Skidompha Public Library

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:skid@msln.net skid@msln.net]

Address:


 * Skidompha Public Library Lincoln County Genealogy and History Center 184 Main Street (PO Box 70) Damariscotta, Maine 04543

Telephone: 207-563-5513

Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9 - 5; Thursday 9 - 7; Saturday 9 - 1; Closed Sundays and Mondays.

Directions, maps, and public transportation: {Optional}

Internet sites and databases:


 * Skidompha History and Genealogy Center holdings, services, cemetery records, local ships and shipbuilding, maps, periodicals, scrapbooks, vertical files, and volumes.''
 * MINERVA Library Catalog online. Search by keyword, title, journal title, author, subject, or number.
 * Repository database.
 * other(s).

Collection Description
Their genealogy and local history collection is outstanding. It is strongest for Lincoln County, but also includes other areas of Maine, New England, US, Canada, and other countries. They have cemetery records, local ships and shipbuilding, maps, periodicals, scrapbooks, vertical files, some Lincoln County vital records, the Maine 1790 Census, town histories, 257 family histories/genealogies, military records from the Revolutionary War and Civil War, local history researchers' notes, and local history newspaper clippings. The library computers can be used to access Ancestry.com.

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Guides
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Alternate Repositories
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If you cannot visit or find a source at the , a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections


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 * such as: NARA I
 * NARA II
 * National Archives at _____
 * State Archives
 * State Library
 * State Library

Similar Collections


 * National Personnel Records Center
 * LC
 * FHL
 * LC
 * FHL

Neighboring Collections


 * County Vital Records Office
 * City Vital Records Office
 * County Archives
 * County Orphan's Court
 * County Probate Court
 * County Recorder
 * County Coroner
 * U.S. District Court
 * County and local historical societies
 * County and local genealogical societies
 * Public Libraries
 * Museums and heritage societies
 * Rockland Maine Family History Center has premium online services for free and offers research guidance.
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
 * State Vital Records Office
 * State Historical Society
 * State Genealogical Society
 * University Libraries
 * Church archives
 * Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]
 * Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]