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State registration of vital statistics began in 1892. You can obtain copies of these records by writing to: | State registration of vital statistics began in 1892. You can obtain copies of these records by writing to: | ||
'''Department of Human Services'''<br>Office of Vital Statistics<br>State House, Station #11<br>Augusta, ME 04330<br>Telephone: 207-287-3184<br>Internet: [http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/bohodr/ovrpage.htm | '''Department of Human Services'''<br>Office of Vital Statistics<br>State House, Station #11<br>Augusta, ME 04330<br>Telephone: 207-287-3184<br>Internet: [http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/bohodr/ovrpage.htm Maine Department of Human Services] | ||
For indexes of birth, marriage, and death records for the years 1892 to 1922 (marriage records extend to 1953), see: | For indexes of birth, marriage, and death records for the years 1892 to 1922 (marriage records extend to 1953), see: | ||
The Maine State Archives has an online searchable database of Maine marriages from 1892 to 1996 available at [http://portalx.bisoex.state.me.us/pls/archives_mhsf/archdev.marriage_archive.search_form Maine Department of Human Services, Office of Data Research and Vital Statistics]<br> | The Maine State Archives has an online searchable database of Maine marriages from 1892 to 1996 available at [http://portalx.bisoex.state.me.us/pls/archives_mhsf/archdev.marriage_archive.search_form Maine Department of Human Services, Office of Data Research and Vital Statistics]<br> | ||
*''Index to Vital Records, 1892-1907''. <ref>Maine. Division of Vital Statistics. ''Index to Vital Records, 1892-1907''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954. (Family History Library {{FHL|275456|title-id|disp=films 9884-10067}}.) </ref>Births, marriages, and deaths are arranged alphabetically by surname and then chronologically by year within each surname. | *''Index to Vital Records, 1892-1907''. <ref>Maine. Division of Vital Statistics. ''Index to Vital Records, 1892-1907''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954. (Family History Library {{FHL|275456|title-id|disp=films 9884-10067}}.) </ref>Births, marriages, and deaths are arranged alphabetically by surname and then chronologically by year within each surname. | ||
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Most of the available pre-1700 marriage records of New England have been published in Clarence A. Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. | Most of the available pre-1700 marriage records of New England have been published in Clarence A. Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. | ||
*'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When an '''eloping''' Main couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Cecil County, Maryland|Elkton, Cecil, Maryland]], or in towns just across the Canadian border.<ref name="Eakle1">Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).</ref> | |||
== Adoption Records == | == Adoption Records == | ||