Lincoln County, Maine Genealogy

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County Courthouse
62 Union Street Rockland, Maine 04841

History

 * Named for English city, Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England

Parent County
Created 19 June 1760 from York County.

Boundary Changes

 * 7 counties were created over the years:
 * Hancock County 25 June 1789.
 * Washington County 25 June 1789.
 * Kennebec County 20 February 1799.
 * Waldo County 7 February 1827.
 * Androscoggin County 18 March 1854.
 * Sagadahoc County 4 April 1854.
 * Knox County 9 March 1860.

Plantation

 * Monhegan

Gore

 * Hibberts Gore

Neighboring Counties
Kennebec | Knox | Sagadahoc | Waldo

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. '''

Wiscasset, Lincoln County, newspapers online:


 * Lincoln Intelligencer. Indexes Free, digital pages $. 1821-1822. at GenealogyBank.
 * Lincoln Telegraph. Indexes Free, digital pages $. 1821-1822. at GenealogyBank.
 * Wiscasset Argus. Indexes Free, digital pages $. 1797-1798. at GenealogyBank.
 * Wiscasset Telegraph. Indexes Free, digital pages $. 1796-1799. at GenealogyBank

Web Sites

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