Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy

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

United States Maine  Androscoggin County

County Courthouse
Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1854. City Clerk has birth, marriage, divorce and burial records. Register of Probate has probate records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
Created 18 March 1854 from parts of Cumberland, Oxford, Kennebec and Lincoln counties.

Places / Localities
Cities


 * Auburn
 * Lewiston

Towns

Extinct Town



Communities


 * Lisbon Falls
 * Livermore Falls
 * Mechanic Falls

Neighboring Counties

Cumberland | Franklin | Kennebec | Oxford | Sagadahoc

Cemeteries
Androscoggin County Death records

Civil War

 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Infantry, Companies F, H and K.
 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, Companies F, H and K.
 * - 5th Regiment, Maine Infantry, Companies E and K.

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.

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.

Societies and Libraries

 * Androscoggin County History Society

Web Sites

 * The Androscoggin County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Androscoggin County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Androscoggin County (backup site)
 * FamilySearch Catalog for Androscoggin County.