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== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for Maine == | == Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for Maine == | ||
[[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]]<br> | [[Allen County Public Library]] (Ft. Wayne IN){{·}} [[American Antiquarian Society]] (Worcester MA){{·}} [[Bangor Public Library]]{{·}} [[Farmington Public Library]]{{·}} [[Haverhill Public Library]] MA{{·}} Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society{{·}} [[Maine Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Maine State Archives]]{{·}} [[Maine State Library]]{{·}} Maine Vital Records Office{{·}} [[Massachusetts Historical Society]] (Boston MA){{·}} [[Massachusetts State Archives]] (Boston MA){{·}} [[National Archives at Boston]] (Waltham MA){{·}} [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] (Boston MA){{·}} [[Penobscot Marine Museum]]{{·}} [[Skidompha Public Library]]{{·}} [[University of Maine Fogler Library]]<br> | ||
== Online Records of Maine == | == Online Records of Maine == | ||
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[[Image:NARA Boston.jpg|thumb|right|280px|National Archives at Boston (in Waltham MA)]]<br> | |||
== National Repositories == | == National Repositories == | ||
=== [[National Archives at Boston]] === | === [[National Archives at Boston]] === | ||
380 Trapelo Road<br>Waltham, MA 02452-6399<br>Phone: (781) 663-0130<br>Fax: (781) 663-0154<br>E-mail: [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov waltham.archives@nara.gov]<br> Website: [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ National Archives at Boston] | 380 Trapelo Road<br>Waltham, MA 02452-6399<br>Phone: (781) 663-0130<br>Fax: (781) 663-0154<br>E-mail: [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov waltham.archives@nara.gov]<br> Website: [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ National Archives at Boston] | ||
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: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.<ref name="DB124">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 124. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | :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.<ref name="DB124">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 124. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | ||
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== Statewide Repositories == | == Statewide Repositories == | ||
=== Maine Franco-Amercian Geneal Society === | |||
'''Maine Franco-Amercian Genealogical Society Library'''<br>Fortin Group Funeral Home (2nd Floor)<br>217 Turner Street<br>Auburn, ME 04210<br>Telephone: 207-786-3327<br>E-mail: [mailto:mfgs@oxfordnetworks.net mfgs@oxfordnetworks.net]<br>Website: [http://www.simplesite.com/MFGSWebsite/ Maine Franco-Amercian Genealogical Society] | |||
:Over 1,700 volumes including marriage repertoires from Canada, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, the [[Loiselle Marriage Index]] of 520 Catholic parishes in Québec from mid-1600s to 1960, computers, books, microfiche, census indexes, Maine marriages 1892-1966, and local obituaries.<ref>[http://www.simplesite.com/MFGSWebsite/137296477 History of MFGS] | |||
in ''Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society'' (accessed 26 April 2017).</ref><br><br> | |||
| [[File:Maine Historical Society Brown Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|ME Historical Society Brown Library in Portland]] | | [[File:Maine Historical Society Brown Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|ME Historical Society Brown Library in Portland]] | ||
=== [[Maine Historical Society Brown Library]] === | === [[Maine Historical Society Brown Library]] === | ||
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>Website: [http://www.mainehistory.org/library_overview.shtml Maine Historical Society Brown Library] | 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>Website: [http://www.mainehistory.org/library_overview.shtml Maine Historical Society Brown Library] | ||
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[[File:Maine State Library Museum Archives.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Maine State Library in Augusta]]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>Website: [http://www.maine.gov/msl/index.shtml Maine State Library] | [[File:Maine State Library Museum Archives.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Maine State Library in Augusta]]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>Website: [http://www.maine.gov/msl/index.shtml 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.<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> | ||
=== Maine Vital Records Office === | |||
220 Capitol Street<br>11 State House Station<br>Augusta, Maine 04333-0011<br>Telephone: 207-287-3181 or 888-664-9491 toll free<br>Website: [http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/public-health-systems/data-research/vital-records/index.shtml Data, Research, and Vital Statistics - Vital Records] | |||
:'''Maine Vital Records''' collects records statewide of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces from 1892 to present, issuing certified copies on request.<ref>[http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/public-health-systems/data-research/vital-records/index.shtml Data, Research, and Vital Statistics - Vital Records] in ''Division of Public Health Systems'' in ''Maine.gov'' (accessed 26 April 2017).</ref> There are three ways to request their copies:<ref>[http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/public-health-systems/data-research/vital-records/order/index.shtml Maine Vital Records - Order Records] in ''Division of Public Health Systems'' in ''Maine.gov'' (accessed 26 April 2017).</ref> | |||
::*walk-in request with payment by cash or check | |||
::*written request through the mail with payment by check or money order, or | |||
::*online request (for an extra fee) with payment by credit card through the independent company '''[https://www.vitalchek.com/vital-records/maine VitalChek Maine]'''. | |||
:Some local [[Maine Town Records|plantation or town records]] may also include BMD vital records before 1892.<br><br> | |||
== Regional Repositories == | == Regional Repositories == | ||
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: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 Soc === | ||
[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|right|230px|NEHGS at 101 Newbury St in Boston]]'''New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS)'''<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>Website: [http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html AmericanAncestors.org] | [[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|right|230px|NEHGS at 101 Newbury St in Boston]]'''[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] (NEHGS)'''<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>Website: [http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html 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.<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> | ||