Somerset County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to Somerset 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
Somerset County was named for Somerset County, England. The county is located in the north-central area of the state.

County Courthouse

 * Clerk Courts have some marriage records from 1800’s and proabte records from 1809.

Parent County
1809 - Created 1 March 1809 from Kennebec County.

Boundary Changes
Parts of Somerset County were set off to:


 * 1838 - Franklin County 20 March 1838.
 * 1838 - Piscataquis County 23 March 1838.
 * 1844 - Part of Aroostook County 12 March 1844.

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

Places / Localities
==== Neighboring Counties ====

Aroostook | Piscataquis | Penobscot |  Waldo | Kennebec | Franklin | Quebec counties: Beauce | Bellechasse | Dorchester | Frontenac

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:

Plantations Brighton Plantation | Dennistown | Highland Plantation | Pleasant Ridge Plantation | The Forks Plantation | West Forks

Extinct Towns and Plantations Bigelow Plantation | Bloomfield | Brighton | Carrying Place Plantation | Concord | Dead River Plantation | Dearborn | Flagstaff Plantation | Lexington | Long Pond Plantation | Mayfield

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

Church
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court

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

Emigration and Immigration

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

Gazetteers

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

Land

 * 1718-1957 - Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1807-1830 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1809-1901 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1809-1910 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection - index and images

Local Histories

 * History of the Old Towns, Norridgewock and Canaan : Comprising Norridgewock, Canaan, Starks, Skowhegan and Bloomfield. 1849. By J.W. Hanson. Boston, Massachusetts : J.W. Hanson. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books;.
 * The Kennebec Valley. 1887. By Seth Harding Whitney. Augusta, Maine. : Sprague, Burleigh & Flynt.  Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust;.

Maps

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

Military

 * 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

Civil War

 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Cavalry

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

Naturalization

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

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.


 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)


 * Maine Newspaper Project at DigitalMaine Repository

Probate
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1584-1999 Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1760-1979 at FamilySearch.org - How to use this collection - images
 * 1809-1915 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection, images
 * 1809-2005 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1810-1916 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Vital Records

 * 1589-1966 - Maine, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1670 - 1921 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1833-1890 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1892-1966 Maine Marriages, 1892 - 1966 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Societies and Libraries
Maine Genealogy Somerset County Website

Family History Centers

 * Bangor Maine Family History Center
 * Ellsworth Maine Family History Center
 * Farmington Maine Family History Center
 * Machias Maine Family History Center
 * Newport Vermont Family History Center
 * Waterville Maine Family History Center


 * Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Maine State Library - an affiliate library
 * Springvale Public Library - an affiliate library

Websites

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