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=== People === | === People === | ||
Pre-statehood settlers of Maine were generally of English and Ulster Scots descent. They came from [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] and [[New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] or directly from [[England Genealogy|England]]. There were also a few hundred persons of Irish origin and free blacks in Maine. A large group of Germans came to the Waldo County area in the late 1700s. | Pre-statehood settlers of Maine were generally of English and Ulster Scots descent. They came from [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] and [[New Hampshire Genealogy|New Hampshire]] or directly from [[England Genealogy|England]]. There were also a few hundred persons of Irish origin and free blacks in Maine. A large group of Germans came to the Waldo County area in the late 1700s. | ||
Two groups of French descent compose 15 percent of the present population. The Acadians from Nova Scotia settled the Saint John Valley after 1763. A later French Canadian immigration from Quebec began after the Civil War. | Two groups of French descent compose 15 percent of the present population. The Acadians from Nova Scotia settled the Saint John Valley after 1763. A later French Canadian immigration from Quebec began after the Civil War. | ||