Vital records pre-1892 are 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. Copies of most of the existing pre-1892 vital records are at the Maine State Archives (207) 287-5795. They have an index to vital records prior to 1892 of 80 towns on 109 microfilms. For marriage records see the Index to Maine Marriages 1892-1899.

County Index:

Androscoggin . Aroostook . Cumberland . Franklin . Hancock . Kennebec . Knox . Lincoln . Oxford . Penobscot . Piscataquis . Sagadahoc . Somerset . Waldo . Washington . York . 

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

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