Sagadahoc County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to Sagadahoc 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
Sagadahoc County was named for the Indian word meaning "mouth of the big river". The county is located in the southwestern area of the state.

County Courthouse

 * Town Clerks have birth, marriage and death records.
 * Clerk District Court has divorce records.
 * Clerk Superior Court has court records.
 * 1854 - Register of Probate has probate records from 1854.
 * 1854 - Register of Deeds has land records from 1854.

Parent County
1854 - Created 14 March 1854 from Lincoln County.

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

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

Cumberland | Androscoggin | Kennebec | Lincoln

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:

Biographies

 * Biographical Review : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo Counties, Maine. 1897. Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library

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

 * 1873-1965 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; image only

Gazetteers

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

Land

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1826-1854 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1826-1856 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection - index and images
 * 1854-1863 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1854-1869 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1855-1902 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Local Histories

 * 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

 * - 3rd Regiment, Maine Infantry, Company A

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 and Citizenship

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1833-1868 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1918-1991 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Newspapers

 * 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
 * 1854-2007 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1854-1901 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Vital Records

 * 1589-1966 - Maine, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1670 - 1921 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1848-1917 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1790-1892 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1892-1966 Maine Marriages, 1892 - 1966 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Societies and Libraries
Maine Genealogy Sagadahoc County Website

Sagadahoc Historical Society Website

Family History Centers

 * Oxford Maine Family History Center
 * Portland Maine Family History Center
 * Randolph New Hampshire Family History Center
 * Rockland Maine Family History Center
 * Wolfeboro New Hampshire Family History Center


 * Camden Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Kennebunk Free Library - an affiliate library
 * Maine State Library - an affiliate library
 * Scarborough Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Springvale Public Library - an affiliate library

Websites

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