Aroostook County, Maine

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United States Maine Aroostook County

County Courthouse

	Maine Online Records

Aroostook County County
144 Swenden Street
Caribou, ME 04736
Phone: 207.493.3318

County Clerk has divorce and court records from 1839.
Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records.
Probate Court has probate records.
Register of Deeds has land records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

Created 16 Mar 1839 Penobscot, Somerset and Washington counties. ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Part added from Piscataquis County in 1844.^[1]

Record Loss

Places / Localities

[[Image:

Modern town borders in Aroostook County, Maine. Towns with records are named in black. Unincorporated green places usually lack records.

]] Cities

Caribou
Presque Isle

Towns

Allagash
Amity
Ashland
Bancroft
Blaine
Bridgewater
Castle Hill
Caswell
Chapman
Crystal
Dyer Brook
Eagle Lake
Easton
Fort Fairfield
Fort Kent
Frenchville
Grand Isle
Hamlin
Hammond
Haynesville
Hersey
Hodgdon
Houlton
Island Falls
Limestone
Linneus
Littleton
Ludlow
Madawaska
Mapleton
Mars Hill
Masardis
Merrill
Monticello
New Canada
New Limerick
New Sweden
Oakfield
Orient
Perham
Portage Lake
Saint Agatha
Saint Francis
Sherman
Smyrna
Stockholm
Van Buren
Wade
Wallagrass
Washburn
Westfield
Westmanland
Weston
Woodland

Plantations

Cary
Cyr
Garfield
Glenwood

Macwahoc
Moro
Nashville
Oxbow

Reed
Saint John
Winterville

Unorganized territories

Central Aroostook
Connor
Northwest Aroostook
South Aroostook
Square Lake

Communities

Fort Fairfield
Fort Kent
Houlton

Limestone
Loring AFB
Madawaska

Mars Hill-Blaine
Van Buren

Village • Crouseville

Neighboring Counties

Resources

Cemeteries

Fairmont Cemetery : Located south of Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine. Full name searches

Church

Court

Gazetteers

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Maine Newspaper Archive. Indexes Free; Digital Page Images $ (GenealogyBank $) Twenty-two early Maine 18th and 19th century newspapers, 1785-1898 online. Indexes (free); digital images ($). These newspapers are from Augusta, Bangor, Belfast, Brunswick, Castine, Eastport, Falmouth, Hallowell, Kennebunk, Portland, Saco and Wiscasset.

Early Maine newspapers routinely reported on news, obituaries, births, marriages etc. from around the state. Be sure to search the indexes for all Maine newspapers to find your target ancestor.

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

Web Sites

The Aroostook County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
The USGenWeb Archives Project for Aroostook County
The USGenWeb Archives Project for Aroostook County (backup site)
FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Aroostook County

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Aroostook County, Maine page 304, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

v • d • e Links to Maine-related articles

Topics	Introduction · American Indians · Archives and Libraries · Bible Records · Biography · Cemeteries · Census · Church Records · Court Records · Directories · Emigration and Immigration · Gazetteers · Genealogy · History · Land and Property · Maps · Military Records · Naturalization and Citizenship · Newspapers · Online Records · Periodicals · Plantations · Probate Records · Societies · Taxation · Town Records · Townships · Vital Records · For Further Reading

Counties	Androscoggin · Aroostook · Cumberland · Franklin · Hancock · Kennebec · Knox · Lincoln · Oxford · Penobscot · Piscataquis · Sagadahoc · Somerset · Waldo · Washington · York

Extinct Jurisdictions	Cornwall · Devonshire · Dominion of New England · East · Lincoln (old) · Massachusetts Bay Colony · New Ireland · New Somerset · Plymouth Colony · West · Yorkshire

Major Repositories	Maine State Archives · Maine State Library · Maine Historical Society · Cutler Memorial Library (Farmington) · Univeristy of Maine at Orono · Allen County Public Library · New England Historic Genealogical Society · National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)

Migration Routes	Atlantic Coast Ports · Kenenbec River · Merrimack River · Penobscot River · Saco River · Saint John River (Maine) · Down East · Kennebunk Road · King's Highway

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 ==== Parent County  ====
-Created 16 Mar 1839 [[Penobscot County, Maine|Penobscot]], [[Somerset County, Maine|Somerset]] and [[Washington County, Maine|Washington]] counties. <ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>
+Created 16 Mar 1839 [[Penobscot County, Maine|Penobscot]], [[Somerset County, Maine|Somerset]] and [[Washington County, Maine|Washington]] counties. <ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>
 ==== Boundary Changes  ====
-Part added from [[Piscataquis County, Maine|Piscataquis]] County in 1844.<ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>
+Part added from [[Piscataquis County, Maine|Piscataquis]] County in 1844.<ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>
 ==== Record Loss  ====
-<div style="float: left; width: 147%">[[Image:{{MEAroostookCoTownsMap}}]]
+<div style="float: left; width: 147%">
 === Places / Localities  ===
+[[Image:{{MEAroostookCoTownsMap}}]]
-'''Cities''' &nbsp; • Caribou &nbsp; • Presque Isle
+'''Cities'''
+*Caribou
+*Presque Isle
 '''Towns'''
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 *Weston
 *Woodland
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-|-
-| valign="top" |
-*[[Allagash, Maine|Allagash]]
-*Amity
-*Ashland
-*Bancroft
-*Blaine
-*Bridgewater
-*Castle Hill
-*Caswell
-*Chapman
-*Crystal
-*Dyer Brook
-*Eagle Lake
-*Easton
-*Fort Fairfield
-*Fort Kent
-*Frenchville
-*Grand Isle
-*Hamlin
-| valign="top" |
-*Hammond
-*Haynesville
-*Hersey
-*Hodgdon
-*Houlton
-*Island Falls
-*Limestone
-*Linneus
-*Littleton
-*Ludlow
-*Madawaska
-*Mapleton
-*Mars Hill
-*Masardis
-*Merrill
-*Monticello
-*New Canada
-*New Limerick
-| valign="top" |
-*New Sweden
-*Oakfield
-*Orient
-*Perham
-*Portage Lake
-*Saint Agatha
-*Saint Francis
-*Sherman
-*Smyrna
-*Stockholm
-*Van Buren
-*Wade
-*Wallagrass
-*Washburn
-*Westfield
-*Westmanland
-*Weston
-*Woodland
-|}
 '''Plantations'''
-{| width="51%" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
+{| width="70%" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
 |-
 | valign="top" |
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 '''Communities'''
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+{| width="70%" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
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 | valign="top" |
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 |}
-'''Village'''
+'''Village''' &nbsp; • Crouseville
-*Crouseville
 ==== Neighboring Counties  ====
 [[Penobscot County, Maine|Penobscot]] | [[Piscataquis County, Maine|Piscataquis]] | [[Somerset County, Maine|Somerset]] | [[Washington County, Maine|Washington]] | '''New Brunswick''' counties: [[Carleton County, New Brunswick|Carleton]] | [[Madawaska County, New Brunswick|Madawaska]] | [[Victoria County, New Brunswick|Victoria]] | [[York County, New Brunswick|York]] | '''Quebec''' counties: [[Kamouraska County, Quebec|Kamouraska ]]| [[L'Islet County, Quebec|L'Islet]] | [[Montmagny County, Quebec|Montmagny]] | [[Témiscouata County, Quebec|Témiscouata]]<br>
 === Resources  ===