York County, Maine Genealogy

Guide to York 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, death and burial records.
 * Clerk Court has divorce and court records.
 * 1637 - Register of Probate has death and probate records from 1637.
 * 1636 - Register of Deeds has land records from 1636.

History

 * History of York County, Maine. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers (1880) By W. Woodford Clayton. ebook at Internet Archive

Parent County

 * 1789 - Created 25 Jun 1789 from Lincoln County.

Boundary Changes

 * 1839 - Part taken off for Aroostook County 16 March 1839.

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

Places / Localities
Towns

Extinct Town: 

Communities

Villages


 * Bald Head
 * Cape Porpoise
 * York Cliffs

Neighboring Counties

Maine:  Cumberland | Oxford | New Hampshire:  Carroll | Rockingham | Strafford

Cemeteries

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

Census

 * 1860 -
 * 1850, 1860, 1879 -
 * 1904 - Transcription - only Kennebunkport

Church Records

 * 1827-1884 - Copy of record of persons baptized, marriages solemnized, and funerals attended by the late Isaac Lord, Jr., [i.e. Church] from 1827 to 1884; also data regarding the Lord and Curtis families [1778-1924]
 * 1784-1831 - in Hollis, Lyman, Kennebunkport and adjoining towns of York County, Me.

Court Records

 * 1636-1852 -, record of the courts, 1636-1852.
 * 1695-1800 -, Court of Common Pleas, 1695-1800.
 * 1718-1957 - Archive Collections, 1718-1957, at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1798-1929 -, Supreme Judical Court records, 1798-1929.
 * 1913-1918 -, Supreme Judical Court, equity records, 1913-1918.

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1837 - 1965 - at FamilySearch - images

Genealogy

 * (York and Lincoln County descendants) and the antiquity of the Carlyle name.
 * 1623-1775 - : Register of members and ancestors, 1623-1775
 * 1623-1775 and 1905-1981 -, 1623-1775 : register of members and ancestors 1905 - 1981
 * 1872 - A report of the proceedings at the celebration of the of the incorporation of the town of Buxton, Maine, held at Buxton, Aug. 14, 1872 : being a full account of the exercises of the day

Local Histories

 * an historic sketch.
 * guide book to the Isles of Shoals, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
 * comprising a history of each subordinate grange: a history of York Pomona Grange from its organization to 1921 with sketches of the Pomona masters.
 * stagecoach and tavern days on the Old Post Road.
 * and the peopling of it's towns: York
 * and the peopling of it's towns: York

Land and Property

 * 1642-1904 and 1647-1905 -
 * 1718-1957 -, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1733-1800 - of York County, Maine, volumes 19-39, 1733-1800.
 * 1856 - land ownership map, 1856.

Maps




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
 * , the first to leave the District of Maine in the Revolution.

Civil War

 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Cavalry
 * - 5th Regiment, Maine Infantry, Companies B and C.

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

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Geographical

 * and the peopling of it's towns: York.

Newspapers
Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has several Maine newspapers from 1832 to 2014, covering local news that included residents from York County communities.

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1904-1955 - (York County, Maine), 1904-1955.
 * 1718-1957 - Collections, 1718-1957, at FamilySearch — index and images.

Obituaries - Indexes

 * 1798-1806 -, Jenks's Portland Gazette, 1798-1806.

Probate Records

 * 1687-1938 -, 1687-1938; and
 * 1687-1900 -, index to probate records, 1687-1900
 * 1690-1917 - 1690-1917
 * 1801-1858 -, 1801-1858
 * 1843-1864 -, 1843-1868

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
 * 1743-1891 - Maine, 1743-1891
 * 1771-1794 - York County, Maine,, 1771-1794
 * 1818-1881 - of Rev. Albert Cole (1818-1881) of Cornish, Maine
 * Prior to 1892 - York County, Maine, : prior to 1892

Websites

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