(This page's most recent update is April 2025)
If you follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that we specialize in curating and presenting links to Free Online Genealogy Records, Collections, and Indexes by genealogical category. Everything that is online for free has not been captured in our link lists, as some specific categories and resources have not been curated as yet, or we may never do.
However, there are archives, libraries, unique document collections, and specialized genealogy websites throughout the state. With the list below, you should have exposure to the great majority of free online resources for the state.
- Access Genealogy – Maine
- Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
- American History & Genealogy Project – Maine
- Ancestry Free Index Collections
- Bangor Public Library
- Bates College Digital Collections
- Bowdoin College Digital Collections
- Chronicling America – Maine
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- Colby College Digital Collections
- College of the Atlantic Digital Collections
- Cyndi’s List – Maine
- David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
- Dead Fred
- Death Indexes – Maine
- Digital Commons Collections
- Digital Maine Repository
- Digital Public Library of America – Maine
- Fairfield Historical Society
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch – Maine Online Genealogy Records
- FamilySearch Catalog
- FamilySearch Wiki – Maine
- Farmington Public Library
- FindAGrave
- Genealogy Trails – Maine
- Google Books – Maine
- HathiTrust – Maine
- I Dream of Genealogy
- Interment.net – Maine
- Internet Archive – Maine
- LDS Genealogy – Maine
- Lewiston Public Library
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Linkpendium – Maine
- Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society Library
- Maine Historical Society
- Maine Memory Network
- Maine State Archives
- Maine State Library
- McArthur Library Archives & Special Collections
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Archives at Boston
- National Archives Online Exhibits
- National Archives Resources for Genealogists
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- New England Historic Genealogical Society
- New Horizons Genealogy – Maine
- Old Town Genealogy Collections
- PastPerfectOnline Collections
- Patriot and Grave Registry
- Patten Free Library
- Penobscot Marine Museum
- Portland Library Digital Commons
- Sanborn Maps – Maine
- Skidompha Public Library
- Smithsonian Digital Library
- The Official Land Records Site
- United States Social Security Death Index
- University of Maine – Augusta Digital Collections
- University of Maine – Farmington Digital Collections
- University of Maine – Fort Kent Acadian Archives
- University of Maine – Machias Digital Collections
- University of Maine – Orono Digital Collections
- University of Maine – Presque Isle Digital Collections
- University of Maine Special Collections
- University of New England Digital Collections
- University of Southern Maine Digital Collections
- US GenWeb – Maine
- US GenWeb Archives – Maine
- York Public Library
Here is the list of over 3,840 curated Maine genealogy collection links from The Ancestor Hunt, by category:
- Newspapers
- Yearbooks
- Births
- Marriages
- Deaths
- Alumni Records
- Cemetery Records
- Church Records
- Coroner Records
- Criminal Records
- Directories
- Divorce Records
- Immigration Records
- Institutional Records
- Military Records
- Mortuary Records
- Naturalizations
- Obituaries
- Photos
- Probate and Wills
- School Records
- Tax Records
- Voter Records
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!