Maine Research Tips and Strategies

Maine Research Strategies
Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Maine


 * Maine Online Genealogy Records
 * How to find Maine Birth Records
 * How to find Maine Marriage Records
 * How to find Maine Death Records

Maine Research Tips
These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Maine.


 * Birth information: Statewide registration of births began in 1892. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other substitute records to improve accuracy.
 * Finding Parents: Statewide registration of deaths began in 1892. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. Search Maine death records.
 * Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. To search the 1790, 1800, or 1810 census, substitute Massachusetts for Maine. Search U.S. Censuses.

Maine Record Finder
This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see Maine Record Finder.

Further Maine Research

 * Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see Maine Record Finder.
 * For online record collections, go to Maine Online Genealogy Records.
 * For more research on Maine, including research at the county level, visit the Maine page on the Research Wiki.
 * Search all of the Maine record collections at FamilySearch.
 * Ralph J. Crandall. ed. Genealogical Research in New England.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984. FHL 974 D27gr