Lincoln County, Maine Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for Lincoln, England. The County has Wiscasset as its seat and the County was created 1760. The County is located in the south area of the state.

County Courthouse

 * 1860 and 1861 - Clerk Courts has marriage, probate and land records from 1860 and court records from 1861.
 * 1760-1764 - Clerk Superior Court has probate records from 1760 to 1764.

History

 * Named for English city, Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England

Parent County

 * 1760 - Created 19 June 1760 from York County.

Boundary Changes

 * 7 counties were created over the years:
 * 1789 - Hancock County 25 June 1789.
 * 1789 - Washington County 25 June 1789.
 * 1799 - Kennebec County 20 February 1799.
 * 1827 - Waldo County 7 February 1827.
 * 1854 - Androscoggin County 18 March 1854.
 * 1854 - Sagadahoc County 4 April 1854.
 * 1860 - Knox County 9 March 1860.

Neighboring Counties
Sagadahoc | Kennebec | Waldo | Knox

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
 * Monhegan

Extinct towns and plantations

Collamore Ridge Plantation | Hibbert Plantation | Muscongus Isle Plantation (aka Louds Island)

Cemeteries

 * 1620-2014 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 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

Online Records
 * 1962 - 1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War I

 * 1914 - 1950 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1918-1991 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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.

Wiscasset, Lincoln County, newspapers online:


 * 1821-1822 - Lincoln Intelligencer. Indexes Free, digital pages $. At GenealogyBank.
 * 1821-1822 - Lincoln Telegraph. Indexes Free, digital pages $. At GenealogyBank.
 * 1797-1798 - Wiscasset Argus. Indexes Free, digital pages $. At GenealogyBank.
 * 1796-1799 - Wiscasset Telegraph. Indexes Free, digital pages $. At GenealogyBank

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
 * Vital Records of Old Bristol Nobelboro Maine.

Websites

 * The Lincoln County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Lincoln County
 * FamilySearch Catalog for Lincoln County