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 For deaths that exist during this time period, try the following database. <br>
-'''NOTE''': Very few of these deaths are indexed from death certificates. The information comes from burial, church, and other sources.
 {| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="6" border="0"
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-| align="left" colspan="3" | '''Maine Death Databases - Includes Index Only'''
+| align="left" colspan="3" | '''Maine Death Database - Includes Index Only'''
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-| width="25%" | {{RecordSearch|1674841|1850-1990 - At FamilySearch.org}}
+| width="25%" | [https://portal.maine.gov/death/archdev.death_archive.search_form Maine State Archives]
-| width="65%" | '''Free;''' index to death and burial records from the state of Maine. Microfilm copies of original records are available at the Family History Library and at Family History Centers
+| width="65%" | '''Free;''' index to death certificates from 1960 to three previous to current year.
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-'''''Restrictions for Obtaining a Certificate:'''''<br> To obtain a copy of the death certificate, you must be:
+'''''Restrictions to qualify for certificates for persons who died within the last 100 years:'''''<br> To obtain a copy of the death certificate, you must be:
+:*The person named on the certificate
 :*The decedent's spouse, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, or sibling
-:*Any person who provides documentation that he or she is acting on behalf of any of the previously mentioned persons.
+:*The legal custodian, guardian, or authorized representative of the person named on the record
-:*Must be 18 years or older
+:*Genealogists who have a researcher card issued by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Data, Research and Vital Statistics
-:*Must provide notarized identification and signature
-'''NOTE:''' A copy of the certificate cannot be obtained by anyone except those listed above until 75 years have passed from the date of death. <br>
+'''NOTE:''' You must have full name, exact date and place of the birth to order from the certificate. If you do not have the exact information, a search can be conducted for a fee by the Vital Records Office.  <br>
 '''If you do not want to order the death record, there are [[Substitute Records For United States Death Information|other records with death information]] you can search.<br>'''