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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''' Maine couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Cecil County, Maryland|Elkton, Cecil, Maryland]], or [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William County, VA]], 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>
*'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When an '''eloping''' Maine couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Cecil County, Maryland|Elkton, Cecil, Maryland]], or [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William County, VA]], or in towns just across the Canadian border.<ref name="Eakle1"><span>Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at <a href="http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/">http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/</a> (accessed 8 January 2011).</span></ref>
[[Maine Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]


== Adoption Records  ==
== Adoption Records  ==
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