Cumberland County, Maine Genealogy

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

United States Maine  Cumberland County

County Courthouse
County Clerk has death, probate and land records from 1760. City or Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records.

Parent County

 * Created 28 March 1760 from York County.

Boundary Changes

 * Parts were taken for:
 * Oxford County 4 March 1805.
 * Franklin County 20 March 1838.
 * Androscoggin County 18 March 1854.

Record Loss
Portland City Hall Fire, January 1908. City records saved. County records from about 1807-1907 destroyed.

Places / Localities
Towns

Extinct Town:

Communities

Neighboring Counties:  Androscoggin | Oxford | Sagadahoc | York

Cemeteries

 * 1780 - 1999 at FamilySearch — index and images

BillionGraves:


 * Calvary Cemetery, South Portland
 * Gray Village Cemetery, Gray
 * Lower Corner Cemetery, New Gloucester
 * Moss Side Cemetery, Cumberland Center
 * North Raymond Cemetery, Raymond

Westbrook Historical Society:
 * City of Westbrook Cemeteries

Maine Catholic Cemetery Committee's Online Databases: There are 65 catholic cemeteries in this diocese and they are slowly being put online.

Census

 * 1905 Transcription - only Scarboro

Civil War

 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Cavalry
 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, E and I.
 * - 1st Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, E and I.
 * - 5th Regiment, Maine Infantry, Companies D, F, G and H.

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

Family History Centers

 * Portland Maine Family History Center

Web Sites

 * The Cumberland County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Cumberland County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Cumberland County (backup site)
 * FamilySearch Catalog for Cumberland County
 * Westbrook Historical Society Collections
 * Cumberland County Genealogy (Maine Genealogy)