Using Vital Records

Maine Municipalities have been required to report vital records to the state of Maine since 1892. Prior to that time any birth, marriage and death records that were created by local government were kept by the towns or cities. Some of these early records have been lost in fires and some have just disappeared. In small towns and townships the records were often kept in the home of the clerk and some were eventually discarded. In the 1920's the state made an attempt to collect older records, but only 20% of the towns and cities provided copies. Some of those records were published by the Maine Historical Society in the mid to late 20th century and those volumes are available in many libraries throughout the state. In recent years, Picton Press in Rockland has also been publishing vital records for many Maine communities and they vary in the time frame that they cover and what information they include. Records from 1892 - 1922 are available in the Maine State Archives and microfilm copies of those records have been deposited at several locations in the state. The Maine Office of Vital Records maintains the records for 1922 to present, though you will find that 1922-1955 are also available at the state archives on microfilm. Indexes to Maine Marriages from 1892 to 1996 (with a 10 year gap from 1966-1976) and Maine Deaths from 1960-1996 are available at the Maine State Archives. These indexes will help you narrow down your search in the actual records, but will not provide you with the information that the record will. (Another source for death information is the Social Security Death Index. This resource covers the period from 1960 to present -within a few months - and covers the whole country. It also provides a date of birth in most cases.) For more information about the Maine vital records see the Genealogy Resources page of the Archives website. There are other sources for vital record information and the Old Town Public Library has these items available:
City of Old Town, Maine - Death Index 1939-January 31, 2003. Compiled by the City Clerks Office, 2003.
Forrest Hill Cemetery roster: Old Town, Maine. Ray Arthur Willette.
Marriages of St, Joseph's Catholic Church, Old Town, Maine. Robert E. Chenard, 1993

In these resources, I found the following information about Davis Street families:
Alcide P. Burke married Marion E. Broderick on 15 Aug 1936
Alcide died 29 Oct 1998

Percy R. Wedgewood married Hattie C. Dow on 20 Jul 1922.
Percy was born on 22 May 1889 and died on 30 Jan 1978
Hattie was born on 5 Apr 1886 and died on 14 Mar 1966
Percival Russell Wedgewood was the son of Frank Augustus Wedgewood and Blanch Russell Estabrook.

Robert F. Huyett (of Hagerstown, MD) married Frances H. Sirois on 9 May 1943
Robert was born 3 Mar 1921 and died 18 Jan 1989
Frances was born 11 Jun 1922 and died 15 Jan 2001

Raymond H. Spinney married Delores U. Bamford on 12 Sep 1931
Raymond was born 10 Jun 1911 and died 13 May 1997
Delores was born 18 Jun 1913 and died 4 Jun 1990

Charles A. Crawford married Natalie A. Hilchey on 21 Dec 1946
Charles died 3 Jun 1989
Natalie was born 25 May 1920 and died 16 Jan 2004

Charles W. Lowell married Florence Foss (of Machias) on 1 Sep 1925
Charles died 6 Sep 1965
Florence died 31 Dec 1966 (in Calais)

Woodrow W. Burr married Dorothy V. Bailey on 12 Apr 1936
Woodrow was born 13 Mar 1913 and died 12 Mar 1986
Dorothy was born 1 Feb 1915 and died 10 May 1995