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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 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. | Pre-statehood settlers of Maine were generally of English and Ulster Scots descent. They came from [[Massachusetts, United States Genealogy|Massachusetts]] and [[New Hampshire, United States 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. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
''[[Maine Genealogy|Maine]].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ''[[Maine, United States Genealogy|Maine]].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ||
{{Maine | Maine}} | {{Maine | Maine}} | ||
[[Category:Maine, United States|Emigration]] [[Category:Acadians,_Cajuns,_and_Creoles]][[Category:France_Emigration_and_Immigration]] | [[Category:Maine, United States|Emigration]] [[Category:Acadians,_Cajuns,_and_Creoles]][[Category:France_Emigration_and_Immigration]] | ||