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=== [[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>[http://www.maine.gov/ Website<br> | [[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> There are 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 === | === 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> | 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> [http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/ Website]<br> | ||
:'''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> | :'''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> | :Some local [[Maine Town Records|plantation or town records]] may also include BMD vital records before 1892.<br><br> | ||
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=== [[Bangor Public Library]] === | === [[Bangor Public Library]] === | ||
[[File:Bangor, ME Public Library IMG 2083.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Bangor Public Library]]Bangor Room<br>145 Harlow Street<br>Bangor, ME 04401<br>Telephone: 207-947-8336<br>Fax 207-945-6694<br> | [[File:Bangor, ME Public Library IMG 2083.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Bangor Public Library]]Bangor Room<br>145 Harlow Street<br>Bangor, ME 04401<br>Telephone: 207-947-8336<br>Fax 207-945-6694<br>[mailto:info@bangorpubliclibrary.org/ info@bangorpubliclibrary.org]<br>Website: [http://www.bpl.lib.me.us/LocalHistory/index_specialcollections.html Local History, the Bangor Room, and Special Collections][mailto:info@bangorpubliclibrary.org info@bangorpubliclibrary.org] | ||
: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|thumb|right|280px|Farmington Public Library]] | [[File:CutlerMemorialLibraryFarmingtonME.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Farmington Public Library]] | ||