Piscataquis County, Maine Genealogy

United States Maine  Piscataquis County

Guide to Piscataquis County, Maine ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse

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

Parent County
Created 23 March 1838 from Penobscot and Somerset counties.

Boundary Changes

 * A part was added to Aroostook County 12 March 1844.

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. NWP=North of Waldo Patent; WELS=West of the Easterly Line of the State. For further details see Maine townships.

Communities  ▪ Guilford   ▪ Milo

Neighboring Counties: Aroostook | Penobscot | Somerset

Cemeteries

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

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 — images

Civil War

 * - 2nd Regiment, Maine Infantry, Company D

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

Naturalization

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1584 – 1999 Maine Wills and Probate Records 1584-1999 at Ancestry.com — images and index $

Web Sites

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