Washington County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to Washington 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
The County was named for George Washington. The County has Machias as its seat and the County was created June 25, 1789. The County is located in the southeast area of the state.

County Courthouse

 * Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records.
 * Clerk of the Court has divorce and court records from 1931, probate records from 1785, land records from 1783 and naturalization records from 1854.
 * Maine State Archives, Augusta, has divorce and court records before 1931.

Town History
Go to Archive.org] to find published materials for this town.

Parent County

 * 1789 - Created 25 June 1789 from Lincoln County.

Boundary Changes

 * 1839 - Part taken off for Aroostook County 16 March 1839.

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

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

Hancock | Penobscot | Aroostook | York | New Brunswick counties: Charlotte

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

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

Court

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

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1947-1954 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection

Land

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

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
Online Records
 * 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

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 - How to Use This Collection

Family History Centers

 * Machias Maine Family History Center 100 Court St Machias, ME 04654 Phone: 207-255-6329 Email: [mailto:ME_Machias@familyhistorymail.org ME_Machias@familyhistorymail.org] Website

Websites

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

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Maine, Washington County Courthouse Records - FamilySearch Historical Records