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

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

]] Cities and Towns

Caribou (City)
Presque Isle (City)
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

Unorganized territories Listed eastside first going south, then working to the west within a territory. (WELS = West of the Easterly Line of the State)

Central Aroostook
- E Township
- Cox Patent
- Township D R2 WELS
- Township C R2 WELS
- Township 10 R3 WELS
- Township 9 R3 WELS
- Township 8 R3 WELS
- Township 7 R3 WELS (Dudley)
- Township 11 R4 WELS
- Twp 10 R4 WELS (Squa Pan)
- Township 9 R4 WELS
- Twp 8 R4 WELS (St. Croix)
- Twp 7 R4 WELS (Webbertown)
- Twp 9 R5 WELS (Swett Farm)
- Township 8 R5 WELS
- Township 7 R5 WELS
Connor (Township K)
Northwest Aroostook
- Township 10 R6 WELS
- Township 14 R7 WELS
- Township 13 R7 WELS
- Township 12 R7 WELS
- Township 11 R7 WELS
- Township 10 R7 WELS
- Township 9 R7 WELS
- Township 16 R8 WELS
- Township 15 R8 WELS
- Township 14 R8 WELS
- Township 13 R8 WELS
- Township 12 R8 WELS
- Township 11 R8 WELS
- Township 10 R8 WELS
- Township 9 R8 WELS
- Township 16 R9 WELS
- Township 15 R9 WELS
- Township 14 R9 WELS
- Township 13 R9 WELS

- Township 12 R9 WELS
- Township 11 R9 WELS
- Township 18 R10 WELS
- Township 15 R10 WELS
- Township 14 R10 WELS
- Township 13 R10 WELS
- Township 12 R10 WELS
- Township 11 R10 WELS
- Twp 20 R11 - 12 WELS (Big Twenty)
- Township 19 R11 WELS
- Township 18 R11 WELS
- Township 15 R11 WELS
- Township 14 R11 WELS
- Township 13 R11 WELS
- Township 12 R11 WELS
- Township 11 R11 WELS
- Township 19 R12 WELS
- Township 18 R12 WELS
- Township 17 R12 WELS
- Township 16 R12 WELS
- Township 15 R12 WELS
- Township 14 R12 WELS
- Township 13 R12 WELS
- Township 12 R12 WELS
- Township 11 R12 WELS
- Township 18 R13 WELS
- Township 17 R13 WELS
- Township 16 R13 WELS
- Township 15 R13 WELS
- Township 14 R13 WELS
- Township 13 R13 WELS
- Township 12 R13 WELS
- Township 11 R13 WELS
- Township 17 R14 WELS
- Township 16 R14 WELS
- Township 15 R14 WELS
- Township 14 R14 WELS
- Township 13 R14 WELS

- Township 12 R14 WELS
- Clayton Lake Township
- Township 15 R15 WELS
- Township 14 R15 WELS
- Township 13 R15 WELS
- Township 12 R15 WELS
- Township 11 R15 WELS
- Township 14 R16 WELS
- Township 13 R16 WELS
- Township 12 R16 WELS
- Township 11 R16 WELS
- Township 12 R17 WELS
- Township 11 R17 WELS (Powers Gore)
South Aroostook
- Township A R2 WELS
- Township 3 R2 WELS (Forkstown)
- Township 4 R3 WELS
- Township 3 R3 WELS (Bragg Tract)
- Township 3 R4 WELS
- Township 2 R4 WELS
- Township 1 R4 WELS N 1/2 (U Molunkus)
- Township 1 R4 WELS S 1/2 (N Yarmouth)
- Silver Ridge
- Benedicta
- Township 1 R5 WELS
- Township A R5 WELS (Molunkus)
Square Lake
- Township 17 R3 WELS
- Township 17 R4 WELS (Sinclair)
- Township 16 R4 WELS (Big Madawaska)
- Cross Lake Township
- Township 16 R5 WELS (Square Lake)
- Township 15 R5 WELS
- Township 14 R5 WELS
- Township 13 R5 WELS
- Township 16 R6 WELS
- Township 15 R6 WELS
- Township 14 R6 WELS

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.

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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;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;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;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;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  ====
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 **Township 7 R3 WELS (Dudley)
 **Township 11 R4 WELS
-**Township 10 R4 WELS (Squa Pan)
+**Twp 10 R4 WELS (Squa Pan)
 **Township 9 R4 WELS
-**Township 8 R4 WELS (St. Croix)
+**Twp 8 R4 WELS (St. Croix)
-**Township 7 R4 WELS (Webbertown)
+**Twp 7 R4 WELS (Webbertown)
-**Township 9 R5 WELS (Swett Farm)
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 **Township 7 R5 WELS
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 **Township 11 R10 WELS
-**Township 20 R11 &amp; 12 WELS (Big Twenty)
+**Twp 20 R11 - 12 WELS (Big Twenty)
 **Township 19 R11 WELS
 **Township 18 R11 WELS
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 **Township 19 R12 WELS
 **Township 18 R12 WELS
 **Township 17 R12 WELS
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 **Township 15 R14 WELS
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 **Township 12 R14 WELS
 **Clayton Lake Township
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 ==== 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  ===