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'''[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]''', Boston MA, for Maine includes great detail on many early families, unpublished family histories, and a large collection of town and county histories.<ref name="DB53">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 53. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | '''[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]''', Boston MA, for Maine includes great detail on many early families, unpublished family histories, and a large collection of town and county histories.<ref name="DB53">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 53. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:10, 4 April 2016
United States 
Maine Maine Archives and Libraries
The following archives and libraries have collections or services helpful to researchers. One point to remember is that Maine was part of Massachusetts until 1819, and so some records in Massachusetts have information about people living in Maine before that date.
Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Maine[edit | edit source]
Maine State Archives · Maine State Library · Maine Historical Society · Cutler Memorial Library (Farmington) · Allen County Public Library · New England Historic Genealogical Society · National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)
National Repositories[edit | edit source]
National Archives at Boston[edit | edit source]
National Archives at Boston
380 Trapelo Road
Waltham, MA 02154
Telephone: 617-647-8100
E-mail: boston.archives@nara.gov
Website: archives.gov/northeast/boston/
- The National Archives at Boston, Massachusetts has records for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont including several on-line databases.
- Navy Records
- Maritime Records
- Post Civil War Tax Records
- Chinese Immigration and the Chinese in the United States
- All U.S. federal censuses[1]
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston MA, for Maine includes great detail on many early families, unpublished family histories, and a large collection of town and county histories.[1]
Statewide Repositories[edit | edit source]
Maine State Archives[edit | edit source]
Maine State Archives
State House Station 84
Augusta, ME 04333-0084
Telephone: 207-287-5795
Fax: 207-289-5739
- A wiki article describing this collection is found at Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)
Libraries[edit | edit source]
- Bangor Public Library
145 Harlow Street
Bangor, ME 04401
Telephone: 207-947-8336
Fax 207-945-6694
- University of Maine at Orono
Raymond H. Fogler Library, Special Collections
P.O. Box 5729
Orono, ME 04469-5729
Telephone: 207-581-1686
Fax: 207-581-1653
Reference Book[edit | edit source]
Public Record Repositories in Maine. 1976. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives, 1976. FHL book 974.1 A3m; FHL film 1036235 item 6; FHL film 928040 item 4; fiche 6051251.
Maine Online Records[edit | edit source]
Web Sites[edit | edit source]
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)
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Sources[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 53. WorldCat 39493985; FHL Ref Book 973 J54d.