York County, Maine Genealogy

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County Courthouse
P.O. Box 399 Alfred, Maine 04002-9494

York(shire) County; 45 Kennebank Rd; Alfred, ME 04002; Ph. 207.324.1571 Details: (Twn Clks have b, m, d &amp; bur rec; Clk Cts has div &amp; ct rec; Reg of Pro has d &amp; pro rec from 1637; Reg of Deeds has land rec from 1636) Towns Organized Before 1800: Berwick 1713, Biddeford 1718, Cornish 1794, Hollis 1798, Kennebunkport 1653, Kittery 1652, Lebanon 1767, Limington 1792, Lyman 1778 Newfield 1794, Parsonfield 1785, Saco 1762, Sanford 1768, Shapleigh 1785, Waterboro 1787, Wells 1653, York 1652

History

 * History of York County, Maine. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers (1880) By W. Woodford Clayton. ebook at Internet Archive

Parent County
Created 25 Jun 1789 from Lincoln County.

Boundary Changes

 * Part taken off for Aroostook County 16 March 1839.

Neighboring Counties
Cumberland | Oxford | New Hampshire counties: Carroll | Rockingham | Strafford

Census

 * 1904 Transcription - only Kennebunkport

Newspapers
Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Portsmouth,NH newspapers from the early 1900's covering local news that included residents from York County communities.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * The York County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for York County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for York County (backup site)
 * Family History Library catalog for York County