Maine Genealogy. This state page of our website provides direct links to free major genealogy databases and historical titles and information found on Maine Genealogy, whether they exist on our site, or across the web.
Maine Biographies
- Biographical sketches of representative citizens of the state of Maine
- Biographical encyclopedia of Maine of the nineteenth century
- Mothers of Maine
- Biographical review : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Somerset, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington, and Aroostook counties, Maine
Maine Cemeteries
- Maine Cemetery Records
- Somerset County
- York County
Maine Census Records
Maine Church Histories and Records
- History of the Baptists in Maine
- History of Methodism in Maine, 1793-1886
- The semi-centennial anniversary of the Free Street Baptist Church, Portland, Maine, September 26-27, 1886
- Confession of Faith and covenant of the First Church in North Yarmouth, Maine: with a catalogue of its members and brief historical notices. April 1848
- Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane, pastors of the First church in Portland Maine
Maine Court Records
- York County Maine Registry of Deeds 1642-1737
At a meeting of the Maine Historical Society, held in Portland on the 23d of December, 1882, a communication was received from Mr. John T. Hull, proposing to publish the early volumes in the York registry of deeds and asking for the cooperation of the society. Messrs. Edward H. Elwell, James P. Baxter and William Goold were thereupon appointed a committee to present the matter to the legislature of Maine. The fruition of their collaboration are the following 20 volumes of York County Maine Registry of Deeds.
Maine Directories
- Auburn
- Brunswick
- Lewiston
- Topsham
- Town Registers
The “town registers” for Maine are actually town directories, including histories of the town, directory or census of inhabitants, and business advertisements. Some of them, may contain vital records such as birth dates and deaths.- East Somerset County Maine register, 1911-1912 (Volume 1911-1912)
Athens, Cambridge, Canaan, Cornville, Detroit, Harmony, Hartland, Palmyra, Pittsfield, Ripley and St. Albans. - Addison and Harrington Maine town register, 1905
- Appleton Maine town register, 1903, containing history, date of birth of all residents, deaths
- Belfast Maine town register, 1907
- Bridgton Maine town register, 1905
- Brownfield, Denmark, Hiram and Porter Maine town register, 1907
- Clinton and Benton Maine register, 1904
- Cumberland and North Yarmouth Maine town register, 1904
- Damariscotta, Newcastle, Bristol, Bremen, Muscongus-Louds Island Maine town registers 1906;
- Dover and Foxcroft Maine register, 1904
- East Livermore, Livermore and Jay, Maine, town register 1909
- Farmington, Wilton, Chesterville, New Sharon Maine town register, 1910
- Freeport Maine register, 1904
- Guilford and Sangerville Maine town register, 1904
- Jay Maine town register, 1905
- Jonesport Maine town register, 1905
- Kennebunk and Wells, Maine, town register 1905
- Mexico, Peru and Hartford Maine town register, 1905
- Mt. Vernon and Readfield Maine town register, 1908
- Norway Maine town register, 1903-4
- Oakland, Maine, town register 1903
- Otisfield, Harrison, Naples and Sebago Maine town register, 1906
- Paris Maine Town Register, 1906
- Pittston, Chelsea, Randolph Maine town register, 1903-4
- Scarboro Maine Town Register, 1905
- Standish, Baldwin, Cornish, Limerick, and Limington, Maine town register 1905
- Thomaston Maine Town Register, 1904
- Waterford, Albany, Greenwood, E. Stoneham Maine, town register 1906
- Wayne, Wales, Monmouth, Leeds, Greene Maine, town register 1905
- Webster, West Gardiner, Litchfield, and Monmonth Maine town register, 1909
- Woodstock, Sumner and Buckfield Maine town register, 1905
- East Somerset County Maine register, 1911-1912 (Volume 1911-1912)
Maine Genealogy
- Aroostook County
- Hancock County
- Oxford County
- Piscataquis County
- Somerset
- Waldo County
- Washington County
United States Genealogy
USGenWeb Project
Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset, Waldo, Washington, York
American History and Genealogy Project
Maine History (state and regional)
- Gleanings from English Records about New England Families
The classic work often cited by more contemporaneous authors on early New England families and the records of them found within the Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House, Strand, the Public Record Office, Fetter Lane, and the British Museum, Bloomsbury, while on a visit in London during the summer and fall of 1879. - The history of the state of Maine; from its first discovery, A. D. 1602, to the separation, A. D. 1820, inclusive (Volume Vol. 1)
- The history of the state of Maine; from its first discovery, A. D. 1602, to the separation, A. D. 1820, inclusive (Volume Vol. 2)
- History of the lower Kennebec, 1602-1889 (Volume 1602-1889)
- The Kennebec Valley
- Shores of Saco Bay Maine; a historical guide to Biddeford Pool, Old Orchard Beach, Pine Point, Prout’s Neck
Maine Military Records
- Maine Forts
List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902. - The Border Wars of New England Commonly Called King William’s and Queen Anne’s Wars
- Revolutionary War Records
- Civil War Records
- Civil War Pensions Index Cards
Each card gives the soldier’s name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier’s rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I.
- Civil War Pensions Index Cards
- World War I Records
- World War II Records
- Korean War Casualty List
- Vietnam War Casualty List
Maine Native American Records
- Maine Indian Tribes
- The Maine Indians (Town History of Fryeburg Maine)
Maine Newspapers
- Bangor
- Biddeford
- Brunswick
- Eastport
- Kingfield
- Lewiston
- New Gloucester
- Portland
- Riddeford
- South Freeport
- Cruiser, 1859
In January 1859, the South Freeport Mutual Improvement Society Proprietors, a church group, started a handwritten newspaper to be circulated in South Freeport. The “Cruiser” was intended for “the general interest and amusement of said society.” They encouraged contributions from members and non-members “on any and every subject that they may wish to write on.” Most of the articles were literary, rather than “breaking” news and many were signed with pseudonyms.
- Cruiser, 1859
Maine School Records
- Bowdoin College
- History of Bowdoin college
With biographical sketches of its graduates, from 1806 to 1879, inclusive - General catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine, 1794-1894
Including a historical sketch of the institution during its first century - General catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine, 1794-1902
Contains a list of graduates from 1806-1902 - General catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine, 1794-1912
Contains a list of graduates from 1806-1912
- History of Bowdoin college
- Colby College
- University of Maine
Maine Town Histories, Genealogies and Records
- Addison
- Albany
- Appleton
- Athens
- Auburn
- Baldwin
- Bangor
- Bath
- Belfast
- Benton
- Bethel
- History of Bethel
Formerly Sudbury, Canada, Oxford County, Maine, 1768-1890, with a brief sketch of Hanover and family statistics (Volume 1768-1890) - Report of the centennial celebration at Bethel, Maine, August 26, 1874
- History of Bethel
- Biddeford
- Bluehill
- Bowdoinham
- Bremen
- Bridgton
- Bristol
- Brooksville
- Brownfield
- Brunswick
- Buckfield
- Buxton
- A report of the proceedings at the celebration of the first centennial anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Buxton, Maine, held at Buxton, Aug. 14, 1872 ..
- Records of the proprietors of Narraganset township, no. 1, now the town of Buxton, York county , Maine, from August 1st, 1733, to January 4th, 1811
- Calais
- Calais, Eastport and vicinity in Maine, their representative business men, and points of interest, embracing Calais, Eastport, Machias, Machiasport, Milltown, Jonesport, Princeton, Millbridge, Cherryfield and Lubec
- Annals of Calais, Maine, and St. Stephen, New Brunswick; including the village of Milltown, Me., and the present town of Milltown, N.B.
- Cambridge
- Camden
- Canaan
- Castine
- Charlotte
- Chelsea
- Cherryfield
- Chesterville
- Clinton
- Columbia
- Corinna
- Corinth
- Cornish
- Cornville
- Cumberland
- Cushing
- Damariscotta
- The history of ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle [Maine]
Including early Pemaquid, Damariscotta, and other contiguous places, from the earliest discovery to the present time, together with the genealogy of more than four hundred families. - Damariscotta, Newcastle, Bristol, Bremen, Muscongus-Louds Island Maine town registers 1906
- The history of ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle [Maine]
- Denmark
- Dennysville
- Detroit
- Dexter
- Dover
- Durham
- East Livermore
- East Stoneham
- Eastport
- The history of Eastport, and vicinity: a lecture, delivered April, 1834, before the Eastport Lyceum
- Eastport and Passamaquoddy Maine; a collection of historical and biographical sketches
- Calais, Eastport and vicinity in Maine, their representative business men, and points of interest, embracing Calais, Eastport, Machias, Machiasport, Milltown, Jonesport, Princeton, Millbridge, Cherryfield and Lubec
- Eliot
- Farmingdale
- Farmington
- Fort Fairfield
- Foxcroft
- Frankfort
- Freeport
- Westcustogo chronicle: devoted to the publication of documents relating to the early history of North Yarmouth, Maine, including Harpswell, Freeport, Cumberland, and Yarmouth … v. 1, no. 1 (January, 1885)
- Publishments of the Town of Freeport: intentions of marriages entered upon town records, Town of Freeport, Maine (commencing with the incorporation of the town in 1789) (Volume 1789-1801)
- Freeport Maine register, 1904
- Friendship
- Fryeburg
- Town History of Fryeburg, Maine
Nestled close to the New Hampshire border is the small community of Fryeburg, Maine. Our newest online free manuscript provides you a look into the history of this community. Included with this manuscript is information on the Sokokis Indians, and a brief military history of Fryeburg. - The centennial celebration of the settlement of Fryeburg, Me., with the historical address
- Town History of Fryeburg, Maine
- Gardiner
- History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner, Maine
With a sketch of the Kennebec Indians, & New Plymouth purchase, comprising historical matter from 1602 to 1852; with genealogical sketches of many families - The centennial of Gardiner; an account of the exercises at the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, June 25, 1903
- Annals of the people called Methodists in the city of Gardiner, Me.
- History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner, Maine
- Garland
- Gorham
- Gouldsboro
- Greene
- Greenwood
- Guilford
- Hallowell
- Harmony
- Harpswell
- Historic Harpswell, Harpswell, Maine, its historic Congregational church and famous ministers. 1758-1903
- History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine, including the ancient territory known as Pejepscot
- Westcustogo chronicle: devoted to the publication of documents relating to the early history of North Yarmouth, Maine, including Harpswell, Freeport, Cumberland, and Yarmouth … v. 1, no. 1 (January, 1885)
- Harrington
- Harrison
- Hartford
- Hartland
- Hinckley
- Hiram
- Industry
- A history of the town of Industry, Franklin County, Maine
From the earliest settlement in 1787 down to the present time, embracing the cessions of New Sharon, New Vineyard, Anson, and Stark. In two parts, including the history and genealogy of many of the leading families of the town – 2 vols combined into 1 - History of Industry, Maine: from the first settlement in 1791
- A history of the town of Industry, Franklin County, Maine
- Jay
- Jefferson
- Jonesport
- Kennebunk
- Kittery
- Leeds
- Lewiston
- Limerick
- Limington
- Litchfield
- Livermore
- Lubec
- Machias
- Machiasport
- Mexico
- Millbridge
- Milltown
- Annals of Calais, Maine, and St. Stephen, New Brunswick; including the village of Milltown, Me., and the present town of Milltown, N.B.
- Calais, Eastport and vicinity in Maine
Their representative business men, and points of interest, embracing Calais, Eastport, Machias, Machiasport, Milltown, Jonesport, Princeton, Millbridge, Cherryfield and Lubec
- Monmouth
- Mount Desert
- Mt. Vernon
- Muscongus-Louds Island
- Naples
- New Gloucester
- New Sharon
- New Sweden
- Newcastle
- The history of ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle [Maine]
Including early Pemaquid, Damariscotta, and other contiguous places, from the earliest discovery to the present time, together with the genealogy of more than four hundred families. - Damariscotta, Newcastle, Bristol, Bremen, Muscongus-Louds Island Maine town registers 1906
- The history of ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle [Maine]
- Newport
- North Yarmouth
- Westcustogo chronicle
Devoted to the publication of documents relating to the early history of North Yarmouth, Maine, including Harpswell, Freeport, Cumberland, and Yarmouth … v. 1, no. 1 (January, 1885) - Cumberland and North Yarmouth Maine town register, 1904
- Confession of Faith and covenant of the First Church in North Yarmouth, Maine.: with a catalogue of its members and brief historical notices. April 1848
- Westcustogo chronicle
- Norway
- Centennial history of Norway, Oxford County, Maine, 1786-1886
Including an account of the early grants and purchases, sketches of the grantees, early settlers, and prominent residents, etc., with genealogical registers, and an appendix. - The history of Norway [Maine]
Comprising a minute account of its first settlement, town officers, interspersed with historical sketches, narrative and anecdote - Norway Maine town register, 1903-4
- Centennial history of Norway, Oxford County, Maine, 1786-1886
- Oakland
- Old Orchard
- Historical sketches of Old Orchard Maine and the shores of Saco Bay
Biddeford Pool, Old Orchard Beach, Pine Point, Prout’s Neck - Old Orchard, Maine. Pen and pencil sketches
- Historical sketches of Old Orchard Maine and the shores of Saco Bay
- Old Town
- Orono
- Otisfield
- Oxford
- Paris
- Palermo
- Palmyra
- Parsonfield
- Passamaquoddy
- Pemaquid
- Twenty years at Pemaquid Maine
Sketches of its history and its remains, ancient and modern. - The history of ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle [Maine]
Including early Pemaquid, Damariscotta, and other contiguous places, from the earliest discovery to the present time, together with the genealogy of more than four hundred families. - A history of the towns of Bristol and Bremen in the state of Maine: including the Pemaquid Settlement
- Twenty years at Pemaquid Maine
- Penobscot
- Peru
- Piscataqua
- Pittsfield
- Pittston
- History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner, Maine
With a sketch of the Kennebec Indians, & New Plymouth purchase, comprising historical matter from 1602 to 1852; with genealogical sketches of many families - Vital records of Pittston, Maine, to the year 1892
- Land titles in old Pittston, Maine
- Pittston, Chelsea, Randolph Maine town register, 1903-4
- History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner, Maine
- Poland
- Portland
- 1924 Portland Tax Records
The Portland, Maine, 1924 Tax Records were created as part of a city-wide tax reevaluation. The 2 3/4″ x 4″ original black and white photographs provide extraordinary documentation of the appearance and condition of every taxable property in the city at that time. The accompanying tax forms provide equally valuable information, including the use of the property, the original building materials and finishes and the property’s assessed value as of 1924. On the back of each form, a pencil sketch illustrates the size and shape of the building footprint on the property. The collection consists of 131 books containing approximately 30,000 pages, each page recording a single property (properties with more than one building will generally have a page for each building). - The history of Portland, Maine, from 1632 to 1864
With a notice of previous settlements, colonial grants, and changes of government in Maine (Volume 1632-1864) - The history of Portland Maine, from its first settlement (Volume Pt. 1)
- The history of Portland Maine, from its first settlement (Volume Pt. 2)
- Portland Maine past and present
- Portland Maine and vicinity
- Portland, Maine Illustrated
- The burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine), by Capt. Mowatt in 1775
- The semi-centennial anniversary of the Free Street Baptist Church, Portland, Maine, September 26-27, 1886
- Centennial celebration
An account of the municipal celebration of the one hundreth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Portland, Maine, July 4th, 5th and 6th, 1886 (Volume 1786-1886) - Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane, pastors of the First church in Portland Maine
- 1924 Portland Tax Records
- Porter
- Pownal
- Princeton
- Randolph
- Readfield
- Ripley
- Rockland
- Rockport
- Rumford
- Sangerville
- Scarboro
- Sebago
- Sheepscot
- The history of ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle [Maine]
Including early Pemaquid, Damariscotta, and other contiguous places, from the earliest discovery to the present time, together with the genealogy of more than four hundred families.
- The history of ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle [Maine]
- South Thomaston
- St. Albans
- St. George
- Standish
- Stockton Springs
- Sumner
- Thomaston
- Topsham
- Turner
- Union
- Unity
- Vinalhaven
- Waldoboro
- Wales
- Waterford
- Wayne
- Webster
- Wells
- West Gardiner
- History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner, Maine
With a sketch of the Kennebec Indians, & New Plymouth purchase, comprising historical matter from 1602 to 1852; with genealogical sketches of many families. - Webster, West Gardiner, Litchfield, and Monmonth Maine town register, 1909
- History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner, Maine
- Wilton
- Woodstock
- Yarmouth
Maine Vital Records
- Maine Vital Records
- Town Vital Records
- Vital records of Belfast Maine, to the year 1892 (Volume Vol. 1)
- Vital records of Belfast Maine, to the year 1892 (Volume Vol. 2)
- Vital records of Farmingdale, Maine, to the year, 1892 (Volume 1892)
- Publishments of the Town of Freeport: intentions of marriages entered upon town records, Town of Freeport, Maine (commencing with the incorporation of the town in 1789) (Volume 1789-1801)
- Vital records of Pittston, Maine, to the year 1892
- Vital records of Randolph, Maine, to the year 1892