Aroostook County, Maine Genealogy

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County Courthouse
County Commissioners' Office 144 Sweden Street, Suite 1 Caribou, Maine 04736

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 in Presque Isle, Maine- full name search

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