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Microfilm on Canaan Available for
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TITLE
Vital records, 1784-1910.
CALL NUMBER  US/CAN FILM AREA  0010626
(Note:  you should double-check this film number at your LDS branch library before ordering.)
AUTHOR  Canaan (Maine).  Town Clerk.
PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1953.
FORMAT
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
NOTES
Microfilm of original records at Canaan, Maine.
CONTENTS
Most of the records are indexed.
Contains family records listing births and deaths; deaths ca.1815-1891;
   marriage records and intentions of marriage 1784-1891; births
   1892-1910.
Section 1.  Deaths.  1815-1891
Section 2.  Marriages.  Vital Records  1784-1891.
Section 3.  Canaan Vital Records  1776-1883  (Births) Families & Marriages
Section 4.  Canaan Vital Records  1850-1891  Deaths, Marriages, and Births.
Section 5.  Canaan Vital Records, 1793-1910  Births
Section 6.  Births, Marriages, and Deaths.


THIS RECORD FOUND UNDER
    1. Maine, Somerset, Canaan - Vital records



CANAAN SOURCES NOW ON-LINE!

  1. "The Kennebec Valley"
    by S. H. Whitney,
    Augusta: Sprague, Burleigh & Flynt, 1887.
  2. East Somerset County Register, 1912
    "Historical Sketch of Canaan"
    Clarence I. Chatto
    Auburn, Me. : Chatto & Turner, 1912.
  3. "Marriages in Lincoln County :
    Norridgewock, Canaan, Caratunk, Sandy River, 'Seven Mile Brook'"
    by Oliver Wood, 1895
    (only the ones for Canaan have been posted)




OLD CANAAN SOURCES NOT ON-LINE


(these three sources are not under copyright)
  1. "Old Canaan during the revolution"
    by Lillian Clayton Smith
    Publisher Skowhegan, Me. : Press of the Independent Reporter, 1910
    Cover title: Old Skowhegan
    Alt. Author:  Coburn, Louise Helen
  2. "History of the old towns, Norridgewock and Canaan,
    comprising Norridgewock, Canaan, Starks, Skowhegan and
    Bloomfield, from their early settlement to the year 1849 :
    including a sketch of the Abnakis Indians"
    by J. W. Hanson.
    Boston, Mass., author, 1849.
  3. "Index to History of old towns, Norridgewock and Canaan
    by John Wesley Hanson"
    Merrill, Virginia T
    Published by [Boston : J.W. Hanson, 1849]




"Skowhegan on the Kennebec"
by Louise Helen Coburn
Printed by the Independent-Reporter Press, Portland, Me. :  1941.
(2 volumes)


Additional Sources on Canaan, Maine found on the URSUS (University of Maine) on-line Library Catalog



"Records of the plantation of Canaan and the
town of Canaan (Skowhegan), 1783-1821"
Published by [S.l. : s.n., 1931?]
(3 volumes)
[Note:  these are not indexed and appear to be town
records of early meetings (no vital records).]

"Annual report of the municipal officers of
the town of Canaan"
Published by Canaan (Me.) : The Town

"History of the old towns, Norridgewock and Canaan, comprising Norridgewock, Canaan, Starks, Skowhegan, and Bloomfield, from their early settlement to the year 1849; including a sketch of the Abnakis Indians"
Facsimile Reprint 1989 by Jennie Hilton
(Note: includes index)

"Index of the history of the old towns, Norridgewock and Canaan : comprising Norridgewock, Canaan, Starks, Skowhegan, and Bloomfield, from their early settlement to the year 1849 ; including a sketch of the Abnaki Indians
by J. W. Hanson"
Alt. authors:  McCausland, Robert R. and
McCausland, Cynthia MacAlman
Published by [S.l. : s.n., 1997?]

"Scenic gems of Maine : illustrating many of the most beautiful and
interesting places in the state of Maine"
Published by Canaan, Me. : North Country Press, [1980?]
Library Note:
                "This book is a partial reproduction of Scenic gems of Maine ..."
                Reprint. Originally published: Portland, Me. : G.W. Morris, 1898

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Coordinator of the Canaan, Somerset County, MEGenWeb site
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