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== '''Next Step: When did the birth occur? '''  ==
== '''Next Step: When did the birth occur? '''  ==


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:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Maine Birth Records#Births_before_1892|Births before 1892]]'''</span>  
:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Maine Birth Records#Births_before_1892|Births before 1892]]'''</span>  
:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Maine Birth Records#Births_between_1892_and_1922|Births between 1892 and 1922]]'''</span>  
:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Maine Birth Records#Births_between_1892_and_1922|Births between 1892 and 1922]]'''</span>  
:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Maine Birth Records#Births_after_1922|Births after 1922]]''' </span>
:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Maine Birth Records#Births_after_1922|Births after 1922]]''' </span>  
:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Estimate United States Birth Information|I don't know when the birth is]]'''</span>
:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Estimate United States Birth Information|I don't know when the birth is]]'''</span>


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== '''Births after 1922'''  ==
== '''Births after 1922'''  ==


The Vital Records office of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has copies of births from 1922 to present day. Births from 1892 to 1922 are held by the Maine State Archives. Births before 1892 are held by the individual town clerk offices.  
The Vital Records office of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has copies of births from 1923 to present day. Births from 1892 to 1922 are held by the Maine State Archives. Births before 1892 are held by the individual town clerk offices.  


==== '''Obtain the Certificate'''  ====
==== '''Obtain the Certificate'''  ====
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