Franklin County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to Franklin 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 Benjamin Franklin. The County has Farmington as its seat and the County was created May 9, 1838. The County is located in the west area of the state.

County Clerk

 * Town clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records.
 * Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1852 and court records.
 * Register of Deeds has land records.
 * Probate Judge has probate records.

Parent County
1838 - Created 20 March 1838 from parts of Cumberland, Oxford, Kennebec and Somerset counties

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

Places / Localities
Towns

Plantations:. For further details see Maine plantations.

Extinct Towns and Plantations:

'''Unorganized territories. ''' For further details see Maine Townships.


 * East Central Franklin
 * Freeman (aka Little River Plantation)
 * Salem
 * Madrid
 * Twp 4 R1 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of the Kennebec Riv. (Mt. Abram)
 * Township 1 R2 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Redington)
 * North Franklin
 * Township 2 R3 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase
 * Township 3 R3 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Davis)
 * Township 2 R4 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Tim Pond)
 * Township 3 R4 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Stetsontown)
 * Township 1 R5 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Jim Pond)
 * Township 2 R5 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Alder Stream)
 * Township 3 R5 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Seven Ponds)
 * Township 1 R6 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Kibby)
 * Township 2 R6 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Chain of Ponds)
 * Township 3 R6 West of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Massachusetts Gore)
 * Township 1 R7 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Skinner)
 * Township 2 R7 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Merrill Strip)
 * Gore N. of Twp 2 &amp; 3 R6 W. of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Coburn Gore)
 * Township 1 R8 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Lowelltown)
 * Township 2 R8 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Beattie)
 * Gore N. of Twp 1 R8 West of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Gorham Gore)
 * South Franklin
 * Perkins Township
 * West Central Franklin
 * Township 6 North of Weld (Berlin or Number 6 Plantation)
 * (Letter E Plantation)
 * Township D
 * Wyman
 * Township 4 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Wyman) formerly part of the extinct Bloomfield Plantation, and part of the extinct Jackson Plantation.
 * Township 4 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Wyman) formerly part of the extinct Bloomfield Plantation, and part of the extinct Jackson Plantation.

Communities  • Chisholm   • Dryden   • Farmington   • Oquossoc   • Wilton

Neighboring Counties:  Androscoggin | Kennebec | Oxford | Somerset | Quebec counties: Frontenac County

Cemeteries
Avon Valley Road Cemetery
 * 1676-1918 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1780-1999 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Take the Avon Valley Road, off Route 4, in Avon. Go to the old school house. Cemetery is about 1/2 mile beyond the schoolhouse on the left. Can be seen from the road.

Day Mountain Cemetery

Located on Day Mountain Road near Avon/Temple Line. In Terrible Condition No Roads in to it. Must Hike About 2 1/2 Miles

Knott Burial Plot

On the left North of the Townhouse 1.4 miles South of Phillips Townline

Mile Square Cemetery

Dates after 1986 taken from Franklin Journal

Mount Blue Cemetery

Going North on Route #4 Take Left at Town House. Go 1.8 Miles Up The Hill. Cemetery On Left in Good Condition

Pease-Thompson Cemetery

Located On Route #4 Just South Of The Town House

Spinney Cementery

Cemetery located on State Route 4 about 1 mile West of the Strong Town line.

Sprague-Howland Cemetery

Leave Phillips On Route #149 South Toward Strong, Maine. Go 2.6 Miles, Cemetery Down Over the Banking On Right. In Pasture of "Old Voter Farm"

Carthage Cemetery

Leave Weld Village heading toward Carthage. Go about 3 miles to Podunk Pond Rd. Take this Rd. for about 3 miles onto Storer Hill. The Cemetery is on the left.

Storer Hill Cemetery

Leave Weld Village heading toward Carthage. Go about 3 miles toPodunk Pond Rd. Take this Rd. ofr about 1.5 miles onto Storer Hill. The Cemetery is on the left at the crest of the hill. Old fencing around cemetery.

Tainter Corner Cemetery

The Cemetery is located off Route 2 west of Wilton toward the Village of East Dixfield. Three (3) miles out of the East Dixfield toward Rumford is the Town Line between Wilton &amp; Carthage. One (1) mile beyond the town line marker is a right turn. Take this turn - cemetery is located just a short distance on the right. Somewhat overgrown with stones broken and down. Old house beyond cemetery was onece the Tainter Corner Post Office.

Newman Cemetery

Berry Mills Cemetery

Court Records

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch - images

Land and Property

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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

Civil War

 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Cavalry

Online Records
 * 1962 - 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.

Probate Records
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

 * Farmington Maine Family History Center

Websites

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