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:Connecticut, '''Maine''', Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, fortifications, coastal facilities, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, genealogy, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, Canadian border crossings.<ref name="DB124">Dollarhide and Bremer, 124.</ref><br><br> | :Connecticut, '''Maine''', Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, fortifications, coastal facilities, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, genealogy, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, Canadian border crossings.<ref name="DB124">Dollarhide and Bremer, 124.</ref><br><br> | ||
[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|right| | [[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|right|220px|NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg]]'''[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]'''<br>101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007<br>Telephone: 617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>Fax: 617-536-7307<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html AmericanAncestors.org]<br><br> | ||
:Best overall collection for New England vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.<ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref> The '''Maine''' collection has great detail on some early families, unpublished family histories, and many town and county histories.<ref name="DB53" /><br><br> | :Best overall collection for New England vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.<ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref> The '''Maine''' collection has great detail on some early families, unpublished family histories, and many town and county histories.<ref name="DB53" /><br><br> | ||
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=== Statewide Repositories === | === Statewide Repositories === | ||
[[File:Haverhill Public Library.jpg|right| | [[File:Haverhill Public Library.jpg|right|280px]]'''[[Haverhill Public Library]]'''<br>99 Main Street<br>Haverhill, Massachusetts 01830<br>Telephone: 978-373-1586<br>E-mail: [mailto:hpl-ref@mvlc.org hpl-ref@mvlc.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.haverhillpl.org/information/local-history-2/ Haverhill Public Library Special Collections] <br><br> | ||
:One of New England's largest collections of original manuscripts, books, genealogical periodicals, and surname folders, local history collection, genealogy databases, Massachusetts vital records to 1910, federal and state censuses, 9,000 New England town and family histories. Their collection of New England and '''Maine''' sources is larger than most.<ref name="DB53" /> <ref>[http://www.haverhillpl.org/about/local-history/#genealogy-resources Genealogy Resources] in ''Haverhill Public Library'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | :One of New England's largest collections of original manuscripts, books, genealogical periodicals, and surname folders, local history collection, genealogy databases, Massachusetts vital records to 1910, federal and state censuses, 9,000 New England town and family histories. Their collection of New England and '''Maine''' sources is larger than most.<ref name="DB53" /> <ref>[http://www.haverhillpl.org/about/local-history/#genealogy-resources Genealogy Resources] in ''Haverhill Public Library'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||
[[File:Maine Historical Society Brown Library.jpg|right| | [[File:Maine Historical Society Brown Library.jpg|right|280px]]'''[[Maine Historical Society Brown Library]]'''<br>489 Congress Street<br>Portland, ME 04101<br>Telephone 207-774–1822<br>Fax 207-775–4301<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@mainehistory.org info@mainehistory.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.mainehistory.org/library_overview.shtml Maine Historical Society Brown Library]<br><br> | ||
:They have a very good collection for genealogists including 100,000 books, and 2 million manuscript pages from the 1400s to the present. They also provide in-library online access to NewEnglandAncestors.org, Ancestry Library, HeritageQuest™ Online, and the Proquest Digital Sanborn Maps of Maine.<ref name="DB53" /><ref>[http://www.mainehistory.org/gen_overview.shtml Genealogy and Family History Research at MHS] in ''Maine Historical Society'' (accessed 5 April 2016).</ref><br><br> | :They have a very good collection for genealogists including 100,000 books, and 2 million manuscript pages from the 1400s to the present. They also provide in-library online access to NewEnglandAncestors.org, Ancestry Library, HeritageQuest™ Online, and the Proquest Digital Sanborn Maps of Maine.<ref name="DB53" /><ref>[http://www.mainehistory.org/gen_overview.shtml Genealogy and Family History Research at MHS] in ''Maine Historical Society'' (accessed 5 April 2016).</ref><br><br> | ||
[[File:Maine State Library Museum Archives.jpg|right| | [[File:Maine State Library Museum Archives.jpg|right|280px]]'''[[Maine State Library]]'''<br>64 State House Station<br>Augusta, ME 04333<br>Telephone: 207-287-5600<br>Fax: 207-287-5624<br>E-mail: [http://www.maine.gov/msl/services/email.htm Ask a Librarian, Information Form]<br>Internet: [http://www.maine.gov/msl/index.shtml Maine State Library]<br><br> | ||
:Has history, genealogy, town histories, counties, Indians, boundary changes, rivers, maps, oral histories, and town/plantation records. This is the best genealogical repository in Maine.<ref name="DB53" /><br><br> | :Has history, genealogy, town histories, counties, Indians, boundary changes, rivers, maps, oral histories, and town/plantation records. This is the best genealogical repository in Maine.<ref name="DB53" /><br><br> | ||
[[File:Maine State Library Museum Archives.jpg|right| | [[File:Maine State Library Museum Archives.jpg|right|280px]]'''[[Maine State Archives]]'''<br>State House Station 84<br>Augusta, ME 04333-0084<br>Telephone: 207-287-5795<br>Fax: 207-289-5739<br>Internet: [http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/ Maine State Archives]<br><br> | ||
:Original records from all Maine counties, towns, and plantations.<ref name="DB53" /> A wiki article describing this collection is found at [[Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br><br> | :Original records from all Maine counties, towns, and plantations.<ref name="DB53" /> A wiki article describing this collection is found at [[Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br><br> | ||
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=== Regional Repositories === | === Regional Repositories === | ||
[[File:Bangor, ME Public Library IMG 2083.JPG|right| | [[File:Bangor, ME Public Library IMG 2083.JPG|right|280px]]'''[[Bangor Public Library]]'''<br>Bangor Room<br>145 Harlow Street<br>Bangor, ME 04401<br>Telephone: 207-947-8336<br>Fax 207-945-6694<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@bangorpubliclibrary.org info@bangorpubliclibrary.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.bpl.lib.me.us/LocalHistory/index_specialcollections.html Local History, the Bangor Room, and Special Collections]<br><br> | ||
:Genealogical and historical references for Bangor, the Penobscot Valley, the state of Maine, and the entire region of New England. They have censuses, Maine Register town histories, the ''Bangor Daily News'' Index, county histories, family records and research, genealogy handbooks, Bangor city directories, military histories, passenger lists, and scanned photos.<ref>[http://www.bpl.lib.me.us/LocalHistory/index_specialcollections.html Local History, the Bangor Room, and Special Collections] in ''Bangor Public Library'' (accessed 5 April 2016).</ref> They also provide free access to Ancestry Library and HeritageQuest Online.<br><br> | :Genealogical and historical references for Bangor, the Penobscot Valley, the state of Maine, and the entire region of New England. They have censuses, Maine Register town histories, the ''Bangor Daily News'' Index, county histories, family records and research, genealogy handbooks, Bangor city directories, military histories, passenger lists, and scanned photos.<ref>[http://www.bpl.lib.me.us/LocalHistory/index_specialcollections.html Local History, the Bangor Room, and Special Collections] in ''Bangor Public Library'' (accessed 5 April 2016).</ref> They also provide free access to Ancestry Library and HeritageQuest Online.<br><br> | ||
[[File:CutlerMemorialLibraryFarmingtonME.jpg|right| | [[File:CutlerMemorialLibraryFarmingtonME.jpg|right|280px]]'''[[Farmington Public Library]]'''<br>117 Academy Street<br>Farmington, ME 04938<br>Telephone: 207-778-4312<br>E-mail: [mailto:jenscott@farmington.lib.me.us jenscott@farmington.lib.me.us]<br>Internet: [http://www.farmington.lib.me.us/ Farmington Public Library]<br><br> | ||
:The Genealogy Room has over 1,700 works: town histories, published and unpublished family histories, local newspapers, Ancestry.com access, vital records, and cemetery transcripts.<ref>[http://www.farmington.lib.me.us/genealogy.html Genealogy Services] in ''Farmington Public Library'' (accessed 5 April 2016).</ref><br><br> | :The Genealogy Room has over 1,700 works: town histories, published and unpublished family histories, local newspapers, Ancestry.com access, vital records, and cemetery transcripts.<ref>[http://www.farmington.lib.me.us/genealogy.html Genealogy Services] in ''Farmington Public Library'' (accessed 5 April 2016).</ref><br><br> | ||
[[File:Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine.JPG|right| | [[File:Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine.JPG|right|280px]]'''[[Penobscot Marine Museum]]'''<br>Stephen Phillips Memorial Library<br>11 Church Street (PO Box 498)<br>Searsport, Maine 04974<br>Telephone: 207-548-2529 ext.212<br>E-mail: [mailto:cgood@pmm-maine.org cgood@pmm-maine.org]<br>Internet: [http://penobscotmarinemuseum.org/stephen-phillips-memorial-library/ Stephen Phillips Memorial Library]<br><br> | ||
:Their collection includes an important biographical index of Maine people. They also have records of shipping companies, ship registers, logbooks, and journals.<ref name="DB53" /><br><br> | :Their collection includes an important biographical index of Maine people. They also have records of shipping companies, ship registers, logbooks, and journals.<ref name="DB53" /><br><br> | ||
[[File:Skidompha Public Library, Damariscotta, Maine.JPG|right| | [[File:Skidompha Public Library, Damariscotta, Maine.JPG|right|280px]]'''[[Skidompha Public Library]]'''<br>Lincoln County Genealogy and History Center<br>184 Main Street (PO Box 70)<br>Damariscotta, Maine 04543<br>Telephone: 207-563-5513<br>E-mail: [mailto:skid@msln.net skid@msln.net]<br>Internet: [http://www.skidompha.org/genealogy.asp Genealogy:Find Your Roots]<br><br> | ||
:Their genealogy and local history collection is outstanding.<ref name="DB53" /> It is strongest for Lincoln County, but also includes other areas of Maine, New England, US, Canada, and other countries.<ref>[http://www.skidompha.org/genealogy.asp Genealogy: Find Your Roots] in ''Skidompha Library'' (accessed 5 April 2016).</ref><br><br> | :Their genealogy and local history collection is outstanding.<ref name="DB53" /> It is strongest for Lincoln County, but also includes other areas of Maine, New England, US, Canada, and other countries.<ref>[http://www.skidompha.org/genealogy.asp Genealogy: Find Your Roots] in ''Skidompha Library'' (accessed 5 April 2016).</ref><br><br> | ||
[[File:The Mall, University of Maine.jpg|right| | [[File:The Mall, University of Maine.jpg|right|280px]]'''[[University of Maine Fogler Library]]'''<br>Orono, ME 04469-5729<br>Telephone: 207-581-1661<br>Fax: 207-581-1653<br>E-mail: [http://umaine.altarama.com/reft100.aspx?pmi=jkOJXfJ6vx Ask a Librarian] form<br>Internet: [http://library.umaine.edu/ University of Maine Fogler Library]<br><br> | ||
:They have excellent collections about early Maine settlers, fisheries, Acadians, ships, and shipping companies.<ref name="DB53" /><br><br> | :They have excellent collections about early Maine settlers, fisheries, Acadians, ships, and shipping companies.<ref name="DB53" /><br><br> | ||
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Maine Archives and Libraries
These archives, libraries, societies, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Maine. Remember, Maine was part of Massachusetts until 1819, so early Maine records are often found in Massachusetts repositories.
Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for Maine[edit | edit source]
Allen County Public Library · American Antiquarian Society · Bangor Public Library · Farmington Public Library · Haverhill Public Library · Maine Historical Society · Maine State Archives · Maine State Library · Massachusetts Historical Society · National Archives at Boston · New England Historic Genealogical Society · Penobscot Marine Museum · Skidompha Public Library · University of Maine Fogler Library
Maine Online Records[edit | edit source]
Links to online databases and indexes that may include vital records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, maps, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records.
National Repositories[edit | edit source]
Allen County Public Library
900 Library Plaza
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
Telephone: 260-421-1225
E-mail: genealogy@acpl.info
Internet: Genealogy Center ACPL
- This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States[1] and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.[2] It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources, and Canadians. They have a great eastern seaboard and Maine collection.[3]
185 Salisbury Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634
Telephone: 508-755-5221
Fax: 508-753-3311
E-mail: Library@americanantiquarian.org
Internet: American Antiquarian Society
- Best known for its U.S. newspaper collection of over 18,000 bound volumes 1704-1820, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts.[4] They have Maine vital records, newspapers, and town histories. One of the best genealogy centers in America.[5]
380 Trapelo Road
Waltham, MA 02452-6399
Phone: (781) 663-0130
Fax: (781) 663-0154
E-mail: waltham.archives@nara.gov
Internet: National Archives at Boston
- Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, fortifications, coastal facilities, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, genealogy, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, Canadian border crossings.[6]
101 Newbury Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007
Telephone: 617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231
Fax: 617-536-7307
E-mail: info@nehgs.org
Internet: AmericanAncestors.org
- Best overall collection for New England vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.[7] The Maine collection has great detail on some early families, unpublished family histories, and many town and county histories.[5]
Statewide Repositories[edit | edit source]
99 Main Street
Haverhill, Massachusetts 01830
Telephone: 978-373-1586
E-mail: hpl-ref@mvlc.org
Internet: Haverhill Public Library Special Collections
- One of New England's largest collections of original manuscripts, books, genealogical periodicals, and surname folders, local history collection, genealogy databases, Massachusetts vital records to 1910, federal and state censuses, 9,000 New England town and family histories. Their collection of New England and Maine sources is larger than most.[5] [8]
489 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04101
Telephone 207-774–1822
Fax 207-775–4301
E-mail: info@mainehistory.org
Internet: Maine Historical Society Brown Library
- They have a very good collection for genealogists including 100,000 books, and 2 million manuscript pages from the 1400s to the present. They also provide in-library online access to NewEnglandAncestors.org, Ancestry Library, HeritageQuest™ Online, and the Proquest Digital Sanborn Maps of Maine.[5][9]
64 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Telephone: 207-287-5600
Fax: 207-287-5624
E-mail: Ask a Librarian, Information Form
Internet: Maine State Library
- Has history, genealogy, town histories, counties, Indians, boundary changes, rivers, maps, oral histories, and town/plantation records. This is the best genealogical repository in Maine.[5]
State House Station 84
Augusta, ME 04333-0084
Telephone: 207-287-5795
Fax: 207-289-5739
Internet: Maine State Archives
- Original records from all Maine counties, towns, and plantations.[5] A wiki article describing this collection is found at Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
Phone: (617) 727–2816
E-mail: archives@sec.state.ma.us
Internet: Massachusetts Archives Division
- The Massachusetts Archives Index, also known as the Colonial Index, cites almost every early New England immigrant inlcuding those for Maine.[5]
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215-3695
Telephone: 617-536-1608
Fax: 617-859-0074
E-mail: Contact Us
Internet: Massachusetts Historical Society
- Excellent historical materials, original town records, and genealogies related to Maine.[5] This collection does not repeat the New England Historic Genealogical Society collection.[10]
Regional Repositories[edit | edit source]
Bangor Room
145 Harlow Street
Bangor, ME 04401
Telephone: 207-947-8336
Fax 207-945-6694
E-mail: info@bangorpubliclibrary.org
Internet: Local History, the Bangor Room, and Special Collections
- Genealogical and historical references for Bangor, the Penobscot Valley, the state of Maine, and the entire region of New England. They have censuses, Maine Register town histories, the Bangor Daily News Index, county histories, family records and research, genealogy handbooks, Bangor city directories, military histories, passenger lists, and scanned photos.[11] They also provide free access to Ancestry Library and HeritageQuest Online.
117 Academy Street
Farmington, ME 04938
Telephone: 207-778-4312
E-mail: jenscott@farmington.lib.me.us
Internet: Farmington Public Library
- The Genealogy Room has over 1,700 works: town histories, published and unpublished family histories, local newspapers, Ancestry.com access, vital records, and cemetery transcripts.[12]
Stephen Phillips Memorial Library
11 Church Street (PO Box 498)
Searsport, Maine 04974
Telephone: 207-548-2529 ext.212
E-mail: cgood@pmm-maine.org
Internet: Stephen Phillips Memorial Library
- Their collection includes an important biographical index of Maine people. They also have records of shipping companies, ship registers, logbooks, and journals.[5]
Lincoln County Genealogy and History Center
184 Main Street (PO Box 70)
Damariscotta, Maine 04543
Telephone: 207-563-5513
E-mail: skid@msln.net
Internet: Genealogy:Find Your Roots
- Their genealogy and local history collection is outstanding.[5] It is strongest for Lincoln County, but also includes other areas of Maine, New England, US, Canada, and other countries.[13]
Orono, ME 04469-5729
Telephone: 207-581-1661
Fax: 207-581-1653
E-mail: Ask a Librarian form
Internet: University of Maine Fogler Library
- They have excellent collections about early Maine settlers, fisheries, Acadians, ships, and shipping companies.[5]
Maine Repositories Guide and Online Lists[edit | edit source]
- Maine State Archives, Public Record Repositories in Maine. (Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives, 1972). WorldCat 17248268; 1983 online digital edition. FHL Film 928040 item 4; Fiche 6051251; Book 974.1 A3m.
- Maine (Directory of Historical Societies) in D'Addezio A Directory of Historical Societies in the United States, Canada and Australia online.
- Usgennet.org Online Historical and Genealogical Societies of Maine.
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
Sources[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Allen County Public Library in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 28 April 2010).
- ↑ Genealogy Center in Allen County Public Library (accessed 28 April 2010).
- ↑ Genealogy Center Collections in Genealogy Center (accessed 27 February 2015).
- ↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 59. WorldCat 39493985; FHL Ref Book 973 J54d.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 Dollarhide and Bremer, 53.
- ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 124.
- ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.
- ↑ Genealogy Resources in Haverhill Public Library (accessed 14 November 2013).
- ↑ Genealogy and Family History Research at MHS in Maine Historical Society (accessed 5 April 2016).
- ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 57.
- ↑ Local History, the Bangor Room, and Special Collections in Bangor Public Library (accessed 5 April 2016).
- ↑ Genealogy Services in Farmington Public Library (accessed 5 April 2016).
- ↑ Genealogy: Find Your Roots in Skidompha Library (accessed 5 April 2016).
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