Franklin County, Maine Genealogy

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

Description
Franklin County was created on 9 May 1838 and named for Benjamin Franklin. Its county seat is Farmington. The county is located in the western area of the state.

County Courthouse
Franklin County Courthouse 129 Main Street, Suite 1 Farmington, ME 04938 Phone: 207-778-2119 Franklin County Website

Town clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1852 and court records. Register of Deeds has land records. Probate Judge has probate records.

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:. For further details see Maine plantations.

Extinct Towns and Plantations:

Biographies

 * Biographical review; this volume contains biographical sketches of leading citizens of Oxford and Franklin counties, Maine, by Biographical Review Publishing Company, Boston, MA, 1897. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, and Ancestry.com ($)

Business, Commerce, and Occupations
Occupations
 * 1837-1965 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Cemeteries

 * 1620-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1676-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/images
 * 1718-2014 Maine, U.S., Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1718-2014 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1780-1990 Maine, U.S., Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * ca. 1780-1999 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images

Avon Valley Road Cemetery
 * Take the Avon Valley Road, off Route 4, in Avon. Go to the old school house. Cemetery is about 1/2 mile beyond the schoolhouse on the left. Can be seen from the road.

Day Mountain Cemetery
 * Located on Day Mountain Road near Avon/Temple Line. In Terrible Condition No Roads in to it. Must Hike About 2 1/2 Miles

Knott Burial Plot
 * On the left North of the Townhouse 1.4 miles South of Phillips Townline

Mile Square Cemetery
 * Dates after 1986 taken from Franklin Journal

Mount Blue Cemetery
 * Going North on Route #4 Take Left at Town House. Go 1.8 Miles Up The Hill. Cemetery On Left in Good Condition

Pease-Thompson Cemetery
 * Located On Route #4 Just South Of The Town House

Spinney Cementery
 * Cemetery located on State Route 4 about 1 mile West of the Strong Town line.

Sprague-Howland Cemetery
 * Leave Phillips On Route #149 South Toward Strong, Maine. Go 2.6 Miles, Cemetery Down Over the Banking On Right. In Pasture of "Old Voter Farm"

Carthage Cemetery
 * Leave Weld Village heading toward Carthage. Go about 3 miles to Podunk Pond Rd. Take this Rd. for about 3 miles onto Storer Hill. The Cemetery is on the left.

Storer Hill Cemetery
 * Leave Weld Village heading toward Carthage. Go about 3 miles toPodunk Pond Rd. Take this Rd. ofr about 1.5 miles onto Storer Hill. The Cemetery is on the left at the crest of the hill. Old fencing around cemetery.

Tainter Corner Cemetery
 * The Cemetery is located off Route 2 west of Wilton toward the Village of East Dixfield. Three (3) miles out of the East Dixfield toward Rumford is the Town Line between Wilton &amp; Carthage. One (1) mile beyond the town line marker is a right turn. Take this turn - cemetery is located just a short distance on the right. Somewhat overgrown with stones broken and down. Old house beyond cemetery was onece the Tainter Corner Post Office.

Newman Cemetery

Berry Mills Cemetery

Census Records

 * 1790 1790 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
 * 1800 1800 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
 * 1810 1810 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
 * 1820 1820 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
 * 1830 1830 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
 * 1840 1840 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
 * 1850 1850 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
 * 1850-1880 Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1860 1860 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
 * 1870 1870 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
 * 1880 1880 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
 * 1890 1890 Veterans Schedules at Ancestry ($)
 * 1900 1900 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
 * 1910 1910 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
 * 1920 1920 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
 * 1930 1930 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
 * 1940 1940 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)

Church Records

 * 1800-1947 U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1947 at Ancestry ($)

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records
Court Records Online Court Indexes and Records
 * 1718-1957 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records
 * 1718-1957 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/images
 * 1838-1884 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1838-1939 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1884-1903 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Local Histories

 * A History of Farmington, Franklin County, Maine. 1885. By Francis Gould Butler. Farmington: Press of Knowlton, McLeary, and Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books, Ancestry ($);.
 * Maine Indexes at EveryNameIndex.com — Select the county.

Maps and Gazetteers

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

Military Records
Revolutionary War Civil War Regiments. Civil War service men in Franklin County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (part of a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in this county:
 * 1676-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/images
 * 1718-1957 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/images
 * 1862-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Cavalry

World War I
 * 1914-1950 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1718-1957 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1918-1991 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/images

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry ($)
 * Maine Newspaper Project at DigitalMaine Repository
 * 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.

Periodicals

 * The Maine Genealogist at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

Probate Records
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 — How to Use this Collection; image only
 * 1838-1915 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1838-1928 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Birth

 * 1670-1921 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1715-1922 Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1739-1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index

Marriage

 * 1589-1966 Maine, United States Marriages at at Findmypast — index ($) — index $
 * 1670-1921 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1670-1921 Maine, Marriage Index, 1670-1921, at Ancestry ($)
 * 1713-1922 Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922, at Ancestry ($)
 * 1771-1907 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
 * 1892-1966; 1977-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1892-1996 Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1996, at Ancestry ($)
 * 1892-1966 Maine Marriages, 1892 - 1966 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1977-Onward Maine, Marriages at MyHeritage — index & images ($)

Death

 * 1670-1921 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1761-1922 Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922, at Ancestry ($)
 * 1841-1910 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1960-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1960-1997 Maine, Death Index, 1960-1997, at Ancestry ($)

FamilySearch Centers

 * Bangor Maine FamilySearch Center
 * Ellsworth Maine FamilySearch Center
 * Farmington Maine FamilySearch Center
 * Maine State Library - an affiliate library

Libraries
Wilton Free Public Library Website

Societies
Franklin County Maine Genealogy Website

Websites

 * The Franklin County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Franklin County
 * Franklin County Genealogy (Maine Genealogy)
 * Franklin County, Maine History and Genealogy (Genealogy Trails)
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.