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[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Maine Genealogy|Maine]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Maine Archives and Libraries''' | [[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Maine Genealogy|Maine]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Maine Archives and Libraries''' | ||
These archives, libraries, societies, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Maine. Remember, Maine was part of [[Massachusetts Genealogy|Massachusetts]] until 1819, so early Maine records are often found in Massachusetts repositories. | |||
=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories | === Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for Maine === | ||
[[ | [[Allen County Public Library]]{{·}} [[American Antiquarian Society]]{{·}} [[Bangor Public Library]]{{·}} [[Farmington Public Library]]{{·}} [[Haverhill Public Library]]{{·}} [[Maine Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Maine State Archives]]{{·}} [[Maine State Library]]{{·}} [[Massachusetts Historical Society]]{{·}} [[National Archives at Boston]]{{·}} [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[Penobscot Marine Museum]]{{·}} [[Skidompha Public Library]]{{·}} [[University of Maine Fogler Library]] | ||
=== Maine Online Records === | |||
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=== National Repositories === | === National Repositories === | ||
'''[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]'''[[Image:Allen County Public Library.jpg|right|145px|Allen County Public Library.jpg]] <br> 900 Library Plaza <br> Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 <br> Telephone: 260-421-1225 <br> E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info]<br>Internet: [http://www.genealogycenter.org/ Genealogy Center ACPL] <br><br> | |||
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: | :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> <br><br> | ||
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'''[[ | [[Image:WorcesterMA AntiquarianSociety 2.jpg|right|250px|WorcesterMA AntiquarianSociety 2.jpg]]'''[[American Antiquarian Society]]'''<br>185 Salisbury Street<br>Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634<br>Telephone: 508-755-5221<br>Fax: 508-753-3311<br>E-mail: [mailto:Library@americanantiquarian.org Library@americanantiquarian.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society]<br><br> | ||
: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">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 59. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</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><br><br> | |||
[[Image:NARA Boston.jpg|right|250px|NARA Boston.jpg]]'''[[National Archives at Boston]]'''<br>380 Trapelo Road<br>Waltham, MA 02452-6399<br>Phone: (781) 663-0130<br>Fax: (781) 663-0154<br>E-mail: [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov waltham.archives@nara.gov]<br> Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ National Archives at Boston]<br><br> | |||
:Connecticut, '''Maine''', Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, fortifications, coastal facilities, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, genealogy, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, Canadian border crossings.<ref name="DB124">Dollarhide and Bremer, 124.</ref><br><br> | |||
[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|right|250px|NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg]]'''[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]'''<br>101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007<br>Telephone: 617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>Fax: 617-536-7307<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html AmericanAncestors.org]<br><br> | |||
: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" /><br><br> | |||
=== Statewide Repositories === | === Statewide Repositories === | ||
== | [[File:Haverhill Public Library.jpg|right|250px]]'''[[Haverhill Public Library]]'''<br>99 Main Street<br>Haverhill, Massachusetts 01830<br>Telephone: 978-373-1586<br>E-mail: [mailto:hpl-ref@mvlc.org hpl-ref@mvlc.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.haverhillpl.org/information/local-history-2/ Haverhill Public Library Special Collections] <br><br> | ||
[http://www.maine.gov/ | |||
: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><br><br> | |||
[[File:Maine Historical Society Brown Library.jpg|right|250px]]'''[[Maine Historical Society Brown Library]]'''<br>489 Congress Street<br>Portland, ME 04101<br>Telephone 207-774–1822<br>Fax 207-775–4301<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@mainehistory.org info@mainehistory.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.mainehistory.org/library_overview.shtml Maine Historical Society Brown Library]<br><br> | |||
: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><br><br> | |||
[[File:Maine State Library Museum Archives.jpg|right|250px]]'''[[Maine State Library]]'''<br>64 State House Station<br>Augusta, ME 04333<br>Telephone: 207-287-5600<br>Fax: 207-287-5624<br>E-mail: [http://www.maine.gov/msl/services/email.htm Ask a Librarian, Information Form]<br>Internet: [http://www.maine.gov/msl/index.shtml Maine State Library]<br><br> | |||
: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" /><br><br> | |||
[[File:Maine State Library Museum Archives.jpg|right|250px]]'''[[Maine State Archives]]'''<br>State House Station 84<br>Augusta, ME 04333-0084<br>Telephone: 207-287-5795<br>Fax: 207-289-5739<br>Internet: [http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/ Maine State Archives]<br><br> | |||
:Original records from all Maine counties, towns, and plantations.<ref name="DB53" /> A wiki article describing this collection is found at [[Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br><br> | |||
[[Image:MA State Archives exterior.jpg|right|250px|MA State Archives exterior.jpg]]'''[[Massachusetts State Archives]]'''<br>220 Morrissey Boulevard <br>Boston, Massachusetts 02125<br>Phone: (617) 727–2816 <br>E-mail: [mailto:archives@sec.state.ma.us <u>archives@sec.state.ma.us</u>]<br>Internet: [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcidx.htm Massachusetts Archives Division]<br><br> | |||
= | :The ''Massachusetts Archives Index'', also known as the ''Colonial Index'', cites almost every early New England immigrant inlcuding those for '''Maine'''.<ref name="DB53" /><br><br> | ||
[[Image:MassHistorichq.JPG|right|250px|MassHistorichq.JPG]]'''[[Massachusetts Historical Society Library]]'''<br>1154 Boylston Street<br>Boston, MA 02215-3695<br>Telephone: 617-536-1608<br>Fax: 617-859-0074<br>E-mail: [http://www.masshist.org/contact Contact Us]<br>Internet: [http://www.masshist.org/ Massachusetts Historical Society]<br><br> | |||
:Excellent historical materials, original town records, and genealogies related to '''Maine'''.<ref name="DB53" /> This collection does '''not''' repeat the New England Historic Genealogical Society collection.<ref name="DB57">Dollarhide and Bremer, 57.</ref><br><br> | |||
=== | === Regional Repositories === | ||
''Public | [[File:Bangor, ME Public Library IMG 2083.JPG|right|250px]]'''[[Bangor Public Library]]'''<br>Bangor Room<br>145 Harlow Street<br>Bangor, ME 04401<br>Telephone: 207-947-8336<br>Fax 207-945-6694<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@bangorpubliclibrary.org info@bangorpubliclibrary.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.bpl.lib.me.us/LocalHistory/index_specialcollections.html Local History, the Bangor Room, and Special Collections]<br><br> | ||
: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.<br><br> | |||
[[File:CutlerMemorialLibraryFarmingtonME.jpg|right|250px]]'''[[Farmington Public Library]]'''<br>117 Academy Street<br>Farmington, ME 04938<br>Telephone: 207-778-4312<br>E-mail: [mailto:jenscott@farmington.lib.me.us jenscott@farmington.lib.me.us]<br>Internet: [http://www.farmington.lib.me.us/ Farmington Public Library]<br><br> | |||
: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><br><br> | |||
[[File:Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine.JPG|right|250px]]'''[[Penobscot Marine Museum]]'''<br>Stephen Phillips Memorial Library<br>11 Church Street (PO Box 498)<br>Searsport, Maine 04974<br>Telephone: 207-548-2529 ext.212<br>E-mail: [mailto:cgood@pmm-maine.org cgood@pmm-maine.org]<br>Internet: [http://penobscotmarinemuseum.org/stephen-phillips-memorial-library/ Stephen Phillips Memorial Library]<br><br> | |||
: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" /><br><br> | |||
[[File:Skidompha Public Library, Damariscotta, Maine.JPG|right|250px]]'''[[Skidompha Public Library]]'''<br>Lincoln County Genealogy and History Center<br>184 Main Street (PO Box 70)<br>Damariscotta, Maine 04543<br>Telephone: 207-563-5513<br>E-mail: [mailto:skid@msln.net skid@msln.net]<br>Internet: [http://www.skidompha.org/genealogy.asp Genealogy:Find Your Roots]<br><br> | |||
: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><br><br> | |||
[[File:The Mall, University of Maine.jpg|right|250px]]'''[[University of Maine Fogler Library]]'''<br>Orono, ME 04469-5729<br>Telephone: 207-581-1661<br>Fax: 207-581-1653<br>E-mail: [http://umaine.altarama.com/reft100.aspx?pmi=jkOJXfJ6vx Ask a Librarian] form<br>Internet: [http://library.umaine.edu/ University of Maine Fogler Library]<br><br> | |||
:They have excellent collections about early Maine settlers, fisheries, Acadians, ships, and shipping companies.<ref name="DB53" /><br><br> | |||
=== Maine Repositories Guide and Online Lists === | |||
*Maine State Archives, ''Public Record Repositories in Maine.'' (Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives, 1972). {{WorldCat|17248268}}; [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE2558325 1983 online digital edition]. {{FHL|124862|item|disp=FHL Film 928040 item 4; Fiche 6051251; Book 974.1 A3m}}. | |||
*[http://www.daddezio.com/society/hill/SH-ME-NDX.html Maine (Directory of Historical Societies)] in D'Addezio ''A Directory of Historical Societies in the United States, Canada and Australia'' online. | |||
*[http://www.usgennet.org/socadmin/me.html Usgennet.org Online Historical and Genealogical Societies of Maine]. | |||
'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''<br> | |||
:*[[Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)<br>]] | |||
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