Piscataquis County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to Piscataquis County, Maine ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse

 * Town clerks have birth, marriage and death records.
 * Clerk of the Superior Court has divorce and court records.
 * Probate Court has probate records.
 * Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1838 - Created 23 March 1838, from Penobscot and Somerset counties.

Boundary Changes

 * 1844 - A part was added to Aroostook County 12 March 1844.

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

Places / Localities
Towns

Plantations:. For further details see Maine plantations.

Extinct towns and plantations:

Unorganized territories. NWP=North of Waldo Patent; WELS=West of the Easterly Line of the State. For further details see Maine townships.

Communities  ▪ Guilford   ▪ Milo

Neighboring Counties: Aroostook | Penobscot | Somerset

Cemeteries

 * 1676-1918 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1780-1999 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Court Records

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch - images

Land and Property

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Military Records

 * 1676 - 1918 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1718 - 1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Revolutionary War

 * 1835 - 1838 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War

 * - 2nd Regiment, Maine Infantry, Company D

Online Records
 * 1962 - 1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1584 – 1999 Maine Wills and Probate Records 1584-1999 at Ancestry.com — images and index $

Vital Records

 * 1670 - 1921 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Web Sites

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