• Abstracts of Death Notices (1833-1852) and Miscellaneous News Items from the Maine Farmer (1833-1924) - (Book - Amazon.com) : The authors are to be commended for completing this project, which was originally started in the 1940s by the National Youth Administration, but was abandoned when funds were no longer available. This collection of abstracts, including birth, death and other miscellaneous news items, will be useful to both professional and amateur genealogists, not only for the information the abstracts contain, but also for the clues they give to finding further information.
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• An Alphabetical Index of Revolutionary Pensioners Living in Maine - (Book - Genealogical.com) : Flagg provides information in tabular form on some 5,000 Maine Revolutionary pensioners. Arranged alphabetically, the pensioners are identified by name, rank, service, age, county of residence, remarks such as date of death or town of residence, and source of the information. -

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• Berwick : Vital Records of Berwick, South Berwick and North Berwick, Maine. - (Book - Amazon.com) : The Kittery, Maine area, which then included all three of the Berwicks, was first settled in 1630 and incorporated in 1652. In succeeding decades the Berwicks split off and their vital records, which have never before been published, begin in 1701 and continue until initiation of state-wide registration in 1892. Combined with the Vital Records of Kittery, Maine Prior to the Year 1892, you now will be able to check all available records for the entire area from first settlement. -

• Cumberland County, Maine Marriage Returns of to the Year 1892 - (Book - Amazon.com) : Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 29. 1,056pp. 47,800 entry Every Name Index. In 1760 York County was divided with two new counties, Cumberland and Lincoln, being added. These early marriage returns have been painstaking extracted by Judith Kelley and Clayton Adams from the original volumes. Returns were recorded until 1892 when the requirement for county registration of marriages was terminated. These records, spanning well over a century, will prove to be extremely valuable for researchers. -

• Early Families of Raymond, Maine - (Book - Amazon.com) : Raymond, Maine, is located about twenty-five miles north of Portland. This alphabetical listing of hundreds of families contains information not only on Raymond but also on Casco families prior to 1841 when the two towns separated. Each family entry consists of a paragraph about the husband and wife, followed by a list of their children.
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• ETNA, Maine, Vital Records of to the year 1892 - (Book - Amazon.com) : Etna is a small town in Penobscot County, situated 17 miles west of Bangor, Maine. Its records begin with 1807, when the town was first settled. The editors have very carefully extracted not only the births, deaths, intentions of marriages and marriages but also some ear marks and resolutions of fence line disputes. The records have been transcribed verbatim, retaining the original spelling and punctuation, making no corrections even where errors were apparent. As is customary with modern scholarship, the order of entries has also been retained as it is in the original records. 4,344 entry. Every Name Index. -

• Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire - (Book - Genealogical.com) : This indispensable and comprehensive reference work is offered in a convenient one-volume form. It contains extensive biographical and genealogical data on every family established in Maine and New Hampshire before 1699. Listed are the births, marriages, and deaths of the settlers through the third generation, and sometimes into the fourth. Also included are data on places of origin, residences, wills and deeds, court cases, and highlights of lives and careers. -

• Genealogist's Handbook for Upper Saint John Valley Research - (Book - Genealogical.com) : This impeccably prepared guidebook teaches us how to find ancestors on both the Maine and New Brunswick sides of the Upper Saint John River Valley. Mr. Findlen focuses on the individuals who began the Madawaska Settlement, beginning with the blended Acadian/French-Canadian families who moved there in 1785. The region ultimately became home to the indigenous Maliseets, Acadians, French-Canadians, Irish, a few Scots, and a few (mostly English) Loyalists. -

• Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 : Maine - (Book - Amazon.com) : Heads of families, arranged in alphabetical order under each county and district, are listed with the following information after each name: Number of free white males of sixteen years and upward; number of free white males under sixteen years; number of free white females; number of all other free persons; number of slaves. The volume is indexed. -

• Index to Portland Newspapers, 1785-1835 - (Book - Amazon.com) : William B. Jordan, Jr. Items selected for inclusion cover social, cultural, intellectual, economic, financial, maritime, and literary history; local political events of an unusual nature; prominent personalities; and the occasional obituary. About 30,000 entries. The sixteen newspapers indexed are: The Falmouth Gazette, Cumberland Gazette, Eastern Herald, Portland Gazette, Eastern Argus, Portland Advertiser, Daily Courier, Christian Mirror, Christian Pilot, Downing Gazette, Maine Farmer, Yankee Farmer, The Jeffersonian, Independent Statesman, The Yankee, and Family Reader. This work is alphabetically arranged by surname and topic. 1994, 396 pp., 8.5x11, paper. -

• Maine Biographies - (Book - Genealogical.com) : Roughly 1,400 biographies. most of the sketches in Maine Biographies give the subject's place and date of birth, his educational background and military service, and then his career, civic interests, church affiliation, hobbies, and so on. In almost every case, the author furnishes the names of the subject's parents, spouse, children, and spouse's parents, usually citing the subject's date of marriage and the dates or places of birth and death of at least these three generations of family members. In most instances, the subject's lineage can be traced back to the first half of the 19th century. Click on link for a list of surnames. -

• Maine Wills, 1640-1760 - (Book - Genealogical.com) : This volume of Maine wills is regarded as one of the greatest sources for colonial genealogy ever published. It is a faithful transcript of 471 wills, and it contains data on several thousand related individuals for the years 1640-1760. Information contained in the wills includes full name of the testator, names of heirs and their relation to the testator, bequests of real and personal property, names of executors, witnesses and appraisers, and dates of recording and probate. Four separate indexes conveniently guide the reader to his objective. -

• Stackpole's History of Winthrop, Maine, with Genealogical Notes - (Book - Amazon.com) : By David C. Young and Elizabeth Keene Young. This second edition covers all of the 253 early families in the 1790 Census for Winthrop. The early settlers were primarily of English or French/German Huguenot descent who came from MA and NH by way of Pownalborough, ME. About seventy-five percent of the original book was devoted to detailed genealogies of these early settlers, to which this edition adds 135 pages of new material. The other twenty-five percent of the book is devoted to a narrative history of the town (from Stackpole's original book). 1994, 993 pp., 2 vols., illus., maps, bibl., index, paper. -

• Vital Records of Gardiner, Maine - (Database Online - WorlVitalRecords.com) : Explore more than 7,500 birth, marriage and death records of Gardiner, Maine. Requires payment. -

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