Franklin County, Maine Genealogy

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

Maine Online Genealogy Records

Description
Franklin County was named for Benjamin Franklin. The county is located in the western area of the state.

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

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

Places / Localities
==== Neighboring Counties ====

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

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 Franklin and Oxford Counties, Maine at Ancestry.com $

Cemeteries

 * 1620-2014 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1676-1918 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1780-1999 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

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

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Land and Property

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection - index and images
 * 1838-1884 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1838-1939 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1884-1903 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

History

 * 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 ($);.

Maps

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * 1676 - 1918 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1718 - 1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Revolutionary War

 * 1835 - 1838 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Civil War

 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Cavalry

Online Records
 * 1962 - 1865 - Maine, Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

World War I

 * 1914 - 1950 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Naturalization

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1918-1991 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

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.

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.org - How to use this collection - images
 * 1838-1915 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1838-1928 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Vital Records

 * 1589-1966 - Maine, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1670-1921 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1800-1947 - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1947, Ancestry $

Birth

 * 1715-1922 - Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Ancestry $

Marriage

 * 1670-1921 - Maine, Marriage Index, 1670-1921, Ancestry $
 * 1713-1922 - Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922, Ancestry $
 * 1892-1996 - Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1996, Ancestry $

Death

 * 1761-1922 - Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922, Ancestry $
 * 1960-1997 - Maine, Death Index, 1960-1997, Ancestry $

Societies and Libraries
Wilton Free Public Library Website

Franklin County Maine Genealogy Website

Family History Centers

 * Farmington Maine Family History Center

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
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Franklin County (backup site)
 * FamilySearch Catalog for Franklin County
 * Franklin County Genealogy (Maine Genealogy)
 * Franklin County, Maine History and Genealogy (Genealogy Trails)