Frostburg herald 02/05/1904 – 08/25/1905 2 Newspaper Archives
Frostburg Frostburg news 03/19/1897 – 04/23/1897 6 Newspaper Archives
Frostburg Frostburg spirit 09/11/1913 – 12/17/1914 59 Newspaper Archives
Gaithersburg Pentagram Magazine (JB Myer-Henderson Hall) 05/20/2011 – Current Obituaries
Gaithersburg Tester (Naval Air Station Patuxent River) 09/22/2011 – Current Obituaries
Greenbelt Greenbelt cooperator 11/24/1937 – 09/16/1954 852 Newspaper Archives
Greenbelt Greenbelt news review 09/23/1954 – 12/26/1963 483 Newspaper Archives
Hagers-Town Torch Light 02/06/1821 – 10/12/1837 444 Newspaper Archives
Hagers-Town Washington Spy 01/04/1792 – 02/01/1797 215 Newspaper Archives
Hagers-Town Farmers’ Register and Maryland Herald 02/19/1828 – 02/19/1828 1 Newspaper Archives
Hagerstown Herald-Mail 11/11/1996 – Current Obituaries
Hagerstown Maryland Herald and Hager’s-Town Weekly Advertiser 03/02/1797 – 12/28/1804 302 Newspaper Archives
Hagerstown Maryland free press 10/31/1862 – 06/18/1868 70 Newspaper Archives
Halifax Hagers-town Gazette 05/23/1809 – 06/15/1813 213 Newspaper Archives
Hampstead, Manchester Advocate of Hampstead and Manchester 03/14/2011 – 08/05/2015 Obituaries
Jackson Jackson Picket Guard 09/10/1856 – 09/24/1856 2 Newspaper Archives
La Plata Maryland independent 09/16/1874 – 12/07/1934 1515 Newspaper Archives
Laurel Laurel Leader 03/15/2001 – 12/21/2021 Obituaries
Leonardtown Saint Mary’s beacon 09/05/1867 – 12/15/1921 2219 Newspaper Archives
Leonardtown St Mary’s beacon 10/07/1852 – 04/16/1863 154 Newspaper Archives
Leonardtown St Mary’s gazette 10/22/1863 – 08/29/1867 152 Newspaper Archives
Lexington Park Enterprise 03/09/2016 – 07/08/2020 Obituaries
Oakland Republican 07/07/2016 – 06/29/2017 Obituaries
Oakland Republican 03/03/1877 – 12/26/1963 4235 Newspaper Archives
Owings Mills Owings Mills Times 03/13/2001 – 01/14/2019 Obituaries
Parkville, Carney Northeast Reporter 03/14/2001 – 05/07/2011 Obituaries
Perry Hall, White Marsh Northeast Booster 05/09/2001 – 05/07/2011 Obituaries
Pocomoke City Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise 01/08/1921 – 12/24/1942 723 Newspaper Archives
Port Tobacco Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser 06/26/1845 – 11/07/1890 1078 Newspaper Archives
Potomac Potomac Almanac 02/26/2002 – Current Obituaries
Prince Frederick Calvert Recorder 07/30/2015 – 07/10/2020 Obituaries
Rising Sun Midland journal 08/07/1885 – 12/27/1946 3180 Newspaper Archives
Rockville Centinel of Freedom 01/14/1820 – 01/14/1820 1 Newspaper Archives
Rockville True American and Farmers Register 03/10/1824 – 05/28/1824 2 Newspaper Archives
Salisbury Salisbury Independent 05/29/2014 – Current Obituaries
Salisbury Flyer, The: Salisbury University 09/20/2011 – 04/04/2015 Obituaries
Snow Hill Democratic messenger 03/12/1881 – 12/30/1922 1394 Newspaper Archives
St. Mary’s County Times 05/05/2011 – Current Obituaries
Stevensville Bay Times 08/02/2006 – 06/17/2020 Obituaries
Thurmont Catoctin clarion 03/04/1871 – 06/28/1923 2568 Newspaper Archives
Towson North County News 03/13/2001 – 09/16/2019 Obituaries
Towson Towson Times 02/14/2001 – Current Obituaries
Towson Baltimore County union 01/07/1865 – 08/28/1909 1249 Newspaper Archives
Towson Baltimore County union, the Towson news 09/04/1909 – 12/25/1909 17 Newspaper Archives
Uniontown Engine of Liberty and Uniontown Advertiser 10/21/1813 – 04/27/1815 73 Newspaper Archives
Upper Marlboro Enquirer-Gazette 04/21/2016 – Current Obituaries
Upper Marlboro Prince George’s enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser 01/14/1887 – 12/29/1922 1585 Newspaper Archives
Upper Marlboro Afro-American, The [Prince George’s County Edition] 06/14/2010 – Current Obituaries
Waldorf Maryland Independent 03/09/2016 – 07/10/2020 Obituaries
Waldorf, Prince Frederick Southern Maryland News 09/18/2020 – Current Obituaries
Westminster Advocate of Eldersburg and Sykesville 04/29/2009 – 08/05/2015 Obituaries
Westminster Advocate of Westminster and Finksburg 04/28/2009 – 05/02/2014 Obituaries
Westminster Carroll County Times 01/23/2000 – Current Obituaries
Westminster Community Times 11/10/2004 – 02/28/2018 Obituaries
Westminster Westminster Eagle 07/07/2004 – 06/19/2015 Obituaries
Westminster Democratic advocate 11/30/1865 – 12/29/1922 2826 Newspaper Archives

*Date Ranges may have selected coverage unavailable.

Note on the header image: a photo of the Maryland State House in Annapolis, which dates to 1772, and houses the Maryland General Assembly and offices of the governor. Credit: Jyothis; Wikimedia Commons.

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