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*Noyes, Benjamin Lake. ''Vital Records Copied from Town, Church, & Cemetery Records in Various Towns and Counties of Maine Along the Atlantic Seaboard''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 1972. This source organizes names alphabetically by locality. It includes histories of some areas; people's birth, marriage and death dates; and names of spouses and children. {{FHL|89271|item|disp=FHL film 873738 items 1-2}}  
*Noyes, Benjamin Lake. ''Vital Records Copied from Town, Church, & Cemetery Records in Various Towns and Counties of Maine Along the Atlantic Seaboard''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 1972. This source organizes names alphabetically by locality. It includes histories of some areas; people's birth, marriage and death dates; and names of spouses and children. {{FHL|89271|item|disp=FHL film 873738 items 1-2}}  
*Torrey, Clarence Almon. ''New England Marriages Prior to 1700''. Andover, Massachusetts : Northeast Document Conservation Center, [1983?]. Most of the pre-1700 New England marriages collected from printed and manuscript records in the New England Historic Genealogical Society. {{FHL|290345|item|disp=FHL films 929494-929500}}
*Torrey, Clarence Almon. ''[[Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700|New England Marriages Prior to 1700]]''. Andover, Massachusetts : Northeast Document Conservation Center, [1983?]. Most of the pre-1700 New England marriages collected from printed and manuscript records in the New England Historic Genealogical Society. {{FHL|290345|item|disp=FHL films 929494-929500}}


The [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] and the [http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/index.html Maine State Archives] also have an index to pre-1892 vital records for 80 towns. The index includes birth, delayed birth, marriage, and death records.  
The [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] and the [http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/index.html Maine State Archives] also have an index to pre-1892 vital records for 80 towns. The index includes birth, delayed birth, marriage, and death records.  
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*Maine. Division of Vital Statistics. ''Index to Vital Records: Bride's Index to Marriages, 1895-1953''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954. This index includes names of brides, names of grooms, and marriage data. {{FHL|276286|item|disp=FHL films 010261-371}}
*Maine. Division of Vital Statistics. ''Index to Vital Records: Bride's Index to Marriages, 1895-1953''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954. This index includes names of brides, names of grooms, and marriage data. {{FHL|276286|item|disp=FHL films 010261-371}}


'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When an '''eloping''' Maine couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Cecil County, Maryland Genealogy|Elkton, Cecil, Maryland]], or [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William County, VA]], or in towns just across the Canadian border.<ref name="Eakle1">Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at "http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/</ref>  
'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When an '''eloping''' Maine couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Cecil County, Maryland Genealogy|Elkton, Cecil, Maryland]], or [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William County, VA]], or in towns just across the Canadian border.<ref name="Eakle1">Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at "http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/</ref>


== Divorce Records  ==
== Divorce Records  ==
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