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.

Maine Online Genealogy Records

Description
Adroscoggin County was named for the Androscoggin tribe. The county is located in the southwestern area of the state.

County Courthouse
Androscoggin County Building - Auburn, Maine 2 Turner Street Auburn, ME 04210 207-753-2500 Website
 * 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
1854 - Created 18 March 1854 from parts of Cumberland, Oxford, Kennebec and Lincoln counties.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties
Cumberland | Oxford | Franklin | Kennebec | Sagadahoc

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this census area:

Cemeteries

 * 1620-2014 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1676-1918 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1718-2014 Maine, U.S., Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1718-2014 at Ancestry.com - index ($)
 * 1780-1990 Maine, U.S., Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990 at Ancestry.com - index and images ($)
 * 1780-1990 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1780-1999 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Census Records

 * 1790 - 1790 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1790 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1800 - 1800 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1800 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1800-1890 - All Maine, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1800-1890 Results, Ancestry $
 * 1810 - 1810 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1810 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1820 - 1820 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1820 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1830 - 1830 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1830 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1840 - 1840 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1840 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1850 - 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry $
 * 1850 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1850 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1860 - 1860 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1860 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1870 - 1870 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1870 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1880 - 1880 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1880 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1890 - 1890 Veterans Schedules, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1890 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1900 - 1900 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1900 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1910 - 1910 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1910 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1920 - 1920 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1920 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1930 - 1930 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1930 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1930 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1940 - 1940 United States Federal Census, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1940 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection

Church
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Directories

 * 1860 - Lewiston & Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, 1860 Directory at Ancestry.com $
 * 1864 - The Lewiston and Auburn directory at Ancestry.com $
 * 1905 - The town register, Wayne, Wales, Monmouth, Leeds, Greene : 1905 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1908 - Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory, 1908 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1909 - The town register, East Livermore, Livermore, Jay, 1909 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1909 - The Webster, West Gardiner, Litchfield, and Monmouth register, 1909 at Ancestry.com $

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Land

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection - index and images
 * 1854-1909 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1854-1923 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1858 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Local Histories

 * Atlas and History of Androscoggin County, Maine. 1873. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Sanford Everts & Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.
 * History of Androscoggin County, Maine. 1891. Edited by Georgia Drew Merrill. Boston, Mass. : W.A. Fergusson. Online at:  FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($);.

Maps

 * 1858 - A topographical map of Androscoggin County, Maine; showing landowners.
 * Map of Androscoggin County, ME, ME HomeTownLocator
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military

 * 1676 - 1918 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1718 - 1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Revolutionary War

 * 1835 - 1838 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

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.

Online Records
 * 1862 - 1865 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

World War I

 * 1914-1950 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1917-1919 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Naturalization

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1880-1990 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1918-1991 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Newspapers
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.
 * 1785-1950 - 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.
 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)


 * Maine Newspaper Project at DigitalMaine Repository

Probate
Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * 1584–1999 - Maine Wills and Probate Records 1584-1999 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1760-1979 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1854-1892 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1854-1918 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1854-1918 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1854-1918 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection - images
 * 1854-1919 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1854-1979 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1870-2005 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Vital Records

 * 1670-1921 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1787-1922 - New England, Select United Methodist Church Records, 1787-1922, Ancestry $
 * 1800-1947 - U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1947, Ancestry $
 * 1892-1966 Maine Marriages, 1892 - 1966 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Birth

 * 1715-1922 - Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Ancestry $

Marriage

 * 1589-1966 - Maine, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1670-1921 - Maine, Marriage Index, 1670-1921, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1713-1922 - Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1771-1907 - Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, at FamilySearch.org
 * 1827-1881 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1841-1893 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1892-1966, 1977-1996 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
 * 1892-1996 - Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1996, at Ancestry.com ($)

Death

 * 1761-1922 - Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922, at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1840-1893 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1841-1910 - Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910, at FamilySearch.org
 * 1960-1996 - Maine Death Index, 1960-1996, at FamilySearch.org
 * 1960-1997 - Maine, Death Index, 1960-1997, at Ancestry.com ($)

Societies and Libraries
Androscoggin Historical Society 2 Turner St., #8, (County Bldg) Auburn, ME 04210 Phone: 207-784-0586 or 207-786-2129 Email: [mailto:info@androhist.org info@androhist.org] Website Facebook Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library 70 Campus Avenue Lewiston, Maine 04240 Phone: 207-786-6342 Email: [mailto:muskie@bates.edu muskie@bates.edu] Website

Websites

 * 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.
 * Androscoggin County, Maine History and Genealogy (Genealogy Trails)