York County, Maine Genealogy

United States Maine  York County

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

County Courthouse

 * Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records.
 * Clerk Court has divorce and court records.
 * 1637 - Register of Probate has death and probate records from 1637.
 * 1636 - Register of Deeds has land records from 1636.

History

 * History of York County, Maine. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers (1880) By W. Woodford Clayton. ebook at Internet Archive

Parent County

 * 1789 - Created 25 Jun 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

Extinct Town: 

Communities

Villages


 * Bald Head
 * Cape Porpoise
 * York Cliffs

Neighboring Counties

Maine:  Cumberland | Oxford | New Hampshire:  Carroll | Rockingham | Strafford

Cemeteries

 * 1676-1918 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1780-1999 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Census

 * 1860 -
 * 1850, 1860, 1879 -
 * 1904 - Transcription - only Kennebunkport

Church Records

 * 1827-1884 - Copy of record of persons baptized, marriages solemnized, and funerals attended by the late Isaac Lord, Jr., [i.e. Church] from 1827 to 1884; also data regarding the Lord and Curtis families [1778-1924]
 * 1784-1831 - in Hollis, Lyman, Kennebunkport and adjoining towns of York County, Me.

Court Records

 * 1636-1852 -
 * 1695-1800 -
 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1798-1929 -
 * 1913-1918 -

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch - images

Land and Property

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Maps




Military Records

 * 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

 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Cavalry
 * - 5th Regiment, Maine Infantry, Companies B and C.

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

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers
Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Portsmouth,NH newspapers from the early 1900's covering local news that included residents from York County communities.

Naturalization and Citizenship

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

Obituaries - Indexes

 * {{{FHL|330368|item|disp=Index to death notices, Jenks's Portland Gazette, 1798-1806}}

Probate Records


Online Probate Records


 * 1584 – 1999 Maine Wills and Probate Records 1584-1999 at Ancestry.com — images and index $

Web Sites

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