Repository:United States, Maine. State Archives

Maine State Archives has numerous online resources, including the following:

Maine Deaths Database, 1 Jan 1960 - 31 Dec 1996

Maine Marriages Database, 1 Jan 1892 - 31 Dec 1996 (except 1967-1976)

Maine's Civilian Conservation Corps Members, active in Maine from 1933-1942

There are also databases (indexes) available for downloading in Microsoft ACCESS format, including the following ones of special genealogical significance:

Maine Civil War Sailors

Index to Maine Courts: This MS-Access 97 database indexes early cases from the York County Court of Common Pleas (1696-1760), the Kennebec County Supreme Court (1799-1854), and the Washington County District Court (1839-1846), including depositions and decisions.

Divorce Index 1800-1891. This MS-Access 97 database indexes divorces heard in the County Supreme Judicial Courts in Maine between 1800 and 1891. All Maine counties are listed with the exception of Lincoln County, who still has their records at the Court House in Wiscasset. Also not indexed are divorce cases heard in the Courts of Common Pleas or the early District Courts.

Hancock County Court of Sessions. This MS-Access 97 database indexes the original papers we have for the early cases from the Hancock County Court of Sessions. The Court of Sessions, in addition to handling early criminal cases, also had the function of early County Commissioners. These records list costs of County Government, criminal cases, road petitions, appointing ferrymen and innkeepers, and reports from the County Coronor, etc. (1970 kb.) Inclusive Dates:. 1788 to 1881. Very incomplete after the 1840's.

Mexican War Soldiers . This indexes information on 775 men who enlisted in the 1st Maine Infantry during the Mexican War. This regiment was never called up to active duty, but it gives good information on these early Maine men.

Revolutionary War Land Grant and Pension Applications. This indexes the names of vetrans or their widows applying for Land Grants or Pension Applications.

Town Records that have been Microfilmed (mostly by the LDS): has roll numbers for the microfilms for various areas.

War of 1812 Veterans . This indexes information on 1893 men from Maine and other places around the north east. These men served in the 33rd and 34th U.S. Infantry and also contains a list of names of those on board the U.S.S. Adams, blown up at Hampden, Maine on Sept. 3, 1814.

Descriptions for some of these files are copied from the Maine State Archives web site Databases for Downloading