Washington County, Maine Genealogy

United States Maine  Washington County



County Courthouse
Washington County Courthouse PO Box 297 Machias, ME 04654-0297 Phone: 207.255.3127 Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records. Clerk 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, Maine has divorce and court records before 1931.

Parent County
Created 25 Jun 1789 from Lincoln County.

Boundary Changes

 * Part taken off for Aroostook County 16 March 1839.

Places / Localities
Cities * • Calais          • Eastport

Towns

Plantations * • Baring          • Codyville          • Grand Lake Stream

Unorganized territories  • East Central Washington          • North Washington

Communities  • Machias          • Woodland

Village  • Forest City

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Machias Maine Family History Center

Web Sites

 * 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)
 * Family History Library catalog for Washington County

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Maine, Washington County Courthouse Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)