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United States Maine Hancock County

Contents 1 County Courthouse 2 History 2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 2.3 Record Loss 3 Places / Localities 3.1 Neighboring Counties 4 Resources 4.1 Cemeteries 4.2 Church 4.3 Court 4.4 Gazetteers 4.5 Land 4.6 Local Histories 4.7 Maps 4.8 Military 4.9 Newspapers 4.10 Probate 4.11 Taxation 4.12 Vital Records 5 Libraries, Archives, Museums 5.1 Family history Centers 6 Societies - Genealogical, Historical, Lineage 7 Web Sites 8 References

County Courthouse

Hancock County Courthouse
50 State Street
Ellsworth, ME 04605
Phone. 207.667.9542

Town Clerks have birth, marriage and death records.
Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records.
Probate Office has probate records.
Register of Deeds has land records.
County Clerk has marriage records 1789-1891. ^[1]

History

Parent County

Created 25 June 1789 from Lincoln County. ^[1]

Boundary Changes

• Two partitions:
  • Penobscot County 15 February 1816. ^[1]
  • Waldo County 7 February 1827. ^[1]

Record Loss

Places / Localities

City   • Ellsworth

Towns

Amherst Aurora Bar Harbor Blue Hill Brooklin Brooksville Bucksport Castine Cranberry Isles Dedham Deer Isle Eastbrook

Franklin Frenchboro Gouldsboro Great Pond Hancock Lamoine Mariaville Mount Desert Orland Osborn Otis Penobscot

Sedgwick Sorrento Southwest Harbor Stonington Sullivan Surry Swan's Island Tremont Trenton Verona Island Waltham Winter Harbor

Unorganized territories. For further details see Maine townships.

• Central Hancock: Fletchers Landing
• Eagle Island
• East Hancock:
  • Township 3 North Division and Strip North
  • Township 4 North Division and Strip North (a.k.a. Oqiton Township)
  • Township 7 South Division
  • Township 9 South Division
  • Township 10 South Division
  • Township 16 Middle Division
  • Township 22 Middle Division
  • Township 28 Middle Division
  • Township 34 Middle Division
  • Township 35 Middle Division
  • Township 39 Middle Division
  • Township 40 Middle Division
  • Township 41 Middle Division
• Northwest Hancock: Township 32 Middle Division

Communities   • Bar Harbor         • Bucksport

Villages   • Bass Harbor         • Islesford         • Minturn         • Northeast Harbor

Indian Reservation   • Penobscot Indian Island Reservation

Extinct towns   • Seaville^[2]

Neighboring Counties

Knox | Penobscot | Waldo | Washington

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Gazetteers

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Libraries, Archives, Museums

Abbe Museum
"Inspiring New Learning About the Wabanaki Nations with Every Visit"

Two Locations:
26 Mount Desert Street
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609

Abbe at Sieur de Monts Spring
Acadia National Park

(207) 288-3519
info@abbemuseum.org

Family history Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Ellsworth Maine Family History Center

Societies - Genealogical, Historical, Lineage

Web Sites

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

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Hancock County, Maine page 304, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ Michael J. Leclerc, Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research, 5th ed. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012), 99. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 974 D27g 2012.

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