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=== [[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>[http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ Website]<br>[mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov/ Email]
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== Statewide Repositories ==
== Statewide Repositories ==
=== Maine Franco-Amercian Geneal Society ===
=== 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]
'''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>
 
: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]
: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>
  in ''Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society'' (accessed 26 April 2017).</ref><br><br>
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=== [[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>[http://www.mainehistory.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:info@mainehistory.org/ Email]  
: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|thumb|right|280px|Maine State Archives in Augusta]]84 State House Station <br>Augusta, ME 04333-0084<br>Telephone: 207-287-5795<br>Fax: 207-289-5739<br>Website: [http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/ Maine State Archives]
[[File:Maine State Library Museum Archives.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Maine State Archives in Augusta]]84 State House Station <br>Augusta, ME 04333-0084<br>Telephone: 207-287-5795<br>Fax: 207-289-5739<br>[http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/ Website]  
: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>
: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>
:*[https://www.mainememory.net/search/topic/'''Maine Memory Networks''']Including letters,photographs, maps and much more.<br><br>
:*[https://www.mainememory.net/search/topic/'''Maine Memory Networks''']Including letters,photographs, maps and much more.<br><br>


=== [[Maine State Library]]  ===
=== [[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]
[[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>[http://www.maine.gov/ Website<br>[http://www.maine.gov/msl/index.shtml/ Website]  
: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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