Aroostook County, Maine Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for Indian word meaning "beautiful river". The County has Houlton as its seat and the County was created May 1, 1839. The County is located in the northeast area of the state.

County Courthouse

 * County Clerk has divorce and court records from 1839.
 * Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records.
 * Probate Court has probate records.
 * Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County

 * 1839 - Created 16 March 1839 from Penobscot, Somerset and Washington counties.

Boundary Changes

 * 1844 - Part added from Piscataquis County in 1844.

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

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

Penobscot | Piscataquis | Somerset | Washington | New Brunswick counties: Carleton | Madawaska | Victoria | York | Quebec counties: Kamouraska | L'Islet | Montmagny | Témiscouata

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:         (aka Wytopitlock). For further details see [Maine plantations].

Extinct towns and plantations:

Cemeteries

 * 1620-2014 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1676-1918 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1780-1999 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Fairmont Cemetery Located south of Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine. Full name searches

Court

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch - images

Land

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Military

 * 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

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

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1918-1991 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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
Online Probate Records


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

Vital Records

 * 1589-1966 - Maine, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1670 - 1921 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Family History Centers

 * Caribou Maine Family History Center

Websites

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