Maine Death Certificates

Ordering Maine Death Certificates Online

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General Information on Ordering Maine Death Certificates

Systematic registration of births, deaths and marriages on a statewide basis began in Maine in 1892.

Birth, death and marriage records from 1892-1922 are available in the Maine State Archives research room or can be ordered by mail from the Archives.

Microfilm copies of birth, marriage, and death records from 1922-1955 are available for viewing by patrons in the State Archives research room.

Certified copies of birth, death, or marriage records from 1923 to the present are available from the Office of Vital Records. Divorce records from 1892 through the present may be obtained from the Office of Vital Records.

To fulfill your request, the following information is needed:

• Name of the decedent.
• Date of death.
• Name of city/town the death occurred in.
• State your relationship to the name on the death record being requested.
• Please include a daytime telephone number.
• Please make the check payable to: "Treasurer - State of Maine".

Information for Genealogists

For assistance with your family history research, please do not contact the State of Maine. Instead please refer to the following websites for help:

• Maine Birth, Marriage and Death Records - online databases of primary records.

• Maine Adoption Registry - for help with locating adoptees and birth families from Maine.

• Maine Obituaries - find obituaries from Maine newspapers.

• Social Security Death Index - National database of deaths dating back to the 1940's.