Washington County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to Washington 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 George Washington. The County has Machias as its seat and the County was created June 25, 1789. The County is located in the southeast area of the state.

County Courthouse

 * Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records.
 * Clerk of the Court has divorce and court records from 1931, probate records from 1785, land records from 1783 and naturalization records from 1854.
 * Maine State Archives, Augusta, has divorce and court records before 1931.

Parent County

 * 1789 - Created 25 June 1789 from Lincoln County.

Boundary Changes

 * 1839 - Part taken off for Aroostook County 16 March 1839.

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

Places / Localities
Towns and Cities

Plantations. For further details see Maine plantations.

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Extinct towns and plantations

Indian Reservations


 * Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation
 * Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation

Unorganized territories. Within each group townships are listed from southeast to northwest. For further details see Maine townships.

Communities  • Machias          • Woodland

Village  • Forest City

Neighboring Counties:  Aroostook | Hancock | Penobscot | New Brunswick counties: Charlotte | York

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
 * 1947-1954 - at FamilySearch— index and 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
Online Records
 * 1862 - 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

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

Family History Centers

 * Machias Maine Family History Center

Websites

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

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Maine, Washington County Courthouse Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)