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Maine Census NotesBetween 1650 & 1819 Maine was under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. Statehood was achieved in 1820. Remember this when searching early Maine records. An 1837 Special Census for Maine has been located and much of it is online. A few of the larger cities are not included in this online version. Soundex code (phonetic indexes) for Federal Maine census records are available on microfilm for census years: 1880, 1900 and 1920. Maine Federal Census records are available to the public for census years: 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850. 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 & 1930. 1890 Federal Census schedules for Maine were completely destroyed by fire with the exception of the Widows and Veterans schedules. This provides a helpful census substitute for this time period. Learn what questions were asked in each census year and where to find census records online. This new section of Census Finder covers each census year from 1790-1930 and will give you clues and tips to help you learn to locate your ancestors quickly in census records.
ON CD ROM Census 1850-1880 U.S. Mortality Index 1890 Census -Veterans Schedules Genealogy Software Other Records 1743-1891 Maine Marriage Index 1600s-1900s ME and NH Settlers
Maine Vital Records: Division of Vital Statistics Department of Human Services State House Births, deaths and marriages are available from 1892 to the present time. Earlier vital statistic records are kept by city clerks. They have very complete records in most cities. Also See: 1892-1996 Marriage Records Search 1960-1996 Death Records Search Maine Vital Records Information Newspapers & Obituaries Old Newspaper Index Project of Maine 1815-1985 Historical Newspapers Maps: Maine History Books Online 1887, The Kennebec Valley by S. H. Whitney 1912 East Somerset County Register Sprague's Journal of Maine History Related Links: Genealogy Dictionary of NH and Maine FREE Genealogy Tools |
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Maine (Massachusetts District: 1788. Statehood: 1820) Maine has some of the best and oldest vital statistic records of all the United States. Towns in Maine started keeping records of births, deaths and marriages very early. Despite the fact that Maine was in the jurisdiction of Massachusetts for so long, many of the early records have remained undisturbed and are intact. Most of them have been been transcribed and printed for use by genealogists. Statewide Maine Census Records Online:1790 Federal Census of the US at the U. S. Census Bureau 1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners 1880 Federal Census Search at Family Search Maine Statewide Databases of Census & Genealogy Records Androscoggin County (formed 1854 from Cumberland, Kennebec, Lincoln & Oxford) 1790 Federal Census of Bakerstown (Today known as Poland) 1860 Federal Census of Lewiston Other Records Early Families Settling in Sabattus 1815 Unpaid Taxes List of Leeds (then in Kennebec County) Aroostook County (formed 1839 from Penobscot) 1830 Federal Census Records of "Aroostook" Washington County 1837 Special Federal Census Records
1840 Federal Census Records Index and Transcription 1840 Federal Census Names found along the Aroostook River
1850 Federal Census Records Index and Transcription 1850 Federal Census Records Transcription
1860 Federal Census Index and Transcription of Upper St. John River Valley 1870 Federal Census Index for Lyndon Twp. - Surnames A-S 1870 Federal Census Index for Lyndon Twp. - Surnames T-Z 1870 Federal Census of Lyndon Twp. - Pages 236A-242A 1870 Federal Census of Lyndon Twp. - Pages 242B-248A 1870 Federal Census of Lyndon Twp. - Pages 248B-254A Cumberland County (formed 1760 from York) 1790 Federal Census Records (partial) 1790 Federal Census Records of Bakerstown (Today Poland) 1790 Federal Census of Freeport 1790 Federal Census Records of Otisfield 1790 Federal Census of Pejepscot 1790 Federal Census of Portland 1790 Federal Census of Raymondtown Plantation 1790 Federal Census Records of Standish 1790 Federal Census Records of Turner 1790 Federal Census Records of Waterford Plantation 1800 Federal Census of Otisfield Twp. 1810 Federal Census of Otisfield Twp. 1810 Federal Census Records of Poland (now in Androscoggin County) 1820 Federal Census of Otisfield Twp. 1820 Federal Census of Poland (now in Androscoggin County) 1837 Special Census of Raymond (Gray Surplus) 1840 Federal Census of Otisfield Twp Part 1 1840 Federal Census of Otisfield Twp Part 2 1840 Pensioners Census of Otisfield 1900 Federal Census Records of Otisfield 1905 Private Census Records of Standish Other Records Civil War Soldiers of Standish Early Birth Records of Poland (now in Androscoggin County) Land Grantees of Narragansett No. 7 (now Gorham, Maine) Revolutionary War Soldiers in Otisfield 1700s-1800s Baptisms at First Standish Church 1775 Revolutionary War Muster Roll of Cape Elizabeth Men 1776 Muster Roll for Scarborough Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in Bridgton 1775-1786 Missing Records of Portland - Surnames: A-K M-P Q-R S-Z 1796-1838 First Church of Standish Records 1800s-1900s Vital Records of Otisfield War of 1812 Soldiers from Standish 1815-1879 Town Clerks and Selectmen of Westbrook 1892-1947 Deaths in the Town of Gray 1915 City Directory of Portland located here.
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