Standish Research Facilities
Vital Records Births, marriages and deaths before 1923 Town Clerk Town of Standish 175 Northeast Road Standish, Maine 04084 Hours:8:30-5 M-F, 'til 7 PM on Thursday. Tel.: 207-642-3461 or Maine State Archives has records to 1955, incomplete after that: Maine State Archives State House Station 84 Augusta, Maine 04333 Hours: Mon-Fri 8-4. Tel: 207-287-5795 After 1923: Maine Department of Human Services Office of Vital Records State House Station #11 221 State Street Augusta, Maine 04333-0011 Hours: Mon-Thurs, 9-4, Fri 9-3:30 Tel: 207-287-3184 Probate Records: See Maine Probate Abstracts 1775-1800 (by John Eldridge Frost, Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1991. Vol. 1, 1687-1775, Vol. 2, 1775-1800) and Maine Wills 1640-1760 (by William Mitchell Sargent, Brown, Thurston and Co., Portland, Maine, 1887).. There was a series of three fires in the Cumberland County Probate Office. The last fire was in 1907. As a result, only one index book survived. Records after 1907 are available. Indexed on cards. Microfiched. Search by mail: $10/record. Register of Probate Cumberland County Court House 142 Federal Street Portland, Maine 04101-4196 Hours: M-F 8:30-4:30 Telephone: 207-871-8382 Register of Probate York County Court House Court Street P.O. Box 399 Alfred, Maine 04002 Hours: Tel.: 207-324-1577 Deeds: Standish was originally in York County. In 1760, Cumberland County was created out of York County and included Standish. Cumberland: Staff operated photocopying. $1/page. Access by modem, contact Business Records (315-437-1283) for information. Register of Deeds Cumberland County Court House 142 Federal Street Portland, Maine 04101-4196 Research Hours: 8:30-4:15 Tel: 207-871-8389 York County has deeds from 1642. Indexed. York Deeds through 1737 have been published (19 vols.). Staff operated photocopying, $1.25 per page. Register of Deeds York County Court House Court Street P.O. Box 399 Alfred, Maine 04002 Hours: Tel: 207-324-1576 Maine Historical Society & Maine History Gallery 485 Congress Street Portland, Maine 04101-3498 Hours: Tues.-Fri 10-4, second and fourth saturday of month, 10-4. Tel.: 207-774-1822 email:mhistor1@maine.rr.com Osher Map Libary and Smith Center for Cartographic Education University of Southern Maine Research Hours: W 1-4:30 and 6-8 p.m. Sat 9-12:30 Exhibit Hours: W 1-4:30 and 6-8 p.m. Thurs 9-12:30, 1-4:30, Sat 9-12:30 Tel. 207-780-4850 Standish Historical Society P.O. Box 228 Standish, ME 04084 Membership $5/year, Life $50 Old Red Church Museum 55 Oak Hill Road Standish, ME Open May 31 for the summer of 2001 Hours:10:00-1:00 Tues. & Thurs. Tel.207-642-5170 Marrett House Ossippee Trail West Standish, ME Hours:Closed in winter. Summer Hours: First Weekend in June to middle weekend in October: 10-4 Sat. & Sun. Tel.:207-642-3032 Steep Falls Library Pequawket Trail Steep Falls, ME Hours: Tues 10-8, Thur 2-8, Sat 10-2 Tel.: 207-675-3132 Richville Library Sebago Lake, ME Hours: 1-5 Wed. & Thur. Tel.:207-642-4698 Architectural History Library Greater Portland Landmarks, Inc. 165 State Street Portland, Maine 04101 Hours: M-F, 9-5 Tel.: 207-774-5561 Churches Sebago Lake Congregational Church Office Rt. 35 Sebago Lake, Maine Hours: Tel. 207-642-4911 Standish Baptist Church Rt. 25 Ossipee Trail Standish, ME Hours: Tel.: 207-642-5358 Standish Congregational Church Office Standish, ME Hours 12-8 Tues & All day Thurs. Tel.: 207-642-3386 Standish Evangelical Free Church Oak Hill Road Standish, ME Hours: Tel.: Steep Falls Baptist Church Willard Residence Steep Falls, ME Hours: Tel.: 675-3263
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