Waldo County, Maine Genealogy

United States Maine  Waldo County

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

Boundary Changes

 * 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

Civil War

 * - 4th Regiment, Maine Infantry

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 $

Web Sites

 * 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 Catalog for Waldo County