Genealogy and Research Links

General Information

• American History and Genealogy Project 
• Board of Certified Genealogist - How to find a Certified Genealogist
• dMarie Time Capsule  A really cool place to find out what things were like in history. Type in a date and and use the Quick Page or go to the Advanced Entry for more detailed information.
• Family Search
• Genealogy.com  - Fee and Free services
• Genealogy Database Network  
• Genealogy Forum's Resource Center
• Library of Congress - Immigrant Arrivals: A Guide To Published Sources
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Genealogical Society
• New England Genealogical Society
• The Ships List: Passengers, Ships, Shipwrecks
• United States Geological Survey (USGS)- interesting ways to find information on places (churches, geographic info)
• WORLDGENWEB.COM - Wonderful link to many world-wide genealogical sites

Maine Information

• Maine Memory Network - Digitized images of Maine people
• Maine State Archives
• Maine State Archives Research Room
• Maine Atlas 1895
• Maine State Library
• Mississippi-Maine Link (MISSME)- nice page of facts that link the two states
• Special Collections at Raymond F. Fogler Library
• Town Clerks
• Upper St. John River Valley - full of information on town histories and census material  

Newspapers in Maine
The Washington County Court House (Machias, Maine) is listed as having archives and collections of Maine newspapers.

• New England Old Newspaper Index Project of Maine
• Ellsworth area newspapers from 1853-1891
• History of the Press in Washington Co., Maine

Specific Cultural Genealogy

• Acadian Genealogy
• African American Links Page
• AfriGeneas
• Franco-American Women's Institute
• Historical and Genealogical Societies of the US  
• Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society
• Native American Links Page
• Native Americans at the Abbe Museum - Bar Harbor, Maine
• A Necklace of the Franco-American Jewels of Maine
• New Sweden Town Page
• Russian Voices on the Kennebec
• German Genealogy

Cemetery and Grave Links

• Cemetery Junction - Many different databases to research genealogy
• Find A Grave - good if your ancestor was famous or infamous

Other States: Archive Links

• http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/state-archives.html