Maine Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

| [[File:Maine Historical Society Brown Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|ME Historical Society Brown Library in Portland]]

: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>

: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" />

:Genealogical and historical references for Bangor, the Penobscot Valley, the state of Maine, and the entire region of New England.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.

:The Genealogy Room has over 1,700 works: town histories, published and unpublished family histories, local newspapers, Ancestry.com access, vital records, and cemetery transcripts.<ref>[http://www.farmington.lib.me.us/genealogy.html Genealogy Services] in ''Farmington Public Library'' (accessed 5 April 2016).</ref>

:Their collection includes an important biographical index of Maine people. They also have records of shipping companies, ship registers, logbooks, and journals.<ref name="DB53" />

:Their genealogy and local history collection is outstanding.<ref name="DB53" />  It is strongest for Lincoln County, but also includes other areas of Maine, New England, US, Canada, and other countries.<ref>[http://www.skidompha.org/genealogy.asp Genealogy: Find Your Roots] in ''Skidompha Library'' (accessed 5 April 2016).</ref>

:They have excellent collections about early Maine settlers, fisheries, Acadians, ships, and shipping companies.<ref name="DB53" />

:Maine was part of [[Massachusetts Genealogy|Massachusetts]] until 1819, so early Maine records are often found in Massachusetts repositories.[[Image:Allen County Public Library.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Allen Co Public Library IN]]

:This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_County_Public_Library Allen County Public Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.<ref name="ACPLGC">[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] in ''Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources, and Canadians. They have a great eastern seaboard and '''Maine''' collection.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref>

:Best known for its U.S. newspaper collection of over 18,000 bound volumes 1704-1820, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts.<ref name="DB59">Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.</ref>  They have '''Maine''' vital records, newspapers, and town histories. One of the best genealogy centers in America.<ref name="DB53">Dollarhide and Bremer, 53.</ref>

:One of New England's largest collections of original manuscripts, books, genealogical periodicals, and surname folders, local history collection, genealogy databases, Massachusetts vital records to 1910, federal and state censuses, 9,000 New England town and family histories. Their collection of New England and '''Maine''' sources is larger than most.<ref name="DB53" /> <ref>[http://www.haverhillpl.org/about/local-history/#genealogy-resources Genealogy Resources] in ''Haverhill Public Library'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref>

:The ''Massachusetts Archives Index'', also known as the ''Colonial Index'', cites almost every early New England immigrant inlcuding those for '''Maine'''.<ref name="DB53" />

: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" />

To locate one of the other centers nearest to you, see [http://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator Find a Family History Center].