Maine Family History
- Maine Name Meaning
- French: topographic name from Old French maine ‘dwelling’, ‘residence’, ‘abode’, or a habitational name from any of numerous places so named. Scottish and English: variant spelling of Main. Catalan (Mainé): variant of Mainer.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 854,059 Historical Documents with Maine on Ancestry
- 67,084 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 35,984 Census and Voter Lists
- 12,549 Military Records
- 5,697 Immigration Records
- 732,745 Member Trees
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Number of Maine families
 71 - 139  24 - 70 |
 1 - 23  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Maine families
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36 - 70 13 - 35 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Maine families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Maine census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure, port of arrival, and destination.
from the New York Passenger Lists
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You can find out when most of the Maine families immigrated to the United States. You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure, port of arrival and destination.
from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions. A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family.
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
Maine census records
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Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
- All Maine
- 151
- Confederate
- 15
- Union
- 136
from the Civil War Service Records
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