Maine Census

United States U.S. Census Maine Census

Tips

If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
On the family group record show each person's census listings.
Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.

For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Online Maine indexes and images

Template:Census Online Maine

Federal population schedules

Microfilm images

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Maine, click here

Federal non-population schedules

Online indexes and images

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Maine
		Free			Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card)			Pay
Year	Type	Record Search	Census Bureau	Google Book	Heritage Quest	Ancestry FHL	Ancestry Library	Ancestry Home
1890	Veterans	-	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1880	Defective	-	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1880	Mortality	-	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1870	Mortality	-	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1860	Mortality	-	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1850	Mortality	Link	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1840	Pensioners	-	BookLink	BookLink	-	Link	Link	Link

Microfilm images

1890 Veterans United States. Census Office. 11th Census, 1890. Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Washington, D.C.: The National Archives, 1948. (Family History Library films for Maine 338165-6)
1880 Mortality (Family History Library film 1841575)
1870 Mortality (Family History Library film 009741)
1860 Mortality (Family History Library film 009740)
1850 Mortality (Family History Library film 009739)

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Maine, click here.

State, territorial, and colonial censuses

1905 Scarboro only, in Cumberland County^[1]
1904 Kennebunkport only, in York County^[2]
1837 State (some towns missing).^[3] See also "Online Federal and State Population Schedules for Maine" above.

Existing and lost censuses

For a list of available and missing Maine censuses, click here.

Why use a census?

A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses

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Sources and footnotes

↑ H.E. Mitchell, and E.M. Campbell, Scarboro Register 1905 (1905; reprint, Salem, Massachusetts : Higginson, [1998?]) [FHL Book 974.191/S1 H2mh].
↑ H.E. Mitchell, and E.M. Campbell, The Kennebunkport Register, 1904 (1904; reprint, Salem, Massachusetts : Higginson, [1998?]) [FHL Book 974.195/K4 E4m].
↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[FS Catalog book 973 X2Lai ]], 49-52.

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[1] H.E. Mitchell, and E.M. Campbell, Scarboro Register 1905 (1905; reprint, Salem, Massachusetts : Higginson, [1998?]) [FHL Book 974.191/S1 H2mh].

[2] H.E. Mitchell, and E.M. Campbell, The Kennebunkport Register, 1904 (1904; reprint, Salem, Massachusetts : Higginson, [1998?]) [FHL Book 974.195/K4 E4m].

[Lainh-3] Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[FS Catalog book 973 X2Lai ]], 49-52.

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