Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine Genealogy

Description

 * Scarborough, Maine at Wikipedia.

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Scarborough Town Clerk
Town of Scarborough Town Clerk Scarborough Municipal Building 259 U.S. Route One Scarborough, ME 04074 Phone (207)730-4021

Births
"Scarboro, Cumberland, Maine computer printout : births or christenings, 1755-1875" is available to browse online at Family Search.. The Scarboro records are alphabetical and begin at image 375 and continue to page. It contains 2,289 names.

"Scarborough - Town and vital records, 1681-1893 (1908)" are available online at Family Search. Four of the image sets are searchable and one is browseable.
 * 1670-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1739-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1755-1875 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Marriages
"Scarborough - Town and vital records, 1681-1893 (1908)" are available online at Family Search. Four of the image sets are searchable and one is browseable.
 * 1670-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1771-1907 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1977-Onward Maine, Marriages at MyHeritage — index & images ($)

Deaths
"Scarborough - Town and vital records, 1681-1893 (1908)" are available online at Family Search. Four of the image sets are searchable and one is browseable. Obituaries - Scarborough Historical Society - See Index and Images of Obituaries for instructions.
 * 1670-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1841-1910 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1960-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Town Reports
Town Reports can be a marvelous resource to learn about various individuals within the town. Sections of the Town Annual Reports typically include bills paid for building roads and bridges, expenses for the poor, and the superintendent of schools report, which includes names of teachers, where they taught, and occasionally the names of students. Reports have been scanned, OCRed, and are available at. Digital Maine - Scarborough Books. Annual Reports available at Digital Maine include most years from 1855 to 1959.

The University of Maine, Digital Commons has Scarborough Annual Reports from 2005-2020.

The town of Scarboro(ugh)kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Scarboro(ugh) kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistics information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Scarborough Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Cumberland County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

Church Records
Historically, the largest religious groups in Maine were the Congregational, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Methodist churches. For general information about Maine denominations, view the Maine Church Records wiki page. To see the churches in Scarborough, visit FamilySearch Places. Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. The following are church records available online for the town of Scarborough:
 * 1734-1907 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1735-2006 (*) Allen County Public Library at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
 * Maine Church Records

First Congregational Church
Marriage records of the First Congregational Church, Scarborough, Maine - 1729-1852 were printed in the Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder - Volume III (1886) Issues no. 2, no. 3, and no. 4

Second Congregational Church
Marriage records of the Second Congregational Church, Scarboro, Maine, 1729-1800 - Digital Version on Family Search.

City Directories

 * 1915-1932 Maine, U.S., City Directories, Scarborough at Ancestry - index and images ($), some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Land Records
The following are online land records for the town of Scarborough:
 * 1720-1762 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1760-1904 (*) Register of Deeds at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
 * 1824-1861 (*) Manuscript on Film; Maine Land Office at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1824-1964 (*) Manuscript on Digital Images; Maine State Archives at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
 * 1825-1874 (*) Maine Land Agent; Maine State Archives at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1832-1853 (*) Maine Land Agent at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1841-1884 (*) Maine Land Agent; Maine State Archives at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
 * 1850-1916 (*) Register of Deeds at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
 * Documents related to the ownership of real estate are recorded at the Registry of Deeds. Scarborough land records are included with Cumberland County and are available online for searching, viewing, and download at LandRecords.Com.
 * Maine Land and Property

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Scarborough at HomeTownLocator
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Maine at Old-Maps.com


 * Scarborough at FamilySearch Places
 * Scarborough at Google Maps
 * Scarborough at Maine.gov
 * Scarborough at Mapcarta
 * Maine Maps State Page

Migration
The First Cumberland Turnpike Corporaton was created in 1802 to build a short road in Scarboro. It crossed the Scarborough Marsh in a straight line from Dunstan to Oak Hill along what is now US Route 1.

Military
Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:
 * Maine Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865
For more Civil War Military Records see:
 * Maine Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
 * United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918
For more World War I Military Records see:
 * Maine Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
 * United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945
For more World War II Military Records see:
 * Maine Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers
The Scarborough Public Library has a limited online collection of Scarborough newspapers, including:
 * 1784-2023 York County, Maine Newspaper Archive at York Public Library - index & images


 * Scarborough Leader (1995-2018)
 * Southern Forecaster (2003-2018)
 * Current (2001-2016)
 * Sun Times (1989-1993)
 * Forecaster (Southern Edition) (2002-2003)
 * Scarborough News Review (1978-79)
 * Cumberland County (2009)

Other Town Records
n Maine, most records are kept at the town level and generally began being kept at the founding of the town. These records may include the following: The following are Scarborough town records available online:


 * 1666-1789 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1681-1893 (1908) (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1720-1762 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Probate Records
In Maine, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Scarborough:
 * 1584-1999 Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1640-1760 (*) Compiled and Edited with Notes by William M. Sargent at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1760-1979 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * Maine Probate Records

Tax Records
Tax Valuation ledgers provide information regarding property owners (property tax) and voters (poll tax).


 * 1841 Tax Valuation Ledger - Digital Maine.
 * 1875 Tax Valuation Ledger - Digital Maine

Libraries
Scarborough Public Library

FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Oxford Maine FamilySearch Center
 * Portland Maine FamilySearch Center
 * Wolfeboro New Hampshire FamilySearch Center
 * Kennebunk Free Library - an affiliate library
 * Scarborough Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Springvale Public Library - an affiliate library

Societies
Scarborough Historical Society and Museum