The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is October 2024)
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The Ancestor Hunt has been cataloging and listing links to free online genealogy collections in over 24 different record categories since 2014. These are available for you to view and use via the Resources tab above.
There is a massive amount of genealogy and historical material that can help us researchers as we discover who belongs in our family tree, and more importantly, what is their life story. But much of this genealogical and historical material doesn’t fit nicely into a specific genealogy record category.
As researchers, we should avail ourselves of the types of materials listed below. They definitely will help us in our genealogy and family history research These online resources are available generally at state libraries and archives, larger public libraries, and college and university digital collections. Hence the creation of these lists of links to free online digital archives for the state. I hope they prove useful to you in your pursuit.
Types of Information Available in Digital Archives
- Scrapbooks
- Diaries
- Family Papers, Biographies, and Other Collections
- Letters
- Oral Histories
- Maps
- Bulletins and Newsletters
- Corporate Collections
- Local Community and County Histories
- Photographs and Postcards
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Government Publications and Documents
- And yes, Genealogy Record Collections and Indexes
The Free Online Digital Archives for the state are listed below:
Maine Archives
- 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
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!