Aroostook County, Maine Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Aroostook County County 144 Swenden Street Caribou, ME 04736 Phone: 207.493.3318 County Clerklk has div &amp; ct rec from 1839; Twn Clks have b, m, d &amp; bur rec; Pro Ct has pro rec; Reg of Deeds has land rec) www.aroostook.me.us/

Parent County
Created 16 Mar 1839 Penobscot, Somerset and Washington counties.

Boundary Changes
Part added from Piscataquis County in 1844.

Village

 * Crouseville

Neighboring Counties
Penobscot | Piscataquis | Somerset | Washington | New Brunswick counties: Carleton | Madawaska | Victoria | York | Quebec counties: Kamouraska | L'Islet | Montmagny | Temiscouata

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

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.

Tip: 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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Caribou Maine Family History Center

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)
 * Family History Library catalog for Aroostook County