Penobscot Marine Museum

Penobscot Marine Museum
Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine.JPG

Contact Information

Email:[1] cgood@pmm-maine.org

Address:[1]

Penobscot Marine Museum
Stephen Phillips Memorial Library
11 Church Street (PO Box 498)
Searsport, Maine 04974-0498

Telephone:[1] 207-548-2529 ext.212

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Collection Description

The Penobscot Marine Museum Stephen Phillips Memorial Library collection includes an important biographical index of Maine people. They also have records of shipping companies, ship registers, logbooks, and journals.[2]

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  • State Library

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  • National Personnel Records Center
  • LC
  • FHL

Neighboring Collections


  • County Vital Records Office
  • City Vital Records Office
  • County Archives
  • County Orphan's Court
  • County Probate Court
  • County Recorder
  • County Coroner
  • U.S. District Court
  • County and local historical societies
  • County and local genealogical societies
  • Public Libraries
  • Museums and heritage societies
  • Rockland Maine FamilySearch Center has premium online services for free and offers research guidance.
  • Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
  • State Vital Records Office
  • State Historical Society
  • State Genealogical Society
  • University Libraries
  • Church archives
  • Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]
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Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stephen Phillips Memorial Library in Penobscot Marine Museum (accessed 6 April 2016)..
  2. William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 53. WorldCat 39493985; FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d.