Lincoln County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to Lincoln 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
Lincoln County was named for Lincoln, England. The county is located in the southern area of the state.

County Courthouse

 * 1860 and 1861 - Clerk Courts has marriage, probate and land records from 1860 and court records from 1861.
 * 1760-1764 - Clerk Superior Court has probate records from 1760 to 1764.

History

 * Named for English city, Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England

Parent County

 * 1760 - Created 19 June 1760 from York County.

Boundary Changes

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

Neighboring Counties
Sagadahoc | Kennebec | Waldo | Knox

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
 * Monhegan

Extinct towns and plantations

Collamore Ridge Plantation | Hibbert Plantation | Muscongus Isle Plantation (aka Louds Island)

Cemeteries

 * 1620-2014 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1676-1918 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1718-2014 Maine, U.S., Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1718-2014 at Ancestry.com - index ($)
 * 1780-1990 Maine, U.S., Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990 at Ancestry.com - index and images ($)
 * 1780-1999 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Church
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court

 * 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

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1761-1901 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1761-1912 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1763-1932 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1826-1856 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection - index and images

Local Histories

 * The History of Ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle. 1882. By David Quimby Cushman.  Bath, Maine : E. Upton & Son, Printers.  Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Google Books, Ancestry ($);.
 * History of Boothbay, Southport and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 1623-1905. c1906. By Francis B. Greene. Portland, Maine : Loring, Short & Harmon. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books, Ancestry ($);.

Maps

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

Military

 * 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

 * - 4th Regiment, Maine Infantry

Online Records
 * 1962 - 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.


 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)

Wiscasset, Lincoln County, newspapers online:


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


 * Maine Newspaper Project at DigitalMaine Repository

Probate
Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * 1584–1999 - Maine Wills and Probate Records 1584-1999 at Ancestry.com — images and index $
 * 1760-1800 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1760-1800 - Lincoln County, Maine, Probate Records, 1760-1800 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1760-1957 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1760-1979 at FamilySearch.org - How to use this collection - images
 * 1861-1915 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Vital Records

 * 1589-1966 - Maine, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1670 - 1921 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * Vital Records of Old Bristol Nobelboro Maine.
 * 1759-1777 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1760-1865 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1761-1989 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1774-1856 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1777-1810 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1804-1838 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1828-1866 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * To 1866 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1892-1966 Maine Marriages, 1892 - 1966 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Societies and Libraries
Maine Genealogy Lincoln County Website

Lincoln County Historical Society Website

Family History Centers

 * Oxford Maine Family History Center
 * Portland Maine Family History Center
 * Rockland Maine Family History Center
 * Waterville Maine Family History Center


 * Camden Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Maine State Library - an affiliate library
 * Scarborough Public Library - an affiliate library

Websites

 * The Lincoln County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Lincoln County
 * FamilySearch Catalog for Lincoln County
 * Lincoln County, Maine History and Genealogy (Genealogy Trails)