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Online Resources

• 1785-1950 Maine Newspaper Archives (1785–1950) at GenealogyBank ($)
• 1800-Current Maine, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
• 1861-2008 Maine Newspapers, 1861-2008 at MyHeritage ($)
• Maine, Obituaries and Death Notices at MyHeritage — index ($)
• Maine Online Historical Newspapers
• Names and Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com™ (Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont) at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• Newspaper Archive ($)
• Maine Newspapers Online
• Maine Online Historical Newspapers
• Maine Newspapers
• University of Maine Special Collections
• Portland Public Library
• Info Maine

History

Newspapers have been published in Portland, Maine, since 1785. Many cities and towns first published newspapers in the 1820s or 1830s. Other towns began publishing in the 1870s. Some indexes to marriage notices and obituaries in newspapers have been published.

Resources for Maine Newspapers

Libraries and Archives

• The University of Maine's Fogler Library has the state's largest newspaper collection and indexes to several papers. The Portland Public Library has indexes to 16 Portland newspapers for 1785 to 1845. The Maine Historical Society also has indexes to several papers.
• Maine Newspapers at FamilySearch Library.
• Maine Newspapers - Vital Records at FamilySearch Library.

Newspaper Directory

• The U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.

Digital Issues Online

Maine Newspaper Archive $ (GenealogyBank $) Twenty-two early Maine 18th and 19th century newspapers, 1785-1898 online. Indexes (free); digital images ($). These newspapers are from Augusta, Bangor, Belfast, Brunswick, Castine, Eastport, Falmouth, Hallowell, Kennebunk, Portland, Saco and Wiscasset.