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United States Maine  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 until 1819, so early Maine records are often found in Massachusetts repositories.

Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for 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 Repositories
Allen County Public Library 900 Library Plaza Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 Telephone: 260-421-1225 E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info] Internet: Genealogy Center ACPL


 * This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States 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. 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.

American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury Street Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634 Telephone: 508-755-5221 Fax: 508-753-3311 E-mail: [mailto:Library@americanantiquarian.org Library@americanantiquarian.org] Internet: American Antiquarian Society


 * 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. They have Maine vital records, newspapers, and town histories. One of the best genealogy centers in America.

National Archives at Boston 380 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02452-6399 Phone: (781) 663-0130 Fax: (781) 663-0154 E-mail: [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov waltham.archives@nara.gov] Internet: National Archives at Boston


 * 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.

New England Historic Genealogical Society 101 Newbury Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007 Telephone: 617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231 Fax:  617-536-7307 E-mail:  [mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org] Internet: AmericanAncestors.org


 * 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. The Maine collection has great detail on some early families, unpublished family histories, and many town and county histories.

Statewide Repositories
Maine Historical Society Brown Library 489 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 Telephone 207-774–1822 Fax 207-775–4301 E-mail: [mailto:info@mainehistory.org info@mainehistory.org] Internet: Maine Historical Society Brown Library


 * 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.

Maine State Library, Augusta, 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.

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


 * Original records from all Maine counties, towns, and plantations. A wiki article describing this collection is found at Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Massachusetts State Archives 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125 Phone: (617) 727–2816 E-mail: [mailto:archives@sec.state.ma.us archives@sec.state.ma.us ] Internet: Massachusetts Archives Division


 * The Massachusetts Archives Index, also known as the Colonial Index, cites almost every early New England immigrant inlcuding those for Maine.

Massachusetts Historical Society Library 1154 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215-3695 Telephone: 617-536-1608 Fax: 617-859-0074 E-mail: Contact Us Internet: Massachusetts Historical Society


 * Excellent historical materials, original town records, and genealogies related to Maine. This collection does not repeat the New England Historic Genealogical Society collection.

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

Farmington Public Library


 * 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.

University of Maine Folger Library University of Maine Orono, ME 04469-5729 Telephone: 207-581-1661 Fax: 207-581-1653 Internet: University of Maine Folger Library


 * They have excellent collections about early Maine settlers, fisheries, Acadians, ships, and shipping companies.

Maine Repositories Guide and Online Lists

 * Maine State Archives, Public Record Repositories in Maine. (Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives, 1972). ; 1983 online digital edition..
 * Maine (Directory of Historical Societies) in D'Addezio A Directory of Historical Societies in the United States, Canada and Australia online.
 * Usgennet.org Online Historical and Genealogical Societies of Maine.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
 * Maine State Archive Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)