York County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to York 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 York, England. The County has Alfred as its seat and the County was created 1636. The County is located in the southwest area of the state.

County Courthouse

 * Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records.
 * Clerk Court has divorce and court records.
 * 1637 - Register of Probate has death and probate records from 1637.
 * 1636 - Register of Deeds has land records from 1636.

History

 * History of York County, Maine. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers (1880) By W. Woodford Clayton. ebook at Internet Archive

Parent County

 * 1789 - Created 25 Jun 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

Extinct Town: 

Communities

Villages


 * Bald Head
 * Cape Porpoise
 * York Cliffs

Neighboring Counties

Maine:  Cumberland | Oxford | New Hampshire:  Carroll | Rockingham | Strafford

Cemeteries

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

Census

 * 1860 -
 * 1850, 1860, 1879 -
 * 1904 - Transcription - only Kennebunkport

Church Records

 * 1827-1884 - Copy of record of persons baptized, marriages solemnized, and funerals attended by the late Isaac Lord, Jr., [i.e. Church] from 1827 to 1884; also data regarding the Lord and Curtis families [1778-1924]
 * 1784-1831 - in Hollis, Lyman, Kennebunkport and adjoining towns of York County, Me.

Court Records

 * 1636-1852 -, record of the courts, 1636-1852.
 * 1695-1800 -, Court of Common Pleas, 1695-1800.
 * 1718-1957 - Archive Collections, 1718-1957, at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1798-1929 -, Supreme Judical Court records, 1798-1929.
 * 1913-1918 -, Supreme Judical Court, equity records, 1913-1918.

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch - images

Genealogy

 * (York and Lincoln County descendants) and the antiquity of the Carlyle name.
 * 1623-1775 - : Register of members and ancestors, 1623-1775
 * 1623-1775 and 1905-1981 -, 1623-1775 : register of members and ancestors 1905 - 1981
 * 1872 - A report of the proceedings at the celebration of the of the incorporation of the town of Buxton, Maine, held at Buxton, Aug. 14, 1872 : being a full account of the exercises of the day

Local Histories

 * an historic sketch.
 * guide book to the Isles of Shoals, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
 * comprising a history of each subordinate grange: a history of York Pomona Grange from its organization to 1921 with sketches of the Pomona masters.
 * stagecoach and tavern days on the Old Post Road.
 * and the peopling of it's towns: York
 * and the peopling of it's towns: York

Land and Property

 * 1642-1904 and 1647-1905 -
 * 1718-1957 -, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1733-1800 - of York County, Maine, volumes 19-39, 1733-1800.
 * 1856 - land ownership map, 1856.

Maps




Military Records

 * 1676 - 1918 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1718 - 1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Revolutionary War

 * 1835-1838 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * , the first to leave the District of Maine in the Revolution.

Civil War

 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Cavalry
 * - 5th Regiment, Maine Infantry, Companies B and C.

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

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Geographical

 * and the peopling of it's towns: York.

Naturalization

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

Newspapers
Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has several Maine newspapers from 1832 to 2014, covering local news that included residents from York County communities.

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1904-1955 - (York County, Maine), 1904-1955.
 * 1718-1957 - Collections, 1718-1957, at FamilySearch — index and images.

Obituaries - Indexes

 * 1798-1806 -, Jenks's Portland Gazette, 1798-1806.

Probate Records

 * 1687-1938 -, 1687-1938; and
 * 1687-1900 -, index to probate records, 1687-1900
 * 1690-1917 - 1690-1917
 * 1801-1858 -, 1801-1858
 * 1843-1864 -, 1843-1868

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
 * 1743-1891 - Maine, 1743-1891
 * 1771-1794 - York County, Maine,, 1771-1794
 * 1818-1881 - of Rev. Albert Cole (1818-1881) of Cornish, Maine
 * Prior to 1892 - York County, Maine, : prior to 1892

Websites

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