(This page's most recent update is
August 2024)
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Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with much story-like information about your ancestor’s life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they became an adult. And of course, you get to see what they looked like.
Here are a few articles that may convince you to research these gems:
- Using Yearbooks For Genealogical Research
- A Genealogy Education is in School Yearbooks
- Genealogy 101: School Yearbooks
And here is an article providing information on where else you can find online yearbooks; some need a subscription and some do not:
Below is a list of links to free online yearbooks from the state:
Please note that some of the yearbooks are not searchable but are an image of each page in the yearbook.
Please note that there may seem to be duplicates. If there are, that means that there are multiple sites where the same school’s yearbooks are available online.
Maine Online Yearbooks
- Athens – Somerset Academy
- Bangor – Bangor High School
- Bangor – Eastern Maine Community College
- Bangor – John Bapst Memorial High School
- Bath – Hyde School
- Bethel – Gould Academy
- Bethel – Telstar Regional High School
- Biddeford – Biddeford High School
- Biddeford – St. Francis College
- Biddeford – St. Francis College
- Biddeford – St. Louis High School
- Biddeford – University of New England
- Brewer – Brewer High School
- Brunswick – Bowdoin College
- Brunswick – Bowdoin College
- Canton – Canton High School
- Carmel – Carmel High School
- Carmel – Carmel High School
- Castine – Maine Maritime Academy
- Cumberland – Greely High School
- Cumberland – Greely Institute
- Easton – Easton High School
- Eliot – Eliot High School
- Farmington – Farmington State Normal School
- Fort Fairfield – Fort Fairfield High School
- Fort Kent – University of Maine at Fort Kent
- Foxcroft – Foxcroft Academy
- Gardiner – Gardiner High School
- Glen Cove – Glen Cove Bible College
- Glen Cove – Glen Cove Christian Academy
- Gorham – Gorham State Teachers College
- Gorham – Gorham High School
- Gray – Pennell Institute
- Harmony – Harmony High School
- Hermon – Hermon High School
- Houlton – Houlton High School
- Lewiston – Bates College
- Lewiston – Bates College
- Machias – University of Maine at Machias
- Madawaska – Madawaska Elementary School
- Madawaska – Madawska High School
- Maine – University of Maine
- Mars Hill – Central Aroostook High School
- Millbridge – Millbridge High School
- Milo – Milo High School
- Norridgewock – Norridgewock High School
- Northeast Harbor – Gilman High School
- Norway – Norway High School
- Old Orchard – Old Orchard Beach High School
- Old Orchard – Old Orchard Junior-Senior High School
- Old Town – Old Town High School
- Orono – Orono High School
- Orono – University of Maine
- Orono – University of Maine
- Orono – University of Maine
- Pittsfield – Maine Central Institute
- Pittsfield – Maine Central Institute
- Portland – Peaks Island School
- Portland – University of Southern Maine
- Portland – Westbrook College
- Presque Isle – Northern Maine Community College
- Presque Isle – University of Maine at Presque Isle
- Sanford – Sanford High School
- Scarborough – Scarborough High School
- Scarborough – Scarborough High School
- Skowhegan – Skowhegan Area High School
- South Berwick – Marshwood High School
- South Berwick – South Berwick Academy
- South Berwick – South Berwick High School
- Springvale – Nasson College
- St. Agatha – St. Agatha High School
- St. Agatha – Wisdom Junior Senior High School
- Unity – Unity College
- Vinalhaven – Vinalhaven School
- Waterville – Colby College
- Waterville – Colby College
- Waterville – Waterville High School
- Windham – Windham High School
To see free online yearbooks from other states. please visit the Yearbooks page.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!