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Welcome to
State of Maine
History & Genealogy
 

 

Hello, My name is Sharon Wick.
Welcome to the NEW and IMPROVED Website.

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MAINE GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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STATE BIRD: Chickadee
STATE FLOWER:  White pine cone and tassel (Pinus strobus, linnaeus)
adopted by Legislature in 1895

COUNTIES
 
 
 
 
 

State Flower:  White pine cone & tassel
State Bird: Chickadee
State Tree:  Eastern White Pine
Maine is called the Pine Tree State
State Motto:  Dirigo (I direct)

Maine was at one time part of Massachusetts. It became its own state on March 15th, 1820, becoming the 23rd state admitted to the United States of America, although its northern borders were not finalized until 1842.

State Capitol:
Augusta

Maine's Seal Post offices Governors History
Updated 4/8/2018
BIOGRAPHIES Deaths

Death Notices

Obituaries
 		 Newspaper Items added for
Lincoln Co.
Somerset Co.
Added 10/09/2007		 MILITARY

Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Illinois
News updated Forming of
Counties		 MAINE
Research
Items		 CENSUS of
Pensioners for Revolutionary and
Military Services
as Returned Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census in 1840

Intent to Marry
in Gorham Maine
 		 OLD LAWS MAINE
CENSUS INDEX
Court House
Photos
 

Tables of Contents to
COLLECTIONS & PROCEEDINGS
of the
MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Updated 6/2/2023		      

SOME OFF-SITE RESOURCES:
(These have already been done so there is no sense in my trying to repeat them so here goes ~ SW)
MAINE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE
First Parish Church & Cemetery
of York, Maine
--------		 Historical Collections of Piscataquis Co., Maine.
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Abbott Memorial Library Obituary Database - Dexter, Maine
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Deaths and Marriages
by Mrs. Arthur Ward
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I have changed the search engine on this site,
If you are having trouble with it, please check again soon because it is
in process of renewing. ~sw

State of Maine - Updates
Updates in process of uploading

Maine's Access to Government

STATE BIRD:

Chickadee

STATE FLAG

STATE FLOWER:

White Pine Cone & Tassle

Famous people from Maine:

Walter Van Tilburg Clark writer, East Oreland
Cyrus Curtis publisher, Portland
Dorothea Dix civil rights reformer, Hampden
Dustin Farnum actor, Hampton Beach
John Ford film director, Cape Elizabeth
Melville Fuller jurist, Augusta
Marsden Hartley painter, Lewiston
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet, Portland
Sarah Orne Jewett author, South Berwick
Stephen King writer, Portland
Linda Lavin actress, Portland
Hiram Stevens Maxim inventor, Sangerville
Edna St. Vincent Millay poet, Rockland
Marston Morse mathematician, Waterville
Frank Munsey publisher, Mercer
Walter Piston composer, Rockland
George Palmer Putnam publisher, Brunswick
Kenneth Roberts historical author, Kennebunk
Edwin Arlington Robinson poet, Head Tide
Margaret Chase Smith politician, Skowhegan
Percy Lebaron Spencer inventor, Howland
Francis & Freelan Stanley inventors, Kingfield
John Hay Whitney publisher, Ellsworth

State symbols
State berry: Wild Blueberry
State bird: Black-capped Chickadee
State cat: Maine Coon
State fish: Land-locked salmon
State flower: White Pinecone and Tassel
State fossil: Pertica Quadrifaria
State gemstone: Tourmaline
State herb: Wintergreen
State insect: European honey bee
State mammal: Moose
State animal: Moose
State beverage: Moxie
State soil: Chesuncook soil series
State song: State of Maine Song
State tree: Eastern White Pine
State vessel: Arctic exploration schooner Bowdoin
State motto: Dirigo ("I lead" or "I direct")

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