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Guide to Maine Online Genealogy Records for researching ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth, marriage, death, census, church, military, immigration, and naturalization records.

Maine Statewide Online Genealogy Records This chart shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions (such as a county or town), go to Locating Online Databases. Ancestry.com, FindMyPast.com, and MyHeritage.com can be searched free of charge at your local family history center or the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Vital Records Births Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 Index and images Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900 Index only. U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954, index, ($) Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922 ($) index and images Marriages U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 ($) United States Marriages – Maine, 1589-1966 ($) index Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 Index and images. Maine, Marriage Index, 1670-1921 ($) Index U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954, index, ($) Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 ($) Maine Marriages for Belfast, Hallowell and Pittsdon, 1748-1875 to 1875 ($) Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907 Index only. Maine Marriages, 1892-1996 ($) Maine Marriages, 1892 - 1966, ($), index American Ancestors Maine Marriages and Marriage Intentions($) Maine State Marriage Index, 1892-1966,1977-1996($) Divorces Maine, Divorce Records, 1798-1891 ($) Maine Divorce Records, 1799-1903 Deaths Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922 ($) Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 Index and images. U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954, index, ($) Maine, Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910 Index. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 ($) U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Incomplete, ($). RootsWeb Maine Death Index, 1960-1997 Maine, Death Index, 1960-1996 Index. Maine Death Index, 1960-1997, ($), index Maine Deaths, 1960 - 1996, ($), index United States Social Security Death Index for Maine- starts 1962 Index. Online Maine Death Indexes, Cemeteries and Obituaries, index Bible Records Robert L. Taylor's Maine Family Bible Archives Biographies American Biographical Library for Maine ($) County and Town Histories with biographies Maine's hall of fame : Griffith's list of men and women born in Maine who have risen to distinction, e-book Biographical sketches of representative citizens of the state of Maine, e-book Cemeteries Cemetery Records, Maine Genealogy compilation Maine Cemetery Records, LDS compilation Maine Old Cemetery Association, published transcription repositories Title Lists of genealogical journals with Maine cemetery transcriptions Find A Grave Interment.net BillionGraves BillionGraves Index Death Records, list by Joe Beine Union soldiers from Maine interred in the National Cemetery, Arlington, Va, index Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014, index Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 Index cards with additional info. Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999 — index and images Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980 Index and transcription. Louisiana, Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970, index ($) Census Maine, 1790-1840 Federal Census, population schedules Maine, 1850-1940 Federal Census, population schedules and index lists Federal Census, FamilySearch compiled resource list United States Online Census, 1790-1940 Maine, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1800-1890, Ancestry.com ($) United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 — index and images Church Records New England Hidden Histories, Series I, Congregational Library. Maine, Church Records, 1734-1907, index. Courts Maine Court Records, 1696-1854 ($) Compiled Genealogies North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, index and images, ($). The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, ($), index Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, ($), index GEDCOM Index Maine Directories Maine City Directories US City Directories Maine Maine Online Historical Directories - listed by county\ Emigration and Immmigration United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records, list of nationwide databases U.S. Passport Applications for Maine, 1795-1925 ($) Maine, Passenger Lists, 1894-1962, ($), index. Maine, Alien Arrivals, 1906-1953, index. Maine, Crew List Arriving at Eastport, 1949-1958 — index History Maine Book Search at Maine Genealogy, searches each page Maine pioneer settlements, ($), index The history of the state of Maine: from its first discovery, A.D. 1602, to the separation, A.D. 1820, inclusive, ($), index Maine, a history, ($), index Maine Pioneers, 1623-60, ($), index County and Town Histories Land Records Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 — index and images Maine, Revolutionary War Land Grants, 1776-1780 ($) U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908 Images only. Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Applications, 1835-1836 ($) Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications 1835-1838, images Legislative Documentary History of the State of Maine, aka "Baxter Manuscripts," Archive.org Maps Maine Historical Maps section of Maine Genealogy Digital Commonwealth, Massachusetts State Archives and other agencies/institutions DigitalMaine, Maine State Archives and other agencies/institutions Maine Memory Network, Maine Historical Society Osher Map Library, Smith Center for Cartographic Education, Univ. Southern Maine David Rumsey Map Collection Newberry Library — historical county boundaries MapofUS.org — historical county boundaries

Military Records General Records The National Archives at Kew, Richmond, England. Includes military intelligence. 1,450 text-searchable volumes accessible at Harvard library computers. U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Military Records, MaineGenealogy.net compilation Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 — index and images Maine, Compiled Military Records, 1812-1865 ($) Maine & Massachusetts Case Files of Deceased and Deserted Seamen 1837-1965, images only. Maine, State Archive Collections - Military records Index. Includes Militia records from 1820-1850; Civil War 1861-1865; and WWI 1917-1919. Maine & Massachusetts Case Files of Deceased and Deserted Seamen 1837-1965, images only. Revolutionary War, 1774-1783 The National Archives at Kew, Richmond, England. 1,450 text-searchable documents accessible at Harvard library computers. Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications and Land Grants at Maine State Archives Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications, 1835-1838 — index and images U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records — list of nationwide databases Maine, Revolutionary War Land Grants, 1776-1780 ($) Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Applications, 1835-36 ($) Names of Soldiers of the American Revolution (from Maine) ($) An Alphabetical Index of Revolutionary Pensioners Living in Maine ($) Indian Wars, dates vary U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases The National Archives at Kew, Richmond, England. 1,450 text-searchable documents accessible at Harvard library computers. War of 1812, 1812-1815 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Maine Genealogy, War of 1812 Veterans from Maine Index. Aroostook War, 1838–1839 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Aroostook War History and Roster ($) Mexican War, 1846-1848 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Maine Genealogy, Mexican War Soldiers from Maine Civil War, 1861-1865 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Maine Civil War Soldiers Service Records Maine, State Archive Collections - Civil War Muster Rolls, 1861-1865 Indexed. Maine Civil War Enlistment Papers 1862-1865, index and images. U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records for Maine, 1863-1865 ($) World War I, 1917-1918 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Maine, State Archive Collections - World War I Enlistment Cards Indexed. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards for Maine, 1917-1918 ($) Maine, Military Index, 1917-1920, index, ($) World War II, 1941-1945 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards for Maine, 1942 ($) Korean War, 1950-1953 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Maine Vietnam War, 1964-1972 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Maine Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Maine Naturalizations Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 index and images United States, New England, Petitions for Naturalization, 1787-1906, Northeast Region (including Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) images only Maine, Federal Naturalization Records, 1787-1991, index and images, ($). United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906 index U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes for Maine, 1791-1992 Index ($) U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes for Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont, 1791-1992 Index ($) Maine, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1990 images only Maine, Bath, Seamen's Proofs of Citizenship, 1833-1868 index and images Maine, Naturalization Records - Originals, 1906-1929 ($) index and images Maine, United States Naturalization Records, 1918-1991 index and images Newspapers Maine Newspaper Project Chronicling America Community Newspapers digitized by Advantage Preservation Google Historical Newspaper Archive America's Historical Newspapers title list for text-searchable issues at GenealogyBank ($)(*) Newspapers.com ($) Newspaper Archive ($) EBSCOhost, for American Antiquarian Society's "Historical Periodicals" collection Series 1-5 ProQuest Historical Newspapers (*) Gale NewsVault (*) Items appended with ($) are fee-based. Those ending with (*) are available at UMaine affiliate-libraries (incl. Univ. Southern Maine, in Portland). See here for a list of electronic databases available through UMaine libraries. Obituaries Maine State Library Obituary Search, index Archives.com Obituaries for Maine ($) United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 — index and images Newspaper Obituary collection for Maine: starts about 2003 to 2011 ($) ProQuest Obituaries for Maine($) Ancestry.com United States Obituary Collection for Maine ($) Online Maine Death Indexes, Cemeteries and Obituaries, index ObitsArchive Maine Maine Obituaries Periodicals PERiodical Source Index, index and images, ($) Probate Records Maine, Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999, ($), index and images, incomplete. Maine Wills, 1640-1760 ($) Maine Will Abstracts, 1640-1760 ($) Maine, County Probate Records, 1760-1979 Images only. Tax Records U.S., Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874 Images only. U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 for Maine ($)

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