Hancock County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to Hancock 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 office has probate records.
 * Register of Deeds has land records.
 * County Clerk has marriage records 1789-1891.

Parent County
1789 - Created 25 June 1789 from Lincoln County.

Boundary Changes

 * Two partitions:
 * 1816 - Penobscot County 15 February 1816.
 * 1827 - Waldo County 7 February 1827.

Record Loss
1933 - Hancock Hall, which housed the records for the City of Ellsworth, was destroyed by fire on May 7, 1933.

Places / Localities
Towns

Extinct towns and plantation:  |  |  |

Unorganized territories. For further details see Maine Townships.


 * Central Hancock: Fletchers Landing
 * Eagle Island
 * East Hancock:
 * Township 3 North Division and Strip North
 * Township 4 North Division and Strip North (a.k.a. Oqiton Township)
 * Township 7 South Division
 * Township 9 South Division
 * Township 10 South Division
 * Township 16 Middle Division
 * Township 22 Middle Division
 * Township 28 Middle Division
 * Township 34 Middle Division
 * Township 35 Middle Division
 * Township 39 Middle Division
 * Township 40 Middle Division
 * Township 41 Middle Division
 * Northwest Hancock: Township 32 Middle Division

Communities  • Bar Harbor         • Bucksport

Villages  • Bass Harbor  • Islesford • Minturn  • Northeast Harbor

Neighboring Counties:  Knox | Penobscot | Waldo | Washington

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

 * Hancock County Deeds
 * 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

 * - 2nd Regiment, Maine Infantry, Company B.

Online Records
 * 1862-1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - 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 $

Vital Records

 * 1589-1966 - Maine, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1670 - 1921 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Libraries, Archives, Museums
Abbe Museum "Inspiring New Learning About the Wabanaki Nations with Every Visit" Two Locations: 26 Mount Desert Street Bar Harbor, Maine 04609  Abbe at Sieur de Monts Spring Acadia National Park  (207) 288-3519

Family history Centers

 * Ellsworth Maine Family History Center

Websites

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