Maine Archives and Libraries

United States Maine Maine Archives and Libraries

The following archives and libraries have collections or services helpful to researchers. One point to remember is that Maine was part of Massachusetts until 1819, and so some records in Massachusetts have information about people living in Maine before that date.

Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Maine

Maine State Archives · Maine State Library · Maine Historical Society · Cutler Memorial Library (Farmington) · Allen County Public Library · New England Historic Genealogical Society · National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)

National Archives

National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)

National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)
380 Trapelo Road
Waltham, MA 02154
Telephone: 617-647-8100
E-mail: boston.archives@nara.gov
Website: archives.gov/northeast/boston/

The National Archives Northeast Region at Boston, Massachusetts has records for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont including several on-line databases.

• Navy Records
• Maritime Records
• Post Civil War Tax Records
• Chinese Immigration and the Chinese in the United States

Statewide Archives

Maine State Archives

Maine State Archives
State House Station 84
Augusta, ME 04333-0084
Telephone: 207-287-5795
Fax: 207-289-5739

A wiki article describing this collection is found at Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Libraries

• Bangor Public Library
  145 Harlow Street
  Bangor, ME 04401
  Telephone: 207-947-8336
  Fax 207-945-6694

• University of Maine at Orono
  Raymond H. Fogler Library, Special Collections
  P.O. Box 5729
  Orono, ME 04469-5729
  Telephone: 207-581-1686
  Fax: 207-581-1653

Reference Book

Public Record Repositories in Maine. 1976. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives, 1976. FHL book 974.1 A3m; FHL film 1036235 item 6; FHL film 928040 item 4; fiche 6051251.

Maine Online Records

Links to online databases and indexes that may include vital records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, maps, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records.

Web Sites

• D'Addezio - Maine Societies

• GeneaSearch - Maine Genealogical and Historical Societies

• Usgennet.org - on-line Historical and Genealogical Societies of Maine

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)