Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to Androscoggin 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
The County was named for the Androscoggin tribe. The County has Auburn as its seat and the County was created March 18, 1854. The County is located in the south west area of the state.

County Courthouse

 * Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1854.
 * City Clerk has birth, marriage, divorce and burial records.
 * Register of Probate has probate records.
 * Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1854 - Created 18 March 1854 from parts of Cumberland, Oxford, Kennebec and Lincoln counties.

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

Neighboring Counties
Cumberland | Oxford | Franklin | Kennebec | Sagadahoc

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:

Cemeteries

 * 1620-2014 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1676-1918 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1780-1999 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Androscoggin County Death records

Court

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch - images

Land

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * 1873 - Androscoggin County, Maine; Atlas and History of Androscoggin County, Maine. From actual surveys, drawn and published by Sanford, Everts & Co., 31 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, 1873.

Maps

 * 1858 - A topographical map of Androscoggin County, Maine; showing landowners.
 * Map of Androscoggin County, ME, ME HomeTownLocator

Military

 * 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

 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Infantry, Companies F, H and K.
 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, Companies F, H and K.
 * - 5th Regiment, Maine Infantry, Companies E and K.

Online Records
 * 1862 - 1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War I

 * 1914-1950 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1917-1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization

 * 1718-1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1918-1991 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

 * 1785-1950 - 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.

Probate
Online Probate Records


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

Vital Records

 * 1589-1966 - Maine, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1670 - 1921 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries

 * Androscoggin County Historical Society

Websites

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