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The state of Maine is up for adoption if you would be interested please contact Marie Miller the Northeast District Administrator. Trails to the Past of Maine is excepting donations of genealogy materials such as Births and Deaths, Marriages, Wills, Obituaries, old news clippings, or any other information that you may have. You do not need birth certificates or death certificates, only the source of your information. If you have any of these items and wish to donate them. Please send them to Marie Miller In the early 1600's the Algonquin Indians who inhabited the region offered little resistance to the establishment of the first white settlements on the coast and along the navigable rivers. But Main was the scene of many conflicts during the French and Indian Wars and came under English control after the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Settlement began to increase, but remained low in comparison with other states until the 19th century. Maine's soldiers played an active part in the Revolutionary War and the first naval engagement of the war took place off the state's coast, near Machias. In 1775 the British burned the town of Falmouth (now Portland). During the War of 1812 the British easily captured and held the eastern portion of the state. In 1820, Maine, which had been part of Massachusetts since 1691, became a separate state. The 12th largest state 1820, by 1986 it ranked 38th. You are Number Visitor to this Site This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated without consent. All rights reserved. Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited. The copyright(s) ŠTrails To The Past, on this page must appear on all copied and/or printed material - when used with the permission of host for Maine.
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