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Revision as of 12:48, 18 May 2016

United States Gotoarrow.png U.S. Census Gotoarrow.png Maine Gotoarrow.png Census

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Tips
  • If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
  • Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
  • Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
  • On the family group record show each person's census listings.
  • Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.


  • For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Why use a census?[edit | edit source]

A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

Online Maine indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Maine

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Federal Census Microfilms Available from the Family History Library
1940 N/A 1910  1870             1790
1930 1900 and Soundex 1860
1920 and Soundex 1880 and Soundex  1850


Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives
1940 N/A 1910 T624    1860 M653        1820 M33 
1930 T626 1900 T623   Soundex T1049 1850 M432 1810 M252 
1920 T625   Soundex M1565 1880 T9   Soundex T752 1840 M704  1800 M32 
  1870 M593 1830 M19 1790 M637 

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Maine, click here

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Maine

Free Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card) Pay
Year Type Record Search Census Bureau Google Book Heritage Quest Ancestry FHL Ancestry Library Ancestry Home
1890 Veterans Link - - - Link Link Link
1880 Defective - - - - Link Link Link
1880 Mortality Link - - - Link Link Link
1870 Mortality Link - - - Link Link Link
1860 Mortality Link - - - Link Link Link
1850 Mortality Link - - - Link Link Link
1840 Pensioners Link BookLink BookLink - Link Link Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Family History Library Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Maine

  • 1890 Veterans United States. Census Office. 11th Census, 1890. Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Washington, D.C.: The National Archives, 1948. (Family History Library films for Maine FHL Collection Films 338165-6
  • 1880 Mortality FHL Collection Film 1841575
  • 1870 Mortality FHL Collection Film 9740
  • 1860 Mortality FHL Collection Film 009740
  • 1850 Mortality FHL Collection Film 009739])

National Archives Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Maine

  • 1935 Census of Business
  • 1820 Manufactures schedule

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Maine, click here.

State, territorial, and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]

Maine took censuses in the years between the federal censuses, the dates are listed below. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family *1905 Scarboro only, in Cumberland County[1] *1904 Kennebunkport only, in York County[2] *1837 State (some towns missing).[3] The Maine State Archives website (www.maine.gov/sos/arc/research/vitalrec.html) says, "The Archives also has partial returns of the special revenue-sharing census of 1837." Another page of the Maine State Archives website (www.maine.gov/sos/arc/research/townhist.html) says, "1837 Revenue-Sharing Census . . . covers Bangor, Portland and the unincorporated townships of that time only, and includes the name of the head of the house, and the number of other people living there." See also "Online Federal and State Population Schedules for Maine" above.

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Maine censuses, click here.

More about censuses[edit | edit source]

Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:

Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Maine, Washington County Courthouse Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)


  1. ↑ H.E. Mitchell, and E.M. Campbell, Scarboro Register 1905 (1905; reprint, Salem, Massachusetts : Higginson, [1998?]) [FHL Book 974.191/S1 H2mh].
  2. ↑ H.E. Mitchell, and E.M. Campbell, The Kennebunkport Register, 1904 (1904; reprint, Salem, Massachusetts : Higginson, [1998?]) [FHL Book 974.195/K4 E4m].
  3. ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[FS Catalog book 973 X2Lai ]], 49-52.
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