Aroostook County, Maine Genealogy

United States Maine  Aroostook County

Guide to Aroostook County Maine genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has divorce and court records from 1839. Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records. Probate Court has probate records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
Created 16 March 1839 Penobscot, Somerset and Washington counties.

Boundary Changes
Part added from Piscataquis County in 1844.

Places / Localities
Cities and Towns


 * Caribou (City)
 * Presque Isle (City)
 * Allagash
 * Amity
 * Ashland
 * Bancroft
 * Blaine
 * Bridgewater
 * Castle Hill
 * Caswell
 * Chapman
 * Crystal
 * Dyer Brook
 * Eagle Lake
 * Easton
 * Fort Fairfield
 * Fort Kent
 * Frenchville
 * Grand Isle
 * Hamlin
 * Hammond
 * Haynesville
 * Hersey
 * Hodgdon
 * Houlton
 * Island Falls
 * Limestone
 * Linneus
 * Littleton
 * Ludlow
 * Madawaska
 * Mapleton
 * Mars Hill
 * Masardis
 * Merrill
 * Monticello
 * New Canada
 * New Limerick
 * New Sweden
 * Oakfield
 * Orient
 * Perham
 * Portage Lake
 * Saint Agatha
 * Saint Francis
 * Sherman
 * Smyrna
 * Stockholm
 * Van Buren
 * Wade
 * Wallagrass
 * Washburn
 * Westfield
 * Westmanland
 * Weston
 * Woodland

Plantations:         (aka Wytopitlock). For further details see Maine plantations.

Unorganized territories  In each territory: listed eastside first going south, then working to the west. (WELS = West of the Easterly Line of the State). For further details see Maine townships.

Communities

Village  • Crouseville

Extinct or unincorporated towns  • Benedicta   • Connor   • Maysville   • Silver Ridge Plantation.

Neighboring Counties
Penobscot | Piscataquis | Somerset | Washington | New Brunswick counties: Carleton | Madawaska | Victoria | York | Quebec counties: Kamouraska | L'Islet | Montmagny | Témiscouata

Cemeteries
Fairmont Cemetery : Located south of Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine. Full name searches

Newspapers
Maine Newspaper Archive. Indexes Free; Digital Page Images $ (GenealogyBank $) Twenty-two early Maine 18th and 19th century newspapers, 1785-1898 online. Indexes (free); digital images ($). These newspapers are from Augusta, Bangor, Belfast, Brunswick, Castine, Eastport, Falmouth, Hallowell, Kennebunk, Portland, Saco and Wiscasset.

Early Maine newspapers routinely reported on news, obituaries, births, marriages etc. from around the state. Be sure to search the indexes for all Maine newspapers to find your target ancestor.

Family History Centers

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

Web Sites

 * The Aroostook County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Aroostook County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Aroostook County (backup site)
 * Family History Library catalog for Aroostook County