Deering, Cumberland County, Maine Genealogy

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Brief History

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Modern town borders of Portland in Cumberland County, Maine.

Deering was a town formerly in Cumberland County, and now extinct. It was first organized in 1871 from parts of Falmouth and Westbrook. It was annexed and became the north part of Portland in 1889.[1]

Cemeteries

Churche Records

City Directories

Historical Data

Additional data on Deering, Maine can be found in WikiPedia: the Free Encyclopedia. Adjacent towns: Cumberland Co.: Falmouth | Long Island | Portland | Westbrook

Land Records

Libraries and Historical Societies

Maps

Newspapers

Probate Records

Town Histories

Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.

Town Records

Town Clerk

Vital Records

Records. For Deering town records, see the Portland, Maine records.

Births

Marriages

Deaths

Town Reports

The town of Deering kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Deering kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistics information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)

References

  1. Michael J. Leclerc, Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research, 5th ed. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012), 152. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 974 D27g 2012.