Somerset County, Maine Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for Somerset County, England. The County has Skowhegan as its seat and the County was created 1809. The County is located in the north central area of the state.

County Courthouse

 * Clerk Courts have some marriage records from 1800’s and proabte records from 1809.

Parent County
1809 - Created 1 March 1809 from Kennebec County.

Boundary Changes
Parts of Somerset County were set off to:


 * 1838 - Franklin County 20 March 1838.
 * 1838 - Piscataquis County 23 March 1838.
 * 1844 - Part of Aroostook County 12 March 1844.

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

Places / Localities
==== Neighboring Counties ====

Aroostook | Piscataquis | Penobscot |  Waldo | Kennebec | Franklin | Quebec counties: Beauce | Bellechasse | Dorchester | Frontenac

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:

Plantations Brighton Plantation | Dennistown | Highland Plantation | Pleasant Ridge Plantation | The Forks Plantation | West Forks

Extinct Towns and Plantations Bigelow Plantation | Bloomfield | Brighton | Carrying Place Plantation | Concord | Dead River Plantation | Dearborn | Flagstaff Plantation | Lexington | Long Pond Plantation | Mayfield

Cemeteries

 * 1620-2014 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 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

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

Online Records
 * 1962 - 1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War I

 * 1914-1950 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1917-1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1918-1991 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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.

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

Websites

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