Waldo County, Maine Genealogy

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

County Courthouse

 * County Clerk has marriage records 1828-1887, divorce and court records from 1828.
 * City or Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records.
 * Probate Court has probate records.
 * Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1827 - Created 7 February 1827 from parts of Hancock and Lincoln counties.

Boundary Changes

 * 1860 - One part set off to create Knox County 1 April 1860.

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

Places / Localities
Towns

Extinct town:

Communities


 * Searsport
 * Unity
 * Winterport

Village


 * East Thorndike

Neighboring Counties

Hancock | Kennebec | Knox | Lincoln | Penobscot | Somerset

Cemeteries

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

Court

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch - images

Land

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Military

 * 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

 * - 4th Regiment, Maine Infantry

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate
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

Websites

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