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Free Maine Online Church Records

1/24/2020

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Another under utilized 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:
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  • 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 accessible by state below:.

Note: Some of the links listed below 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.

(Updated January, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD):

  • 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

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

​For other Free Maine Links, click on the category of interest:​

Newspapers
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BMD Records
Photos
Yearbooks
Directories
Divorce Records
Naturalizations
Church Records
School Records
Coroner Records
Voter Records
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