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This project is part of the State of Maine Portal . Somerset County, Maine is a geographically large county that stretches into western, central, and northern Maine. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,228. Its county seat is Skowhegan. Somerset County was established on March 1, 1809 from portions of Kennebec County and was named after Somerset County in England. Partly al...
This project is part of the State of Maine Portal . Knox County, Maine is a county in the south-central part of the state, along the North Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,736. Its county seat is Rockland. The county is named for American Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War Henry Knox, who lived in the county from 1795 until his death in 1806. ...
This project is part of the State of Maine Portal . Hancock County, Maine is a county in southeastern Maine, along the North Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010 census, the population was 54,418. Its county seat is Ellsworth. The county was incorporated on June 25, 1789 and named for John Hancock, the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hancock County has the longest coas...
This project is part of the State of Maine Portal . Washington County, Maine , located along the North Atlantic Ocean, is the easternmost county in both Maine and the continental United States as a whole. As of the 2010 census, its population was 32,856, making it the third-least populous county in Maine. Its county seat is Machias. The county was established on June 25, 1789. It bord...
This project is part of the State of Maine Portal. About the Project Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from California. You can add profiles for: People born in Maine People who lived in Maine People who died in Maine When you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit. If you have projects rela...
This project is part of the State of Maine Portal . Penobscot County, Maine is a geographically large county, stretching along angles into central, eastern, and northern Maine. As of the 2010 census, the population was 153,923. Its county seat is Bangor. The county was established on February 15, 1816 from a portion of Hancock County when the area was still part of Massachusetts. Pen...
Early Settlers of Wells, Maine= Bring your ancestor profiles on over. Must be set to public Wells, situated upon the sea-coast, in York County, was first settled by persons from Exeter, N.H., about the year 1640. Its name is supposed to have come from Wells in England. In regard to land titles, Folsom says that an Indian named Thomas Chabinoke, devised all his title and interest to Namps-cas-co...
This is for profiles created as part of the Lithuanian Heritage Project (LHP), a group on Facebook. The goal of the Lithuanian Heritage Project is to work collaboratively to build the information bridge between countries and generations, to collect information that enables Lithuanians globally to connect with their Lithuanian family members. Those wanting to join this project should be member...
Wikipedia = Bowdoin College Bowdoin College /ˈboʊdɨn/ is a private liberal arts college located in the coastal Maine town of Brunswick. Founded in 1794, the college enrolls 1,839 students and has been coeducational since 1971. Bowdoin offers 33 majors and 4 additional minors, and has a student-faculty ratio of 9:1. Famous alumni include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Franklin ...
Wikipedia Togus National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at Togus, Kennebec County, Maine. Find a Grave
This project is part of the State of Maine Portal . Kennebec County, Maine is a county in south-central Maine. As of the 2010 census, the population was 122,151. Its county seat is Augusta, the state capital. The county was established on February 20, 1799 from portions of Cumberland and Lincoln Counties. The name Kennebec comes from the Eastern Abenaki /kínipekʷ/ , meaning "large bo...
Houlton is a town in and the county seat of Aroostook County, Maine, United States, on the Canada–United States border. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 6,055. It is perhaps best known for being at the northern terminus of Interstate 95 and as the birthplace of Samantha Smith, a goodwill ambassador as a child during the Cold War. The town hosts the annual Houlton Agricultural Fa...
This project is part of the State of Maine Portal . Aroostook County, Maine , situated along the Canadian border, is the northernmost part of the state. As of the 2010 census, the population was 71,870. Its seat is Houlton. Known locally in Maine simply as "The County," it is the largest American county by land area east of the Rocky Mountains and the largest county by total area in ...
Wikipedia The University of Southern Maine (USM) is a multi-campus public comprehensive university and part of the University of Maine System. USM's three primary campuses are located in Portland, Gorham and Lewiston in the U.S. state of Maine. Many courses and degree programs are also offered online. It was founded as two separate state universities, Gorham Normal School and University of Ma...
Wikipedia The University of Maine (also referred to as UMaine, Maine or UMO) is a public research university in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. The University of Maine is one of only nine land, sea and space grant institutions in the nation. With an enrollment of appr...
This subportal is part of the USA Portal . =The state of Maine is the northernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Maine is the 39th most extensive and the 41st most populous of the U.S. states and territories. It is bordered by New Hampshire to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the north. Maine...
" In May, 1630, the barke Warwick found its way up the Piscataqua and Newichawannock rivers. On board were Ambrose Gibbons, Roger Knight and probably Thomas Spencer. Their wives came the following year. "So begins Everett Stackpole's The First Permanent Settlement in Maine (c1926). According to Wikipedia:>"Originally part of Kittery, the area later comprised by Berwick was settled about 1631 an...
This cemetery is on Main Street, Winter Harbor, Hancock County, Maine. Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on 345 Seawall Road, Southwest Harbor, Hancock County, Maine. Find a Grave
This cemetery, established in 1788 , is located on Main Street & Plains Road, Readfield, Kennebec County, Maine. Find a Grave
This project is part of the State of Maine Portal . Cumberland County, Maine is a county in the southwestern part of the state. As of the 2010 census, the population was 281,674, making it the most populous county in Maine. Its county seat is Portland. Cumberland County was founded in 1760 from a portion of York County, Massachusetts and named for William, Duke of Cumberland, a son of...
This project is part of the State of Maine Portal . Oxford County, Maine is a county in western Maine, along the borders with New Hampshire and Canada. As of the 2010 Census, the county had a population of 57,833. Its county seat is the town of Paris and the largest town is Rumford. The county was formed on March 4, 1805 from northerly portions of York and Cumberland counties. It bord...
This project is used to relate all units from Maine who served in the Union Army.
This project is for those buried in Hillside Cemetery, East Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine. .
Maine Governors Maine was admitted to the union on 15 March 1820. Prior to statehood, Maine was part of Massachusetts and known as the District of Maine. Since statehood, there have been 71 governors over 75 distinct terms. 1st William King 2nd William D. Williamson 3rd Benjamin Ames 4th Daniel Rose 5th Albion Parris