HOPE  

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Welcome to Hope, Maine, Once Barretstown
Encompassing Hope Corners and South Hope.

Features

Hope lies inland, at the intersect. of #105 & #235. It boasts Hatchet and Madays Mountains, and contains Alford Lake, as well as many pretty smaller bodies of water named Hobbs, Mansfield, Cotton, Fish and Lily Ponds.

Sources

'History of Hope, Maine'. The Vital records are included, by Anna Simpson Hardy,1990  Request a LookUp from Rick Cheney, Jr.  or  Edward J. Walsh History Center

'Maine Families in 1790'Vol. 1-6, one generation back and one forward.ed. by Gray and Anderson. Request a LookUp from    Mary J. Coombs

'Maine and NH Families'by Walter Goodwin Davis. Request a LookUp from
Mary J. Coombs

Hope Historical Society  Camden Road, Hope, Maine, 04847, 207-763-3576

Partial Hope Data Base   Donovan A. R. Bowley

Knox County Census Records Lookups  Ann Davis, maximum 5

Hope Library, Route 105, Hope, Maine 04847, 207-763-3548, Open T-W-F

The Camden Area History Center has been renamed the Edward J. Walsh History Center, Heather Bilodeau, Director, and has been relocated to new quarters at the Camden Public Library. It is located on the 2nd Floor, 55 Main Street, Camden, ME 04842 and is open Tuesday-Saturday 12:00 to 4:00.

Go to http://www.librarycamden.org/walsh-history-center/, then click on search our collection” on the right hand side. This will take you to the interactive searchable database. Type in any search word (for example Directories] and it will pop up all items associated with that term. It does not, however, search an items contents.

For Maine State records go to
Cindy's Links to Maine State Records

Town Sources

For photocopies of local Birth, Marriage and Death official records send $1. and a SASE to the Town Clerk's Office, Hope, ME, 207-763-4199, 04841. Request a photocopy if available.

This is the closest to the original source but old records, like gold, are very sparse and often, if they exists at all , they will be a secondary source in the form of an entry in a book. For further leads go to

Walsh History Center
See the column on the right hand side and click on the interactive searchable database.
Type in any search word (for example "Directories") and it will pop up all items associated with that term.

For Maine State records go to
Cindy's Links to Maine State Records



For Probate Records send $1. and a SASE and request a copy of the 'Petition for Distribution or Administration' or 'Account of Administration' ,(whichever is available), for the deceased individual. (Addresses below)

For Deeds of Land send $1. and a SASE and request a copy of the record for that individual.

For either of these use the following addresses:

• For 1636-1760 write York County Clerk's Office, Alfred, ME 04001
• For 1760-1827 write Lincoln County Clerk's Office, Wiscasset, ME 04578
• For 1827-1860 write Waldo County Clerk's Office, Belfast, ME 04915
• For 1860-present write Knox County Clerk's Office, Rockland, ME 04841

Phone 207-594-0422, Fax 207-594-0446, Hours 8-4 Eastern




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Sena Spear Havasy
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Most recent revision July 18, 2011

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