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==Resources==
==Resources==
=== Court Records ===
Because all of Maine was previously part of Massachusetts, court records are available in both Maine and Massachusetts.
Because all of Maine was previously part of Massachusetts, court records are available in both Maine and Massachusetts.
*''Province and Court Records of Maine'', (Portland: Maine Historical Society, 1928-75, fiche, 6046855).
 
* ''Collections of the Maine Historical Society'', (Portland: The Society, 1831-1906).<br>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/248063?availability=Family%20History%20Library First Series, 10 Vols., (film 0844654 ff)].<br>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/248041?availability=Family%20History%20Library Second Series, 10 Vols., (film 0844654 ff)].<br>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/248687?availability=Family%20History%20Library Third Series, 2 Vols., (film 0844659 ff)].
* ''Province and Court Records of Maine'', (Portland: Maine Historical Society, 1928-75, fiche, 6046855).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/552774?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Maine Probate Abstracts''] by John E. Frost, 2 Vols., (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1991, fiche 6332995).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/286755?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Maine Wills, 1640-1760''] by William M. Sargent, (1887, Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1972, fiche 6046701).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/240378?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Suffolk County, Massachusetts Court Files, 1629-1797''] by Suffolk County Massachusetts Court, film 0909879. Digital images online at FamilySearch. This collection contains records for Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington Counties in Maine, 1734-1797.
*''York Deeds [1642-1737]'', 18 Vols., (Portland: John T. Hull, 1887-1910, fiche 6056839).
*''York Deeds [1642-1737]'', 18 Vols., (Portland: John T. Hull, 1887-1910, fiche 6056839).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/240378?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Suffolk County, Massachusetts Court Files, 1629-1797''] by Suffolk County Massachusetts Court, film 0909879. Digital images online at FamilySearch. This collection contains records for Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington Counties in Maine, 1734-1797.
 
===Maine Land Office===
Original records are at the Maine State Archives in Augusta, Maine.
 
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bfilm_number%3A0010248 ''Massachusetts Land Agent Deeds, 1794-1860, (film 0010248 ff)'']. Some digital images online at FamilySearch.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/292197?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Record of Deeds of the Land Office of Maine, 1824-1861, (film 0010238 ff)'']. Digital images online at FamilySearch.
 
=== Other ===
 
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/292720?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Maine Family Records: Miscellaneous Papers and Genealogies'', (film 0010375 ff)]. Original records are located at the Maine Historical Society in Portland, Maine.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/292720?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Maine Family Records: Miscellaneous Papers and Genealogies'', (film 0010375 ff)]. Original records are located at the Maine Historical Society in Portland, Maine.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/552774?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Maine Probate Abstracts''] by John E. Frost, 2 Vols., (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1991, fiche 6332995).
 
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/286755?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Maine Wills, 1640-1760''] by William M. Sargent, (1887, Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1972, fiche 6046701).
*''Collections of the Maine Historical Society'', (Portland: The Society, 1831-1906).<br>
:*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/248063?availability=Family%20History%20Library First Series, 10 Vols., (film 0844654 ff)].<br>
:*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/248041?availability=Family%20History%20Library Second Series, 10 Vols., (film 0844654 ff)].<br>
:*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/248687?availability=Family%20History%20Library Third Series, 2 Vols., (film 0844659 ff)].<br>
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/245379?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Baxter Manuscript''] by James Phinney Baxter, (Portland: Maine Historical Society, 1889-1916, film 0599177).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/245379?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Baxter Manuscript''] by James Phinney Baxter, (Portland: Maine Historical Society, 1889-1916, film 0599177).
*[https://archive.org/details/maineatlouisburg00burruoft/page/n6 ''Maine at Louisbourg in 1745''] by Henry Sweetser Burrage, (Augusta: Burleigh and Flynt, 1910, film 1035530).
*[https://archive.org/details/maineatlouisburg00burruoft/page/n6 ''Maine at Louisbourg in 1745''] by Henry Sweetser Burrage, (Augusta: Burleigh and Flynt, 1910, film 1035530).
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*[https://archive.org/details/pioneersonmainer00spen ''Pioneers on Maine Rivers with Lists to 1651''] by Wilbur D. Spencer, (1930, reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1973, film 1307614).
*[https://archive.org/details/pioneersonmainer00spen ''Pioneers on Maine Rivers with Lists to 1651''] by Wilbur D. Spencer, (1930, reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1973, film 1307614).


===Maine Land Office===
===Tax Records===
Original records are at the Maine State Archives in Augusta, Maine.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bfilm_number%3A0010248 ''Massachusetts Land Agent Deeds, 1794-1860, (film 0010248 ff)]. Some digital images online at FamilySearch.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/292197?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Record of Deeds of the Land Office of Maine, 1824-1861, (film 0010238 ff)]. Digital images online at FamilySearch.


===Tax Records===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/293490?availability=Family%20History%20Library Maine Tax Valuations, 1760-1811, various years (film 0959904 ff)]. Digital images online at FamilySearch. Originals are at the Maine State Archives in Augusta, Maine.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/293490?availability=Family%20History%20Library Maine Tax Valuations, 1760-1811, various years (film 0959904 ff)]. Digital images online at FamilySearch. Originals are at the Maine State Archives in Augusta, Maine.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/46827?availability=Family%20History%20Library Direct Tax Census of 1798, (film 0940072 ff)].  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/46827?availability=Family%20History%20Library Direct Tax Census of 1798, (film 0940072 ff)].


== References ==
==References==


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