Free Maine Online Church Records

Another underutilized genealogy resource is Church Records. We tend to focus our research on civil records, but need to be aware that often church records pre-dated civil records and are a great resource as well. In the BMD Records section of this website, there are about 15,000 collections of civil records that are available online. Yes, that’s a lot, but we need to also search church records as well. 

What can we find in church or synagogue records? Here’s just a shortlist of what nuggets we can find:​

• Baptisms and Christenings
• Marriages
• Deaths
• Burials
• Confirmations​​
• ​Membership lists
• Church Minutes
• Church Directories
• Transfer Letters
• Bar or Bat Mitzvahs
• Sunday School lists
• Church newsletters​

​In addition, many folks also documented important events in family bibles, so they need to be searched as well if the event information has been digitized.

​Here are a couple of articles that you might find useful:​

• U.S. Church Records Research Guide
• United States Church Records
• A Genealogist’s Guide to Using Catholic Records in Genealogy Research

There is a large number of Free Online Church Record collections; the links for the state are below:

Note: Some of the links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage, please make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.

(Updated October 2021)

• Albion, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1750-1875
• Alfred, York, Congregational Church Births or Christenings, 1806-1870
• Alna, Lincoln, Births or Christenings, 1850-1875
• Amherst, Hancock, Births or Christenings, 1782-1875
• Appleton, Knox, Births or Christenings, 1729-1875
• Avon, Franklin, Births or Christenings, 1743-1850
• Bar Harbor, Hancock, Births or Christenings, 1735-1875
• Belfast, First Congregational Church, Index to Records
• Belgrade, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1725-1875
• Biddeford, First Church of Christ Membership, Baptisms, Marriages
• Biddeford, Second Congregational Church Manual
• Blue Hill, Hancock, Births or Christenings, 1762-1875
• Boothbay, Lincoln, ; Births or Christenings, 1763-1875
• Bridgton, Cumberland, Births or Christenings, 1785-1875
• Brooklin, Hancock, Births or Christenings, 1781-1875
• Brooksville, Hancock, Births or Christenings, 1771-1875
• Brunswick, Cumberland, Births or Christenings, 1725-1875
• Bucksport, Hancock, Births or Christenings, 1768-1875
• Buxton, Church of Christ Records
• Cape Elizabeth Twp., Cumberland, Births or Christenings, 1734-1875
• Cape Elizabeth,  Cape Elizabeth Town and vital Records, 1760-1900
• Caribou, Aroostook, Births or Christenings, 1849-1869
• Carthage, Franklin, Births or Christenings, 1812-1865
• Castine, Hancock, Births or Christenings, 1727-1875
• Charlotte, Baptist Church Early Church Records
• Chelsea, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1770-1875
• Chesterville, Franklin, Births or Christenings, 1751-1875
• China, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1775-1864
• Cumberland, Cumberland, Births or Christenings, 1715-1875
• Cushing, Knox, Births or Christenings, 1751-1875
• Deer Isle, Maine, Christ, Births, 1778-1871
• Deer Isle, Town, Vital, and Church Records 1784-1867
• Ellsworth, Records of the Unitarian Universalist Church
• Falmouth (Portland), First Church, Baptisms
• Falmouth, Cumberland, Births or Christenings, 1784-1875
• Farmington, Franklin, Births or Christenings, 1741-1875
• Fayette, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1749-1875
• First Regular Baptist Church of Fayette Church Records
• Freeport, Cumberland, Births or Christenings, 1759-1875
• Friendship, Knox, Births or Christenings, 1769-1847
• Gouldsboro, Hancock, Births or Christenings, 1766-1875
• Harpswell, Cumberland, Births and Christenings, 1735-1862
• Harrison, Cumberland, Births or Christenings, 1806-1871
• Hodgdon, Aroostook, Births or Christenings, 1794-1864
• Hope, Knox, Births or Christenings, 1776-1875
• Houlton, Aroostook, Births or Christenings, 1831-1873
• Industry, Franklin, Births or Christenings, 1732-1875
• Jay, Franklin, Births or Christenings, 1779-1875
• Kenduskeag, Baptist Church Records 1854-1906
• Kenduskeag, Congregational Church Records 1834-1875
• Kingfield, Franklin, Births or Christenings, 1811-1824
• Lamoine, Hancock, Births or Christenings, 1849-1875
• Lewiston, Freewill Baptist Church Church Records, 1817-1830
• Lewiston, Second Freewill Baptist Church Church Records, 1826-1924
• Linneus, Aroostook, Births or Christenings, 1784-1875
• Litchfield, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1740-1875
• Madrid, Franklin, Births or Christenings, 1789-1875
• Maine Genealogy Archives, Church Records
• Maine, Church Records, 1734-1907
• Maine, Kennebec County probate estate files, 1779-1915
• Manchester, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1761-1875
• Marquis Fayette King, Marquis F. Baptisms and admission from the Records 
• Mars Hill, Aroostook, Births or Christenings, 1786-1875
• Minot, Congregational Society of Minot Center Book no. 1, 1867-1917
• Minot, Congregational Society of Minot Center Record of accounts, 1909-1923
• Minot, First Congregational Church of Christ Baptisms from books 1 and 2 of the Records, 1788-1957
• Minot, First Congregational Church of Christ Church Records, no. 1-2, 1784-1977
• Minot, First Congregational Church of Christ Sabbath school Records, 1878-1909
• Minot, Second or West Congregational Church Church Records, book no. 1, 1806-1821
• Monmouth, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1764-1875
• Monmouth, Church of Christ Church Records, 1817-1847
• Monmouth, Second Church of Christ Church Records, 1817-1840
• Mount Desert, Hancock, Births or Christenings, 1747-1875
• Mount Vernon, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1743-1875
• Naples, Cumberland, Births or Christenings, 1807-1875
• New Gloucester, Cumberland, Births or Christenings, 1732-1875
• New Sharon, Franklin, Births or Christenings, 1757-1875
• New Sweden Lutheran Church,  Church Register, 1871-1928
• North Haven, Knox, Births or Christenings, 1786-1875
• North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Births or Christenings, 1701-1875
• Orland, Hancock, Births or Christenings, 1762-1875
• Pepperrellborough, First Church, Records
• Poland, Births or Christenings, 1752-1875
• Pownal, First Freewill Baptist Church Church Records, 1847-1865
• Rockland, Christenings, 1783-1875
• Saco, Most Holy Trinity, Marriages, 1916-1993
• Sanford and Springvale, First Baptist Church, Church Records 1772-1877
• Sanford, Congregational Church Records April 4, 1823-Sept. 4, 1842
• Scarboro, Second Congressional Church Marriage Records, 1729-1800
• Tremont, Hancock, Births or Christenings, 1815-1875
• Trenton, Hancock, Births or Christenings, 1738-1875
• Turner, Androscoggin, Births or Christenings, 1776-1875
• Van Buren, St. Bruno’s Parish, Index of Birth Records 1838-1893
• Vassalboro, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1763-1875
• Vienna, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1752-1875
• Wales, Androscoggin, Births or Christenings, 1759-1875
• Waterville, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1807-1875
• Wayne, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1763-1875
• Wayne, Baptist Church Records 1794 to 1845
• Webster, Androscoggin, Births or Christenings, 1840-1875
• Weld, Franklin, Births or Christenings, 1752-1875
• Wells, First Church of Christ Records, 1701-1811
• Wells, First Congregational Church Records 1701-1811
• West Gardiner, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1848-1875
• Westbrook, Cumberland, Births or Christenings, 1800-1875
• Wilton, Franklin, Births or Christenings, 1760-1875
• Windham, Cumberland, Births or Christenings, 1789-1875
• Windsor, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1791-1859
• Winslow, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1759-1875
• Winthrop Congregational Church – Records
• Winthrop, Kennebec, Births or Christenings, 1720-1875
• Yarmouth, Cumberland, Births or Christenings, 1830-1875