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The State of Maine is a state
in the New
England region of the northeastern United States,
bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New
Hampshire to the southwest, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec
to the northwest and New Brunswick to the
northeast. Maine is the northernmost portion of New England and is the
easternmost state in the contiguous
United States. It is known for its scenery — its
jagged, mostly rocky coastline, its low, rolling mountains, and its heavily
forested interior — as well as for its seafood cuisine, especially lobsters
and clams. The original
inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine were Algonquian-speaking peoples.
The first European settlement in Maine was in 1604 by a French party. The
first English settlement in Maine, the short-lived Popham
Colony, was established by the Plymouth
Company in 1607. A number of English settlements were established
along the coast of Maine in the 1620s, although the rugged climate,
deprivations, and Indian attacks wiped out many of them over the years. As
Maine entered the 18th century, only a half dozen settlements still survived.
American and British forces contended for Maine's territory during the American Revolution and the War
of 1812. Maine was an exclave
of Massachusetts
until 1820, when as a result of the growing population,
it became the 23rd state on March 15 under the Missouri Compromise. |
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GENEALOGICAL ARCHIVES |
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Maine State Archives, State House Station 84, Augusta, ME 04333 |
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HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES |
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Maine
Historical Society Library, 485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101 |
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Maine State Library, State House
Station 64, Augusta, ME 04333 |
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Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberland
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec
Knox
Lincoln
Oxford
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Sagadahoc
Somerset
Waldo
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The
following are surnames of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or
died in this location. |
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To find out more about
each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. Additional information
regarding these surnames may also be found at: |
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Free Genealogy Surname Search Help from Google |
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Use this free genealogy site to help you
get the best genealogy searches from Google™
by using your family tree, for your research. It
will create a series of different searches using tips or "tricks" |
that will
likely improve your results.
The different searches will give you many different ways of using Google and
the Internet to find ancestry information about this or any other Surname. |
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The following named counties are associated with the history of our DIRECT
ancestors. To select a specific
ancestral county, click on the following link. Here you will find additional
links to our county pages where you can obtain information about our family
gen-sites, images of localities, and surnames of persons, in our database,
who have lived in the selected county. |
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Use this LINK
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The links below may
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Genealogical County Research Links |
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Androscoggin; Aroostook; Cumberland; Franklin; Hancock; Kennebec; Knox; Lincoln; Oxford; Penobscot; Piscataquis; Sagadahoc; Somerset; Waldo; Washington; York; Unknown |
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Androscoggin
| Aroostook
| Cumberland
| Franklin
| Hancock
| Kennebec
| Knox
| Lincoln
| Oxford
| Penobscot
| Piscataquis
| Sagadahoc
| Somerset
| Waldo
| Washington
| York |
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The Google search engine button
and following web sites
may provide you |
with additional information to assist with your research about this
U. S. State. |
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GENERAL
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Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia ·
Free
Genealogy Search Help For Google ·
Linkpendium > Genealogy
> USA ·
Ancestry.com
(Reference Materials & Finding Aids) |
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Cyndi's List - United States Index ·
IGI
Batch Numbers - British Isles & North America ·
Libweb - Libraries
on the Web ·
50states.com - States and Capitals ·
StateGenSites - U.S. Genealogy Sites
by State |
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The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy reference books that pertain to this U.S. State. Here you will find books about the history and records of this State, as well as its counties and other localities such as towns and churches. The collection also contains research works about State military units and personnel during America’s wars. In addition, there are resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who settled in this State. |
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Snail
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