Cumberland County, Maine Genealogy

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
Westbrook Historical Society: Maine Catholic Cemetery Committee's Online Databases: There are 65 catholic cemeteries in this diocese and they are slowly being put online.
 * 1676-1918 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1780-1999 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * City of Westbrook Cemeteries

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 — index and 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 $

Vital Records

 * 1670 - 1921 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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)