Maine Archives and Libraries

Archives and Libraries provide large amounts of information for your research. The links below will provide you with some information and prepare you for a visit to a library.

Archives

• National Archives and Records Administration
• St. Louis
  • Civilian
  • Military
• Genealogy at the National Archives
  • Census Records
  • Military Records
  • Immigration Records (Ship Passenger Lists)
  • Naturalization Records
  • Land Records
  • Native American Records

 Maine Archives

• Maine State Archives
  • Genealogical Research
  • Civil War Records
  • Revolutionary War Land Grants and Pension Applications

Libraries

• Library of Congress
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Maine Libraries

• Auburn Public Library
• Augusta Mental Health Institute
• Bangor Public Library
• Bates College
• Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
• Bowdoin College
• Brooksville Free Public Library
• Brunswick — Curtis Memorial Library
• Camden Public Library
• Camden-Rockport High School
• Caribou Public Library
• Cary Library
• Colby College
• Cundy’s Harbor Library
• Curtis Memorial Library
• Dover-Foxcroft — Thompson Free Library
• Eliot — William Fogg Library
• Ellsworth Public Library
• Falmouth Memorial Library
• Farmington Public Library
• Fort Fairfield Public Library
  The Library houses an extensive collection of historical and Civil War books, as well as a large selection of genealogical books related to Northern Maine and New Brunswick.
  • Fort Fairfield Town Reports 1865-1873
• Freeport Community Library
• Friend Memorial Library
• Gardiner Public Library
• Gorham — Baxter Memorial Library
• Gray Public Library
• Greenville — Shaw Public Library
• Harrison — Caswell Public Library
• Houlton — Cary Library
• Husson College
• Islesboro — Alice L. Pendleton Library
• Jackson Memorial Library
• Kittery – Rice Memorial Library
• Lewiston-Auburn College
• Lewiston Public Library
• Lincoln Academy
• Lincoln Memorial Library
• Livermore Library
• Maine Historical Society
• Maine Library Association
• Maine Regional Library System
• Maine State Library
• Maine Maritime Academy
• Maranacook Community School
• Mars Hill — Hansen Memorial Library
• Milo Public Library
• Monmouth — Cumston Public Library
• Naples Public Library
• New Gloucester Public Library
• Northeast Harbor Library
• Old Town Public Library
  •  City of Old Town Annual Reports 1866-1991
• Orono Public Library
• Orr’s Island Library
• Palermo Community Library
• Penobscot Marine Museum
• Poland — Ricker Memorial Library
• Portland Public Library
• Presque Isle — Mark and Emily Turner Library
• Rangeley Public Library
• Rice Public Library
• Rockland Public Library
• Rumford Public Library
• St. Joseph College
• Scarborough Public Library
• Skidompha Public Library
  • Skidompha Digital Public Library
    Skidompha Library invites all those interested in local history, family history, and genealogy to explore The Skidompha History And Genealogy Center located on the second floor of the library. While the collection focuses on information about Lincoln County, Maine, we also have material from other areas of Maine, New England, the US, Canada, and other countries.
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    • Castner Papers Castner 6000 years in ME
    • Castner Papers Castner Papers Book 8
    • Castner Papers Castner Papers Index
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    • Cemetery Records Damariscotta Dresden
    • Cemetery Records Edgecomb Hibberts Gore Jefferson
    • Cemetery Records Newcastle Nobleboro
    • Cemetery Records Somerville South Bristol Southport
    • Cemetery Records Wiscasset
    • Damariscotta Historical Society Articles by Marjorie and Calvin Dodge Items 140 to 202
    • Damariscotta Historical Society Articles by Marjorie and Calvin Dodge Items 203 to
    • Ephram Clark Scrapbook
    • Highland Cemetery Damariscotta Mills
    • Lincon County Cemetary Records Alna Boothbay Bothbay Harbor Bremen Bristol
    • Maine Cemeteries not in Lincoln County Obituaries
    • Maine Obituaries 1908s 1882 1906
    • Marriage Records of New Castle and Edgecomb
    • Minnie L. Hopkins diaries and index 1869 – 1906
    • Mulligan – Nobleboro Papers Inventory
    • Shadows and Footprints The Cole and McCurda Families
    • Vital Records of New Castle and Edgecomb
    • Waldoboro Maine Cemetery Records
• Skowhegan Public Library
• South Berwick Public Library
• South China Public Library
• Southwest Harbor Public Library
• Stratton Public Library
• Tenants Harbor — Jackson Memorial Library
• Thomas College
• Thomaston Public Library
• Topsham Public Library
• Unity College
• University of New England
• University of Southern Maine
• Waldoboro Public Library
• Waterboro Public Library
• Waterville Public Library
• Westbrook — Walker Memorial Library
• Westbrook — Warren Memorial Library
• Windham Public Library
• Winslow Public Library
• Winter Harbor Public Library
• Whitneyville Public Library Association
• Wiscasset Public Library
• York Public Library