South Portland Genealogy (in Cumberland County, ME)

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South Portland Birth Records

1621-1922 Maine Birth Records (incomplete before 1892) Ancestry online

Maine, Birth Records, 1892-present Maine Department of Health and Human Services

South Portland Cemetery Records

Bay View Cemetery Billion Graves online

Browns Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Calvary Cemetery Find a Grave online

Calvary Cemetery Billion Graves online

Forest City Cemetery Billion Graves online

Forest City Cemetery Find a Grave online

Highland Memorial Gardens Billion Graves online

Highland Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Long Creek Cemetery Find a Grave online

Long Creek Cemetery Billion Graves online

Maine Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1718-2014 Ancestry online

Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990 Ancestry online

Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999 Ancestry online

Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, 1780-1980 Ancestry online

Mount Pleasant Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Pleasant Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old Settlers Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Settlers Cemetery Billion Graves online

Skillin Cemetery Find a Grave online

Smith Street Cemetery Find a Grave online

Wescott Cemetery Find a Grave online

South Portland Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

South Portland City Directories

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Directory of Portland : including the city of South Portland and the town of Cape Elizabeth FamilySearch Library

Maine City Directories (includes Portland and South Portland 1950) Ancestry online

Maine City Directories (includes Portland, South Portland 1921, 1931, 1935) Ancestry online

Maine City Directories (includes Portland, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth 1930, 1934, 1937, 1946) Ancestry online

Maine City Directories (includes South Portland 1907, 1909, 1913-14, 1916-17, 1921-22, 1925, 1929-31, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1942, 1946, 1950, 1953-57) Ancestry online

Maine City Directories (includes South Portland Tax List 1954) Ancestry online

Maine City Directories (includes South Portland, Cape Elizabeth 1931, 1935, 1954-55) Ancestry online

Maine City Directories (includes South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Portland 1935) Ancestry online

Maine City Directories (includes South Portland, Portland 1931) Ancestry online

South Portland, ME 1902-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

South Portland Death Records

1617-1922 Maine Death Records (incomplete before 1892) Ancestry online

Maine Death Index, 1960-1997 Ancestry online

Maine Deaths, 1960-1996 MyHeritage online

Maine, Death Records, 1892-present Maine Department of Health and Human Services

South Portland Immigration Records

Declarations of intentions (Cumberland County, Maine), 1859-1906 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization docket book (Cumberland County, Maine), 1868-1906 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization index (Cumberland County, Maine), 1859-1906 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records (Cumberland County, Maine), 1859-1906 FamilySearch Library

South Portland Land Records

Land records, 1760-1902; index to land records, 1760-1904 FamilySearch Library

South Portland Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, 1909 Library of Congress online

South Portland Marriage Records

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1670-1921 Maine Marriage Index (incomplete before 1892) Ancestry online

1713-1937 Maine Marriage Records (selections) Ancestry online

1892-1966 Maine Marriages Index MyHeritage online

1892-1966, 1977-1996 Maine Marriage Index Ancestry online

Maine, Marriage Records, 1892-present Maine Department of Health and Human Services

Marriage records, v. A-D, 1786-1886 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, vol. A, pp. 1-33, 1786-1790 FamilySearch Library

Marriage returns of Cumberland County, Maine : prior to 1892 FamilySearch Library

South Portland Military Records

A Maine town responds : Cape Elizabeth & South Portland in the Civil War FamilySearch Library

South Portland Newspapers and Obituaries

Lakes Region Weekly 2016-2023 Newspapers.com online

South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Sentry 04/06/2012 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Southern Forecaster 2004-2023 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for South Portland

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Shipyard News. (South Portland, Me.) 1941-1940s

South Portland Probate Records

1584-1999 Maine Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

South Portland School Records

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Maine Vocational Technical Institute yearbooks, 1959, 1963, 1964 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

South Portland High School - Headlight Yearbook (South Portland, ME), 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1971 E Yearbook online

South Portland High School yearbook, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1988, 2000, 2001 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

South Portland High School yearbook, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1977 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

South Portland High School yearbook, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1988, 2000, 2001 Classmates online

Southern Maine Community College - TEKS Yearbook (South Portland, ME), 1954, 1959, 1963, 1964 E Yearbook online

Southern Maine Community College yearbooks, 1954, 1959, 1964 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Southern Maine Vocational Technical High School yearbook, 1954, 1960, 1970, 1972 Classmates online

Southern Maine Vocational Technical High School yearbook, 1954, 1960, 1970, 1972 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Southern Maine Vocational Technical High School yearbooks, 1954, 1960, 1970, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

South Portland Tax Records

Maine City Directories (includes South Portland Tax List 1954) Ancestry online



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