With his
Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder,
editor Stephen Marion Watson aimed to "put into print, and thus
preserve to future generations all matters of history and genealogy
pertaining to Maine, and any families who are or ever have been
associated with the Pine Tree State, of whom we can learn anything worth
while to publish." Nevertheless, most of the genealogies and
transcribed records published in the
Recorder concern families in the southern part of Maine.
All nine volumes of the journal—published between 1884 and 1898—may be viewed online at the Internet Archive:
Volume 1 · Volume 2 · Volume 3 · Volume 4 · Volume 5 · Volume 6 · Volume 7 · Volume 8 · Volume 9