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'''Fewer records. ''' No town meetings are held, and no town meeting minutes are kept in townships. It would be unusual for a township to have its own record-keeping official. The county registrar of deeds should have the township's land records. Nearby towns in the county also '''''may ''''' keep a few historical facts about people who have lived in neighboring townships. | '''Fewer records. ''' No town meetings are held, and no town meeting minutes are kept in townships. It would be unusual for a township to have its own record-keeping official. The county registrar of deeds should have the township's land records. Nearby towns in the county also '''''may ''''' keep a few historical facts about people who have lived in neighboring townships. | ||
'''Changes in status. ''' Townships can decide to organize into a [[Maine Town Records|town]] government, or a [[Maine | '''Changes in status. ''' Townships can decide to organize into a [[Maine Town Records|town]] government, or a [[Maine Plantations|plantation]]. Also, from time to time, towns may choose to become townships. If a former town has a declining population, and its citizens decide to discontinue as a town, they stop holding town meetings and the former town's records are usually transferred to a nearby functioning town. | ||
'''Names and numbers. ''' Some townships have names ''such as'' • [[Hancock County, Maine Genealogy|Fletchers Landing]], • [[Somerset County, Maine Genealogy|Big W]], or • [[Unity Plantation, Maine|Unity Township]]. Other townships are known more by their numbers ''such as'' • [[Piscataquis County, Maine Genealogy|Island No. 63]], • [[Somerset County, Maine Genealogy|Township 4 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State]], • [[Washington County, Maine Genealogy|Township 37 Middle Division]], or • [[Berlin, Maine|Township 6 North of Weld]]. Many of Maine's unorganized territories are known by '''''both ''''' a name ''and '' a number, ''for example'' [[Lang Plantation, Maine|Township 2 R3 WBKP (Lang Township)]]. | '''Names and numbers. ''' Some townships have names ''such as'' • [[Hancock County, Maine Genealogy|Fletchers Landing]], • [[Somerset County, Maine Genealogy|Big W]], or • [[Unity Plantation, Maine|Unity Township]]. Other townships are known more by their numbers ''such as'' • [[Piscataquis County, Maine Genealogy|Island No. 63]], • [[Somerset County, Maine Genealogy|Township 4 R17 West of the Easterly Line of the State]], • [[Washington County, Maine Genealogy|Township 37 Middle Division]], or • [[Berlin, Maine|Township 6 North of Weld]]. Many of Maine's unorganized territories are known by '''''both ''''' a name ''and '' a number, ''for example'' [[Lang Plantation, Maine|Township 2 R3 WBKP (Lang Township)]]. | ||