Canaan Town Clerk
P. O. Box 68
Main St.
Canaan, ME  04924

(For Canaan vital records previous to 1892.  Note that the Town Clerk has many other duties and may not be able to reply to your request right away.  Please be patient and respectful of the Town Clerk's time.  The early records have been filmed by the LDS church and are available through the Family History Centers.  It is advisable to look for your ancestors on this film before sending requests for records to the Town Clerk.)

Canaan Town Office, (207) 474-8976

(Note:  on June 10, 1995, the Canaan Town Hall was burned down.  The Vital Records, while not burned on account of their being stored in a fireproof cabinet, nevertheless, suffered water damage.  An attempt is currently being made to reconstruct the original book on computer.)

Records of land title and divorces are held in the Office of the Clerk of the Court in the county seat of the county in which the event took place.

The County Seat of Lincoln County is Wiscasset, Maine -- records previous to 1799.
The County Seat of Kennebec County is Augusta, Maine -- records 1799 to 1809.
The County Seat of Somerset County is Skowhegan, Maine -- records 1809 to present.

Somerset County Courthouse
High Street
Skowhegan, ME  04976

Records found in the Somerset County Courthouse (records from
1809 to the present)
    Registry of Deeds -- deeds
    Registry of Probate -- wills, probate, administrations, adoptions

Somerset County Clerk
Court Street
Skowhegan, ME  04976-9801
Phone:  (207) 474-9861

(Note:  Augusta is the State Capital of Maine)

Division of Vital Statistics
Maine Department of Human Services
State House Station 11
Augusta, ME  04333
(for records of Maine births, marriages and deaths from 1923
to the present)

Maine State Archives
LMA Building
State House Station 84
Augusta, ME  04333
(Records of Maine births, marriages and deaths previous to
1892 are on microfilm.)

Department of the Secretary of State
James S. Henderson, State Archivist
84 State House Station
Augusta, ME  04333-0084
Phone:  (207) 287-5790
Fax:  (207) 287-5739

Maine State Library
State House Station 64
Augusta, ME  04333-0064
Phone: (207) 287-5600
Fax: (207) 287-5615 or (207) 287-5624

Maine Historic Preservation Commission
55 Capitol Street
State House Station 65
Augusta, ME  04333-0065
Phone:  (207) 287-2132

Maine Historical Society
The Center for Maine History
485 Congress Street
Portland, ME  04101
Phone:  (207) 774-1822
Fax:  (207) 775-4301

Maine Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 221
Farmington, ME  04938-0221