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==== Maine Historical Society Brown Library  ====
==== Maine Historical Society Brown Library  ====
[[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>
[[File:Maine Historical Society Brown Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|ME Historical Society Brown Library in Portland]]'''[[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>
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==== Maine State Archives  ====
==== Maine State Archives  ====
[[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>
[[File:Maine State Library Museum Archives.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Maine State Archives in Augusta]]'''[[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>


==== Maine State Library  ====
==== Maine State Library  ====
[[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>
[[File:Maine State Library Museum Archives.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Maine State Library in Augusta]]'''[[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>
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==== Bangor Public Library  ====
==== Bangor Public Library  ====
[[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>
[[File:Bangor, ME Public Library IMG 2083.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Bangor Public Library]]'''[[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>


==== Farmington Public Library ====
==== Farmington Public Library ====
[[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>
[[File:CutlerMemorialLibraryFarmingtonME.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Farmington Public Library]]'''[[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>


==== Penobscot Marine Museum  ====
==== Penobscot Marine Museum  ====
[[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>
[[File:Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport]]'''[[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>


==== Skidompha Public Library  ====
==== Skidompha Public Library  ====
[[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>
[[File:Skidompha Public Library, Damariscotta, Maine.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta]]'''[[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>


==== University of Maine Fogler Library  ====
==== University of Maine Fogler Library  ====
[[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>
[[File:The Mall, University of Maine.jpg|thumb|right|280px|University of Maine Fogler Library in Orono]]'''[[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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==== Allen County Public Library  ====
==== Allen County Public Library  ====
'''[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]'''[[Image:Allen County Public Library.jpg|right|165px|Allen County Public Library.jpg]] <br> 900 Library Plaza <br> Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 <br> Telephone: 260-421-1225 <br> E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info]<br>Internet: [http://www.genealogycenter.org/ Genealogy Center ACPL] <br><br>  
'''[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]'''[[Image:Allen County Public Library.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Allen Co Public Library IN]] <br> 900 Library Plaza <br> Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 <br> Telephone: 260-421-1225 <br> E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info]<br>Internet: [http://www.genealogycenter.org/ Genealogy Center ACPL] <br><br>  


:This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_County_Public_Library Allen County Public Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> 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.<ref name="ACPLGC">[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] in ''Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> <br><br>
:This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_County_Public_Library Allen County Public Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> 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.<ref name="ACPLGC">[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] in ''Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> <br><br>


==== American Antiquarian Society  ====
==== American Antiquarian Society  ====
[[Image:WorcesterMA AntiquarianSociety 2.jpg|right|280px|WorcesterMA AntiquarianSociety 2.jpg]]'''[[American Antiquarian Society]]'''<br>185 Salisbury Street<br>Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634<br>Telephone: 508-755-5221<br>Fax: 508-753-3311<br>E-mail: [mailto:Library@americanantiquarian.org Library@americanantiquarian.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society]<br><br>
[[Image:WorcesterMA AntiquarianSociety 2.jpg|thumb|right|280px|American Antiquarian Society in Worcester MA]]'''[[American Antiquarian Society]]'''<br>185 Salisbury Street<br>Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634<br>Telephone: 508-755-5221<br>Fax: 508-753-3311<br>E-mail: [mailto:Library@americanantiquarian.org Library@americanantiquarian.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society]<br><br>


: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.<ref name="DB59">Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.</ref>  They have '''Maine''' vital records, newspapers, and town histories. One of the best genealogy centers in America.<ref name="DB53">Dollarhide and Bremer, 53.</ref><br><br>
: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.<ref name="DB59">Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.</ref>  They have '''Maine''' vital records, newspapers, and town histories. One of the best genealogy centers in America.<ref name="DB53">Dollarhide and Bremer, 53.</ref><br><br>


==== Haverhill Public Library  ====
==== Haverhill Public Library  ====
[[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>  
[[File:Haverhill Public Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Haverhill Public Library in Massachusetts]]'''[[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>


==== Massachusetts Historical Society Library  ====
==== Massachusetts Historical Society Library  ====
[[Image:MassHistorichq.JPG|right|280px|MassHistorichq.JPG]]'''[[Massachusetts Historical Society Library]]'''<br>1154 Boylston Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02215-3695<br>Telephone: 617-536-1608<br>Fax: 617-859-0074<br>E-mail: [http://www.masshist.org/contact Contact Us]<br>Internet: [http://www.masshist.org/ Massachusetts Historical Society]<br><br>  
[[Image:MassHistorichq.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston]]'''[[Massachusetts Historical Society Library]]'''<br>1154 Boylston Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02215-3695<br>Telephone: 617-536-1608<br>Fax: 617-859-0074<br>E-mail: [http://www.masshist.org/contact Contact Us]<br>Internet: [http://www.masshist.org/ Massachusetts Historical Society]<br><br>  


:Excellent historical materials, original town records, and genealogies related to '''Maine'''.<ref name="DB53" /> This collection does '''not''' repeat the New England Historic Genealogical Society collection.<ref name="DB57">Dollarhide and Bremer, 57.</ref><br><br>
:Excellent historical materials, original town records, and genealogies related to '''Maine'''.<ref name="DB53" /> This collection does '''not''' repeat the New England Historic Genealogical Society collection.<ref name="DB57">Dollarhide and Bremer, 57.</ref><br><br>


==== Massachusetts State Archives  ====
==== Massachusetts State Archives  ====
[[Image:MA State Archives exterior.jpg|right|280px|MA State Archives exterior.jpg]]'''[[Massachusetts State Archives]]'''<br>220 Morrissey Boulevard <br>Boston, Massachusetts 02125<br>Phone: (617) 727–2816 <br>E-mail: [mailto:archives@sec.state.ma.us <u>archives@sec.state.ma.us</u>]<br>Internet: [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcidx.htm Massachusetts Archives Division]<br><br>  
[[Image:MA State Archives exterior.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Masschusetts State Archives in Boston]]'''[[Massachusetts State Archives]]'''<br>220 Morrissey Boulevard <br>Boston, Massachusetts 02125<br>Phone: (617) 727–2816 <br>E-mail: [mailto:archives@sec.state.ma.us <u>archives@sec.state.ma.us</u>]<br>Internet: [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcidx.htm Massachusetts Archives Division]<br><br>  


:The ''Massachusetts Archives Index'', also known as the ''Colonial Index'', cites almost every early New England immigrant inlcuding those for '''Maine'''.<ref name="DB53" /><br><br>
:The ''Massachusetts Archives Index'', also known as the ''Colonial Index'', cites almost every early New England immigrant inlcuding those for '''Maine'''.<ref name="DB53" /><br><br>


==== New England Historic Genealogical Society  ====
==== New England Historic Genealogical Society  ====
[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|right|230px]]'''[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]'''<br>101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007<br>Telephone: &nbsp;617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>Fax: &nbsp;617-536-7307<br>E-mail: &nbsp;[mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html AmericanAncestors.org]<br><br>  
[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|right|230px|NEHGS at 101 Newbury St in Boston]]'''[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]'''<br>101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007<br>Telephone: &nbsp;617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>Fax: &nbsp;617-536-7307<br>E-mail: &nbsp;[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>


=== Maine Repositories Guide and Online Lists ===
=== For Further Reading ===


*Maine State Archives, ''Public Record Repositories in Maine.'' (Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives, 1972). {{WorldCat|17248268}}; [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE2558325 1983 online digital edition]. {{FHL|124862|item|disp=FHL Film 928040 item 4; Fiche 6051251; Book 974.1 A3m}}.
*Maine State Archives, ''Public Record Repositories in Maine.'' (Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives, 1972). {{WorldCat|17248268}}; [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE2558325 1983 online digital edition]. {{FHL|124862|item|disp=FHL Film 928040 item 4; Fiche 6051251; Book 974.1 A3m}}.

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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

Online Records of Maine[edit | edit source]

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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 Archives at Boston

National Repositories[edit | edit source]

National Archives at Boston[edit | edit source]

National Archives at Boston
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

The Boston archives branch has Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, forts, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, Canadian border crossings.[1]

Statewide Repositories[edit | edit source]

Maine Historical Society Brown Library[edit | edit source]

ME Historical Society Brown Library in Portland
Maine Historical Society Brown Library
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.[2][3]

Maine State Archives[edit | edit source]

Maine State Archives in Augusta

Maine State Archives
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.[2] A wiki article describing this collection is found at Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Maine State Library[edit | edit source]

Maine State Library in Augusta

Maine State Library
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.[2]

Regional Repositories[edit | edit source]

Bangor Public Library[edit | edit source]

Bangor Public Library

Bangor Public Library
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.[4] They also provide free access to Ancestry Library and HeritageQuest Online.

Farmington Public Library[edit | edit source]

Farmington Public Library

Farmington Public Library
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.[5]

Penobscot Marine Museum[edit | edit source]

Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport

Penobscot Marine Museum
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.[2]

Skidompha Public Library[edit | edit source]

Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta

Skidompha Public Library
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.[2] It is strongest for Lincoln County, but also includes other areas of Maine, New England, US, Canada, and other countries.[6]

University of Maine Fogler Library[edit | edit source]

University of Maine Fogler Library in Orono

University of Maine Fogler Library
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.[2]

Outside of Maine Repositories[edit | edit source]

Maine was part of Massachusetts until 1819, so early Maine records are often found in Massachusetts repositories.

Allen County Public Library[edit | edit source]

Allen County Public Library

Allen Co Public Library IN


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[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

American Antiquarian Society[edit | edit source]

American Antiquarian Society in Worcester MA

American Antiquarian Society
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.[10] They have Maine vital records, newspapers, and town histories. One of the best genealogy centers in America.[2]

Haverhill Public Library[edit | edit source]

Haverhill Public Library in Massachusetts

Haverhill Public Library
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.[2] [11]

Massachusetts Historical Society Library[edit | edit source]

Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston

Massachusetts Historical Society Library
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 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.[2] This collection does not repeat the New England Historic Genealogical Society collection.[12]

Massachusetts State Archives[edit | edit source]

Masschusetts State Archives in Boston

Massachusetts State Archives
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.[2]

New England Historic Genealogical Society[edit | edit source]

NEHGS at 101 Newbury St in Boston

New England Historic Genealogical Society
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.[13] The Maine collection has great detail on some early families, unpublished family histories, and many town and county histories.[2]

For Further Reading[edit | edit source]

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 124. WorldCat 39493985; FHL Ref Book 973 J54d.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Dollarhide and Bremer, 53.
  3. ↑ Genealogy and Family History Research at MHS in Maine Historical Society (accessed 5 April 2016).
  4. ↑ Local History, the Bangor Room, and Special Collections in Bangor Public Library (accessed 5 April 2016).
  5. ↑ Genealogy Services in Farmington Public Library (accessed 5 April 2016).
  6. ↑ Genealogy: Find Your Roots in Skidompha Library (accessed 5 April 2016).
  7. ↑ Allen County Public Library in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 28 April 2010).
  8. ↑ Genealogy Center in Allen County Public Library (accessed 28 April 2010).
  9. ↑ Genealogy Center Collections in Genealogy Center (accessed 27 February 2015).
  10. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.
  11. ↑ Genealogy Resources in Haverhill Public Library (accessed 14 November 2013).
  12. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 57.
  13. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.
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