Washington County, Maine Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Washington County Courthouse PO Box 297 Machias, ME 04654-0297 Phone: 207.255.3127 Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records; Clerk 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, Maine has divorce and court records before 1931

Parent County
Created 25 Jun 1789 from Lincoln County.

Boundary Changes

 * Part taken off for Aroostook County 16 March 1839.

Village

 * Forest City

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Machias Maine Family History Center

Web Sites

 * 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)
 * Family History Library catalog for Washington County

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Maine, Washington County Courthouse Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)