Washington County, Maine Genealogy

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

County Courthouse

 * Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records.
 * Clerk of the Court has divorce and court records from 1931, probate records from 1785, land records from 1783 and naturalization records from 1854.
 * Maine State Archives, Augusta, has divorce and court records before 1931.

Parent County

 * 1789 - Created 25 June 1789 from Lincoln County.

Boundary Changes

 * 1839 - Part taken off for Aroostook County 16 March 1839.

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

Places / Localities
Towns and Cities

Plantations. For further details see Maine plantations.

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Extinct towns and plantations

Indian Reservations


 * Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation
 * Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation

Unorganized territories. Within each group townships are listed from southeast to northwest. For further details see Maine townships.

Communities  • Machias          • Woodland

Village  • Forest City

Neighboring Counties:  Aroostook | Hancock | Penobscot | New Brunswick counties: Charlotte | York

Cemeteries

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

Court

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch - images
 * 1947-1954 - at FamilySearch— index and 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
Online Records
 * 1862 - 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

 * 1589-1966 - Maine, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1670 - 1921 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Family History Centers

 * Machias Maine Family History Center

Websites

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

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Maine, Washington County Courthouse Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)