Cumberland County, Maine Genealogy

United States Maine  Cumberland County

Guide to Cumberland County, Maine ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse

 * County Clerk has death, probate and land records from 1760.
 * City or Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records.

Parent County

 * 1760 - Created 28 March 1760 from York County.

Boundary Changes

 * Parts were taken for:
 * 1805 - Oxford County 4 March 1805.
 * 1838 - Franklin County 20 March 1838.
 * 1854 - Androscoggin County 18 March 1854.

Record Loss
1908 A fire in January at the Portland City Hall destroyed some records. County records from about 1807-1907 were destroyed. City records were saved.

Places / Localities
Towns

Extinct Town:

Communities

Neighboring Counties:  Androscoggin | Oxford | Sagadahoc | York

Cemeteries

 * 1676-1918 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1780-1999 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Westbrook Historical Society:


 * City of Westbrook Cemeteries

Maine Catholic Cemetery Committee's Online Databases: There are 65 catholic cemeteries in this diocese and they are slowly being put online.

Census

 * 1905 - Transcription - only Scarboro

Court

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch - images

Land

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Military

 * 1676 - 1918 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1718 - 1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Revolutionary War

 * 1835 - 1838 - at FamilySearch — images

Civil War

 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Cavalry
 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, E and I.
 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, E and I.
 * - 5th Regiment, Maine Infantry, Companies D, F, G and H.

Online Records
 * 1962 - 1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1584-1999 - Maine Wills and Probate Records 1584-1999 at Ancestry.com — images and index $

Family History Centers

 * Portland Maine Family History Center

Web Sites

 * The Cumberland County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Cumberland County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Cumberland County (backup site)
 * FamilySearch Catalog for Cumberland County
 * Westbrook Historical Society Collections
 * Cumberland County Genealogy (Maine Genealogy)