Franklin County, Maine Genealogy

United States Maine  Franklin County

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

County Clerk
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.

Parent County
Created 20 March 1838 from parts of Cumberland, Oxford, Kennebec and Somerset counties

Places / Localities
Towns

Plantations • • • •. For further details see Maine plantations.

'''Unorganized territories. ''' For further details see Maine townships.


 * East Central Franklin
 * Twp 4 R1 Bingham's Kennebec Pur. W. of the Kennebec Riv. (Mt. Abram)
 * Township 1 R2 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Redington)
 * Freeman
 * Salem
 * Madrid
 * North Franklin
 * Township 2 R3 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Lang)
 * Township 3 R3 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Davis)
 * Township 2 R4 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Tim Pond)
 * Township 3 R4 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Stetsontown)
 * Township 1 R5 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Jim Pond)
 * Township 2 R5 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Alder Stream)
 * Township 3 R5 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Seven Ponds)
 * Township 1 R6 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Kibby)
 * Township 2 R6 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Chain of Ponds)
 * Township 3 R6 West of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Massachusetts Gore)
 * Gore N. of Twp 2 &amp; 3 R6 W. of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Coburn Gore)
 * Township 1 R7 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Skinner)
 * Township 2 R7 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Merrill Strip)
 * Township 1 R8 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Lowelltown)
 * Gore N. of Twp 1 R8 West of Bingham's Kennebec Pur. (Gorham Gore)
 * Township 2 R8 West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase (Beattie)
 * South Franklin
 * Perkins
 * Washington
 * West Central Franklin
 * Township D
 * Township E
 * Township 6 North of Weld
 * Wyman
 * Township 4 R3 Bingham's Kennebec Purchase West of the Kennebec River (Wyman)

Communities  • Chisholm   • Farmington   • Wilton

Extinct or unincorporated towns  • Berlin   • Freeman   • Madrid   • Perkins   • Salem

Neighboring Counties

Androscoggin | Kennebec | Oxford | Somerset | Quebec counties: Frontenac County

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

MT. 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 Cementery

Leave Weld Village heading toward Carthage. Go about 3 miles t 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 t Podunk 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.

Church

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.

Tip: 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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Farmington Maine Family History Center

Web Sites

 * The Franklin County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Franklin County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Franklin County (backup site)
 * Family History Library catalog for Franklin County
 * Franklin County Genealogy (Maine Genealogy)