vitalrec.com
      the most comprehensive resource for locating vital records on the internet
      Maine Birth Certificates, Death Records, Marriage Licenses and more

    • Maine Vital Records Office
    • County & Town Vital Records Offices
    • Maine Genealogy Links
    • International Vital Records
      		• Order Birth or Death Records Online!
    • Order vital records online
    • Search birth, death & marriage records
    • Search Marriage and Divorce Records Here
    • Search the Social Security Death Index

    • Create Your Family Tree Online - FREE
    • FREE Birth Record search
    • Online Death Record lookup - over 77,000,000 records

      • How to obtain copies of Maine vital records, such as Maine birth certificates, Maine death records, Maine marriage licenses & Maine divorce decrees. See the guidelines for general information on how to order Maine vital records. Check the related links for additional vital records and genealogical information on Maine.

      Banner - Vital CheckPlease contact me with corrections or suggestions.

      Please Note: The information contained on these pages is not guaranteed, as addresses and prices change frequently. It is recommended that you confirm the price and address by calling the vital records office before you place your order.
      Ancestry.com - the #1 genealogy library
      - Start Your Family Tree
      - Order Vital Records Online
      - Census Records
      - Birth, Marriage & Death
      - Social Security Death Index
      - Newspapers & Periodicals
      - Court, Land & Probate
      Top 100 Genealogy Sites

      Maine State Vital Records Office

        Office of Vital Statistics
        Department of Human Services
        221 State St, Station 11
        Augusta, ME 04333-0011
        (207) 287-3181
        Find Lost Family and Friends

        Before 1892, records of births, marriages, and deaths were kept by the towns and cities of Maine. Some municipalities kept good records, some kept no records, and some kept adequate records only to have them lost to fire, flood, or storage in private homes. The information on these municipal records is in most cases sparser than found on more modern records. Marriages and deaths, for example, rarely listed parents' names or the parties' places of birth. When, in the 1920's, the State requested copies of pre-1892 vital records from the towns, only about 20 percent responded.

      • Search Maine Databases online for birth, marriage, census, death, immigration, naturalization, military records and more at Ancestry
      • Click Here to Start Your Family Tree Today - It's FREE
      • Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE

      • Order birth and death records online quickly and easily via VitalChek

        Record Cost Dates Ordering
        Birth$15.00since 1923Order Online
        from Office of Vital Statistics
        Death$15.00since 1923Order Online
        from Office of Vital Statistics
      • Click here to search the Social Security Death Index
        • Marriage$15.00since 1923Order Online
        from Office of Vital Statistics
        Birth, Death & Marriage$15.001892 - 1922Order Online
        Records prior to 1892 can be found in the court records at
          Maine State Archives
          State House Complex, Station 84
          Augusta, ME 04333
          Phone: (207) 287-5795.

      • Click here to search the Social Security Death Index
        • Birth, Death & Marriagebefore 1892Order Online
        Check with the town clerks or selectmen in the town in which the event occurred.
      • Click here to search the Social Security Death Index
        • Divorce$15.00since 1892Order Online
        If the records are not available at the State office, they might be available from the Clerk of the District Court in the judicial division where the divorce was granted.
        Divorcebefore 1892Order Online
        Divorce proceedings prior to 1892 can be found in the court records at the Maine State Archives
        State House Complex, Station 84
        Augusta, ME 04333
        Phone: (207) 287-5795. The Archives also has an index to divorce cases between 1892 and 1969.
        Census1790 through 1930Search U.S. Federal Census Records Online

        FIRST NAME

        LAST NAME

      Index to Maine County & Town Vital Records Offices

        Vital records are also kept by town clerks or selectmen. Although some towns have existed since the 1650s, most vital records date from about 1700. The vital statistics are often arranged by family.
        Before 1892, records of births, marriages, and deaths were kept by the towns and cities of Maine. Some municipalities kept good records, some kept no records, and some kept adequate records only to have them lost to fire, flood, or storage in private homes. The information on these municipal records is in most cases sparser than found on more modern records. Marriages and deaths, for example, rarely listed parents' names or the parties' places of birth. When, in the 1920's, the State requested copies of pre-1892 vital records from the towns, only about 20 percent responded.

        Follow this link to Rootsweb to determine what county a city or town is in.

        Counties

          Androscoggin . Aroostook . Cumberland . Franklin . Hancock . Kennebec . Knox . Lincoln . Oxford . Penobscot . Piscataquis . Sagadahoc . Somerset . Waldo . Washington . York .
        Cities or Towns
          Abbot . Acton . Addison . Albion . Alexander . Alfred . Allagash . Alton . Amherst . Andover . Anson . Appleton . Arrowsic . Arundel . Ashland . Athens . Atkinson . Auburn . Augusta . Aurora . Avon . Baileyville/Woodland . Baldwin . Bangor . Bar Harbor . Baring . Bath . Beaver Cove . Belfast . Belgrade . Belmont . Benton . Berlin . Berwick . Bethel . Biddeford . Bingham . Blue Hill . Boothbay . Boothbay Harbor . Bowdoin . Bowdoinham . Bowerbank . Bradford . Bradley . Bremen . Brewer . Bridgton . Bristol . Brooklin . Brooksville . Brookton . Brownfield . Brownville . Brunswick . Buckfield . Bucksport . Burlington . Burnham . Buxton . Byron . Calais . Cambridge . Camden . Cannaan . Canton . Cape Elizabeth . Caribou . Carmel . Carthage . Casco . Castine . Charleston . Chelsea . Cherryfield . Chester . Chesterville . China . Clifton . Clinton . Codyville . Columbia . Columbia Falls . Concord . Cooper . Corinna . Corinth . Cornish . Cornville . Cranberry Isles . Crawford . Cumberland . Cushing . Cutler . Dallas Plt . Damariscotta . Danforth . Danville . Dayton . Dedham . Deer Isle . Deering . Denmark . Dennysville . Detroit . Dexter . Dixfield . Dover-Foxcroft . Dresden . Durham . Dyer Brook . Eagle Lake . East Livermore . East Machias . East Millinocket . Eastbrook . Easton . Eastport . Eddington . Edgecomb . Edmunds . Eliot . Ellsworth . Embden . Enfield . Etna . Eustis . Exeter . Fairfield . Falmouth . Farmingdale . Farmington . Fayette . Fort Fairfield . Fort Kent . Frankfort . Freedom . Freeman . Freeport . Frenchville . Friendship . Fryeburg . Gardiner . Garland . Georgetown . Gilead . Gorham . Gouldsborough . Grand Isle . Grand Lake Stream . Gray . Great Pond Plantation . Greenbush . Greene . Greenville . Greenwood . Guilford . Hallowell . Hampden . Hancock . Hanover . Harmony . Harpswell . Harrington . Harrison . Hartford . Hartland . Hebron . Hiram . Hodgdon . Holden . Hollis . Hope . Houlton . Howland . Hudson . Industry . Island Falls . Isle au Haut . Islesboro . Jackman . Jackson . Jay . Jefferson . Jonesboro . Jonesport . Kenduskeag . Kennebunk . Kennebunkport . Kingfield . Kingsbury Plantation . Kittery . Knox . La Grange . Lambert Lake . Lamoine . Lebanon . Lee . Leeds . Levant . Lewiston . Liberty . Limerick . Limestone . Limington . Lincoln . Lincolnville . Lisbon . Litchfield . Livermore . Livermore Falls . Long Island Plantation . Lovell . Lowell . Lubec . Ludlow . Lyman . Machias . Machiasport . Macwahoc . Madawaska . Madison . Madrid . Manchester . Mariaville . Mars Hill . Mattawamkeag . Maxfield . Mechanic Falls . Meddybemps . Medford . Medway . Mercer . Mexico . Milbridge . Milford . Millinocket . Milo . Minot . Monmouth . Monroe . Monson . Monticello . Montville . Moose River . Morrill . Moscow . Moses Little's Gore . Mount Desert . Mount Vernon . Naples . New Castle . New Gloucester . New Portland . New Sharon . New Sweden . New Vineyard . Newburg . Newfield . Newport . Newry . Nobleborough . Norridgewock . North Berwick . North Haven . North Yarmouth . Northeast Harbor . Northport . Norway . Oakland . Ogunquit . Old Orchard Beach . Old Town . Orland . Orono . Orrington . Osborn . Otis . Otisfield . Owl's Head . Oxford . Palermo . Palmyra . Paris . Parkman . Parsonsfield . Patten . Peaks Island . Pejepscot . Pembroke . Penobscot . Peru . Phillps . Phippsburg . Pittsfield . Pittston . Plymouth . Poland . Portage . Porter . Portland . Pownaisborough . Presque Isle . Princeton . Prospect . Randolph . Rangeley . Raymond . Readfield . Richmond . Ripley . Robbinston . Rockland . Rockport . Rogue Bluffs . Rome . Roxbury . Rumford . Sabattus . Saco . Sagadahoc . Salem . Sandy River Plt . Sanford . Sangerville . Scarborough . Searsmont . Searsport . Sebec . Sedgewick . Shapleigh . Sherman Mills . Shirley . Sidney . Skowhegan . Sleborough . Smithfield . Smyrna Mills . Solon . Sorrento . South Berwick . South Bristol . South Paris . South Portland . Southwest Harbor . Springfield . St. Albans . St. Francis . St. George . Standish . Starks . Stetson . Steuben . Stockton Springs . Stoneham . Stonington . Stow . Strong . Sullivan . Sumner . Surry . Swan's Island . Sweden . Talmadge . Temple . Tenants Harbor . Thomaston . Thorndike . Topsfield . Topsham . Tremont . Trenton . Troy . Turner . Union . Unity . Upton . Van Buren . Vanceboro . Vassalboro . Verona . Vienna . Vinalhaven . Waite . Waldoborough . Waltham . Warren . Washburn . Washington . Waterboro . Waterford . Waterville . Wayne . Webster . Weld . Wellington . Wells . Wesley . West Bath . West Paris . West Southport . Westbrook . Whiting . Willimantic . Wilton . Windham . Windsor . Winslow . Winter Harbor . Winterport . Winthrop . Wiscasset . Woodland . Woodstock . Woolwich . Yarmouth . York .

      Searchable Databases and other Helpful Links

      • Start Your Family Tree Today
        It's FREE. Enter a few simple facts about recent generations of your family. Watch it grow.
      • Maine USGenWeb Project
        genealogical gateway to the state and counties
      • USGenWeb Archives for Maine
        online cemeteries, deeds, censuses, obituaries & other records
      • Search Maine Databases Online
        Search for birth, marriage, census, death, immigration, naturalization, military records and more at Ancestry
      • Search the 1790-1930 Maine Census Online
        Find your ancestor's year and place of birth, year of marriage, home address, occupation, property information and more at Ancestry
      • Now Available! Family Tree Maker 2008
        the bestselling, easy-to-use family tree software will help you create, grow, and share the story of your own
      • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Maine
        your genealogy starting point online for more than a decade!
      • Genealogy Today
        unique collection of databases and innovative search tools, original articles from experienced genealogists
      • Maine Death Index, 1960-97
        In addition to providing the name of the deceased, the index also provides the date and place of death, the age at time of death, and the death certificate number at Ancestry
      • Maine Deaths 1960-1996
        search this database online
      • Maine Pensioners, 1835
        thousands of Maine soldiers who were covered under various pension acts in the early 1800s at Ancestry
      • Maine Revolutionary War Bounty App., 1835-36
        the names of veterans who applied for land bounties in 1835 and 1836 at Ancestry
      • Maine Military Men, 1917-1918
        list of men from Maine who served in World War I at Ancestry
      • New England Early Genealogy Connections
        search this New England data base for genealogy in the 1600+/- to 1700+/- time period
      Other States . Birth Certificates . Death Records . Marriage licenses . Related Links . Guidelines


      Please send web site additions and corrections to the webmaster.

      Public Records 120x60Genealogy Top Sites The Genealogy Register