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.

Maine Online Genealogy Records

Description
York County was named for York, England. The county is located in the southwestern 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.

Parent County

 * 1639 - York County was permanently established in 1639. It is Maine's oldest county and has no parent counties.

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.

Populated Places
==== Neighboring Counties ====

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

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:

Extinct towns and plantations


 * Isles of Shoals

Cemeteries

 * 1620-2014 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1676-1918 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1718-2014 Maine, U.S., Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1718-2014 at Ancestry.com - index ($)
 * 1780-1990 Maine, U.S., Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990 at Ancestry.com - index and images ($)
 * 1780-1999 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

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.

List of Churches and Church Parishes


 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1636-1852 -, record of the courts, 1636-1852.
 * 1695-1800 -, Court of Common Pleas, 1695-1800.
 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1798-1929 -, Supreme Judical Court records, 1798-1929.
 * 1913-1918 -, Supreme Judical Court, equity records, 1913-1918.

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch  - How to Use This Collection

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 - Piscataqua pioneers, 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

 * History of York County, Maine. 1880. By W.W. Clayton.  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Everts & Peck.  Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.
 * The Isles of Shoals : an Historical Sketch. 1873. By John Scribner Jenness. New York, New York : Hurd and Houghton.  Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books;.

Land and Property

 * 1642-1904 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1647-1905 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1718-1825 - Records of the Falmouth Proprietors (manuscript transcription)
 * 1718-1957 -, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection - index and images
 * 1733-1800 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1856 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Maps

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * 1676 - 1918 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1718 - 1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Revolutionary War

 * 1835-1838 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * , the first to leave the District of Maine in the Revolution.
 * Maine, York County, Revolutionary war pension applications, 1818-

Civil War

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

Online Records


 * 1962 - 1865 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

World War I

 * 1914-1950 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1917-1919 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Geographical

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

Naturalization

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1918-1991 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Newspapers
Union and Journal (Biddeford) 1854-1870
 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)


 * Maine Newspaper Project at DigitalMaine Repository

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1904-1955 - (York County, Maine), 1904-1955.
 * 1718-1957 - Collections, 1718-1957, at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Obituaries - Indexes

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

Probate Records

 * 1584–1999 - Maine Wills and Probate Records 1584-1999 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1687-1900 -, index to probate records, 1687-1900
 * 1687-1938 -, Probate records, 1687-1938;
 * 1690-1917 - Maine, York County, Probate Estate Files, 1690-1917 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1690-1917 - 1690-1917
 * 1690-1917 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection, images
 * 1760-1979 at FamilySearch.org - How to use this collection, images
 * 1801-1858 -, 1801-1858
 * 1843-1868 -, 1843-1868

Vital Records

 * 1589-1966 - Maine, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1670-1921 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1743-1891 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1771-1794 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1818-1881 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Prior to 1892 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1892-1966 Maine Marriages, 1892 - 1966 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Societies and Libraries
Maine Genealogy Society Website

Maine Genealogy York County Website

Family History Centers

 * Exeter New Hampshire Family History Center
 * Portland Maine Family History Center
 * Wolfeboro New Hampshire Family History Center


 * Kennebunk Free Library - an affiliate library
 * Scarborough Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Springvale Public Library - an affiliate library

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