Kennebec County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to Kennebec 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 Kennebec River. The County has Augusta as its seat and the County was created 1799. The County is located in the southwest area of the state.

County Courthouse

 * 1799 - Register of Deeds has land records from 1799.
 * 1799 - Probate Court has probate records from 1799.
 * Town Clerks have birth, marriage and death records.

Parent County

 * 1799 - Created 20 February 1799 from Lincoln County.

Boundary Changes

 * Four partitions:
 * 1809 - Somerset County 1 March 1809
 * 1827 - Waldo County 7 February 1827
 * 1838 - Franklin County 20 March 1838
 * 1854 - Androscoggin County 18 March 1854

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

Places / Localities
Towns

Extinct Towns and Plantation

Unorganized territory:  Unity Township (formerly Unity Plantation). For further details see Maine Townships.

Communities  • Clinton   • Farmingdale   • Oakland   • Winthrop

Villages  • Libby Hill   • South China

Neighboring Counties

Androscoggin | Franklin | Lincoln | Sagadahoc | Somerset | Waldo

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

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 Battalion, Maine Light Artillery, 2nd BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY ("B")
 * -1st Battalion, Maine Light Artillery, 3rd BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY ("C")
 * -1st Battalion, Maine Light Artillery, 4th BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY ("D")
 * -1st Battalion, Maine Light Artillery, 5th BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY ("E")
 * -1st Battalion, Maine Light Artillery, 6th BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY ("F")
 * -1st Battalion, Maine Light Artillery, 7th BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY ("G")
 * -1st Regiment, Maine Cavalry
 * -16th Regiment, Maine Infantry, Company B.

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

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.

1800-1870 - Hallowell, Kennebec County, Newspaper Archive: 1801-1805 - Kennebec Gazette. Indexes Free, Digital Pages $. 1801-1805. at GenealogyBank. $ 1801-1861 - Augusta, Kennebec County, Newspaper Archive: 1809-1835 - American Advocate. Indexes Free, Digital Pages $. 1809-1835. at GenealogyBank. $ 1810-1815 - Herald of Liberty. Indexes Free, Digital Pages $. 1810-1815. at GenealogyBank. $ 1814-1827 - Hallowell Gazette. Indexes Free, Digital Pages $. 1814-1827. at GenealogyBank. $ 1832-1961 - Age. Indexes Free, Digital Pages $. 1832-1861. at GenealogyBank. $ 1839-1870 - Maine Cultivator and Hallowell Gazette. Indexes Free, Digital Pages $. 1839-1870. at GenealogyBank. $

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

 * Augusta Maine Family History Center
 * Waterville Maine Family History Center

Websites

 * The Kennebec County MEGenWeb Project, an member of the MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of the USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Kennebec County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Kennebec County (backup site)
 * FamilySearch Catalog for Kennebec County
 * Oakland Area Historical Society - records, photographs, history, genealogy of the Oakland area.