Knox County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to Knox 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
Knox County was named for Henry Knox. The county is located in the southern area of the state.

County Courthouse

 * Town Clerks have birth, marriage, and death records.
 * Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records.
 * 1860 - Probate Court has probate records from 1860.
 * 1860 - Register of Deeds has land records from 1860. [[Image:]]

History

 * Named for American Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War, Henry Knox, who lived in the county from 1795 until his death in 1806.

Parent County

 * 1860 - Created 1 April 1860 from Lincoln and Waldo counties.

Boundary Changes
Maine: Individual County Chronologies

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

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

Lincoln | Waldo | Hancock

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
 * Matinicus Isle

Extinct towns and plantations

Criehaven Plantation | Hurricane Isle | Muscle Ridge Plantation

Biographies

 * Biographical Review : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo Counties, Maine. 1897. Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library

Cemeteries

 * 1600-present (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1620-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1676-1918 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1718-2014 Maine, U.S., Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1718-2014 at Ancestry.com - index ($)
 * 1780-1990 Maine, U.S., Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990 at Ancestry.com - index and images ($)
 * 1780-1999 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1800-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at: Maine, Knox County Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Churches
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Courts

 * 1718-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1860-1929 (*), Court of County Commisioners at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1860-1945 (*), Supreme Judicial Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1860-1945 (*), Court of County Commisioners at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1861-1912 (*), Court of County Commisioners at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1870-1905 (*), Court of County Commisioners at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1884-1900 (*), Court of Insolvency at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1888-1947 (*), Court of County Commisioners at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1891-1931 (*), Court of County Commisioners at FamilySearch Catalog — images

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Maine, Knox County Probate Estate Files - FamilySearch Historical Records

Emigration and Immigration

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

Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Genealogies

 * 1713-present (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine, from their first exploration, A. D. 1605 : with family genealogies. 1863. Cyrus Eaton. Hallowell, Maine : Masters, Smith and Co. Vol I Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Vol 2 Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library

Land

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1791-1926 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1836-1860 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection - index and images
 * 1860-1920 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1873-1917 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Local Histories

 *  History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine, from their first exploration, A. D. 1605 : with family genealogies. 1863. Cyrus Eaton. Hallowell, Maine : Masters, Smith and Co. Vol I Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Vol 2 Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library

Maps

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

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

 * - 4th Regiment, Maine Infantry

Online Records
 * 1962 - 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

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)


 * Maine Newspaper Project at DigitalMaine Repository

Probate
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 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
 * 1861-1915 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection, images
 * 1861-1915 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1860-1928 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1861-1979 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1903-1908 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Vital Records

 * 1589-1966 - Maine, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1670 - 1921 - at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * 1892-1966 Maine Marriages, 1892 - 1966 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1897-1920 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Societies and Libraries
Maine Genealogy Knox County Website

Family History Centers

 * Ellsworth Maine Family History Center
 * Oxford Maine Family History Center
 * Portland Maine Family History Center
 * Rockland Maine Family History Center
 * Waterville Maine Family History Center


 * Camden Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Maine State Library - an affiliate library
 * Scarborough Public Library - an affiliate library

Websites

 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Knox County
 * FamilySearch Catalog for Knox County
 * KNox County, Maine History and Genealogy (Genealogy Trails)

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Maine, Knox County Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 - FamilySearch Historical Records