Hartford, Oxford County, Maine Genealogy

Description
Hartford, Maine at Wikipedia

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

Adjacent Towns
Oxford Co.:  Byron | Newry | Roxbury | Rumford | North-Oxford-Unorganized

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

Hartford Town Clerk
Town of Hartford Town Clerk 1196 Main Street Hartford, ME 04220 Phone: (207) 388-2674 Email:[mailto:hartford@megalink.net hartford@megalink.net] Hartford Website

Births

 * 1670-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1739-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1800-1891 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Marriages

 * 1670-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1771-1907 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1800-1891 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Deaths

 * 1670-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1800-1891 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1841-1910 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1960-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Town Reports
The town of Hartford kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Hartford 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

 * Hartford Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Oxford 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 Hartford, 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 Hartford:

City Directories

 * 1914-1949 Maine, U.S., City Directories, Hartford 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 Hartford:
 * 1799-1835 (*) Register of Deeds at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
 * 1800-1906 (*) Register of Deeds at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
 * 1805-1957 (*) Register of Deeds - Justice of the Peace (Oxford County, Maine) at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
 * 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Maine Land and Property

Local Histories
Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Hartford at HomeTownLocator
 * Hartford at FamilySearch Places
 * Hartford at Google Maps
 * Hartford at Maine.gov
 * Hartford at Mapcarta
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Maine at Old-Maps.com
 * Maine Maps State Page

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

Other Town Records
In 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 Hartford town records available online:

Probate Records
In Maine, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Hartford:
 * 1584-1999 Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1760-1979 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images
 * 1805-1915 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection, images