Aroostook County, Maine Genealogy
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Guide to Aroostook County, Maine ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
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County Information
Description
Aroostook County was created 16 March 1839[3] and named for an Indian word meaning "beautiful river".[4] Its county seat is Caribou.[5]. The county is located in the northernmost area of the state.
County Courthouse
Aroostook County Courthouse
144 Sweden Street
Caribou, ME 04736
Phone: 207-498-8125
Aroostook County Website
The County Clerk has divorce and court records from 1839. Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records. Probate Court has probate records.
Aroostook County, Maine Record Dates
Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.
| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
| 1839 | 1892 | 1839 | 1839 | 1839 | 1839 | 1790 |
Record Loss
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Boundary Changes
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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:[10]
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Plantations:
For further details see Maine plantations
Extinct towns and plantations:[11]
Plantations:
History Timeline
Resources
Bible Records
Biographies
Biographical review : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Somerset, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington, and Aroostook counties, Maine. Boston, Massachusetts : Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1898. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.
Business, Commerce, and Occupations
- 1873-1965 Maine & Massachusetts, Case Files of Deceased and Deserted Seamen, 1873-1965 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; image only
Cemeteries
- 1620-2014 Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1676-1918 Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/images
- 1718-2014 Maine, U.S., Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1718-2014 at Ancestry - index ($)
- 1780-1990 Maine, U.S., Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
- ca. 1780-1999 Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- Fairmont Cemetery Located south of Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine. Full name searches
Census Records
| Historical populations | ||
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| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1840 | 9,413 | — |
| 1850 | 12,529 | 33.1% |
| 1860 | 22,479 | 79.4% |
| 1870 | 29,609 | 31.7% |
| 1880 | 41,700 | 40.8% |
| 1890 | 49,589 | 18.9% |
| 1900 | 60,744 | 22.5% |
| 1910 | 74,664 | 22.9% |
| 1920 | 81,728 | 9.5% |
| 1930 | 87,843 | 7.5% |
| 1940 | 94,436 | 7.5% |
| 1950 | 96,039 | 1.7% |
| 1960 | 106,064 | 10.4% |
| 1970 | 92,463 | −12.8% |
| 1980 | 91,331 | −1.2% |
| 1990 | 86,936 | −4.8% |
| 2000 | 73,938 | −15.0% |
| 2010 | 71,870 | −2.8% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
- 1790 1790 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
- 1800 1800 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
- 1800-1890 Maine, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1800-1890 at Ancestry ($)
- 1810 1810 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
- 1820 1820 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
- 1830 1830 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
- 1840 1840 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
- 1850 1850 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
- 1850-1880 Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 at Ancestry ($)
- 1860 1860 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
- 1870 1870 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
- 1880 1880 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
- 1890 1890 Veterans Schedules at Ancestry ($)
- 1900 1900 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
- 1910 1910 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
- 1920 1920 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
- 1930 1930 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
- 1940 1940 United States Federal Census at Ancestry ($)
Church Records
Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Maine denominations, view the Maine Church Records wiki page.
- 1800-1947 U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1947 at Ancestry ($)
- 1841-1893 Records of marriages 1841-1893 by Rev. William R. French(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
List of Churches and Church Parishes
Court Records
Online Court Indexes and Records
- 1718-1957 Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
Directories
- 1970-2024 United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, coverage may vary
Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
Funeral Homes
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Genealogies
Guardianship
Land and Property Records
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. See Maine Land and Property for databases, early land grants to individuals, and more information.
Online Land Indexes and Records
- 1718-1957 Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1802-1839 Washington County records of deeds, 1802-1839, in the Aroostook Registry(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1808-1879 Index 1808-1879(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1835-1838 Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications, 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/images
- 1839-1866 Deeds 1839-1866(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1846-1867 Deed records for the Northern District of Aroostook County 1846-1867(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1846-1883 Index 1846-1883(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1865-1900 Maine, Aroostook County Deed Books, 1865-1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Image only
- 1865-1903 Maine, Northern Aroostook County, deeds, 1865-1903(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1866-1900 Maine, Southern Aroostook County, deeds, 1866-1900(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search
Local Histories
Local histories are available for Aroostook County. They may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information, see Maine Local Histories.
- Aroostook : Our Last Frontier : Maine's Picturesque Potato Empire. c1937. By Charles Morrow Wilson. Brattleboro, Vt.: S. Daye Press. Online at Ancestry ($); At various libraries (WorldCat).
- History of Aroostook. 2 parts in 1 volume. c1922. Part 1 by Edward Wiggin, Part 2 by George H. Collins. [Presque Isle, Maine : Star-Herald Press]. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($); At various libraries (WorldCat).
- A History of Three Corners. 1971. By Roger C. Storms. Lee, Maine : Lee Academy. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; At various libraries (WorldCat).
Maps and Gazetteers
Click a neighboring county
for more resources
for more resources
- FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
Migration
Military Records
- 1676-1918 Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/images
- 1718-1957 Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
Revolutionary War
- 1835-1838 Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications, 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/images
Civil War
- 1862-1865 Maine, Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- Linda J. Zapatka, transcribed by. Aroostook County towns that sent men to the Civil War : where the men lived before the war, their enlistment records, if they survived, did they return to the county and if found, where they are buried. Caribou, Maine : Aroostook County Genealogy Society, 2015. FS Library 974.11 M2z
Regiments. Civil War service men in Aroostook County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (part of a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in this county:
World War I
- 1914-1950 Maine, State Archives, World War I (WWI) Grave Cards, 1914-1950 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1917-1919 Maine, World War I Draft Registration Index, 1917-1919 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
- 1718-1957 Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1918-1991 Maine, United States Naturalization Records, 1918-1991 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/images
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.
- 1800s-Current Maine, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
- 1800s-1999 Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry ($)
- Maine Newspaper Project at DigitalMaine Repository
- 1863-1865, 1877 Aroostook County, Maine, births, marriages, obituaries and death notices : extracted from the Loyal sunrise, 1863-1865, 1877(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1875-1876 Aroostook County, Maine, births, marriages, obituaries and death notices : The Fort Fairfield aurora 1875-1876(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1876-1877 Aroostook County, Maine, births, marriages, obituaries and death notices : The Presque Isle sunrise 1876-1877(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- Maine, Obituaries and Death Notices at MyHeritage — index ($)
Obituaries
- 2001-2014 Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use This Collection
- Maine, Obituaries and Death Notices at MyHeritage — index ($)
Other Records
Periodicals
- The Maine Genealogist at American Ancestors — index & images ($)
Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
- 1584-1999 Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index & images
- 1760-1979 Maine, County Probate Records, 1760-1979 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; image only
- 1837-2007 Maine, Aroostook County, Probate Records, 1837-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; image only
- 1839-1895 Probate records, 1839-1895(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search
School Records
Social Security Records
- 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
- 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
- 1936-2007 United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
Tax Records
Maine tax records complement land records and can be used to supplement the years between censuses. There may be gaps of several years in the records. For databases and more information, see Maine Taxation
Vital Records
In Maine, vital records are kept by town clerks or selectmen. Although some towns have existed since the 1650s, most vital records date from about 1700. The vital statistics are often arranged by family. For more information, see the Wiki page for the town and the Wiki page, Maine Vital Records.
Birth
- 1670-1921 Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1715-1922 Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922 at Ancestry ($)
- 1739-1900 Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
- 1863-1865, 1877 Aroostook County, Maine, births, marriages, obituaries and death notices : extracted from the Loyal sunrise, 1863-1865, 1877(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
Marriage
- 1589-1966 Maine, United States Marriages at at Findmypast — index ($) — index $
- 1670-1921 Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1670-1921 Maine, Marriage Index, 1670-1921, at Ancestry ($)
- 1713-1922 Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922, at Ancestry ($)
- 1771-1907 Maine Marriages, 1771-1907 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
- 1839-1892 Record of marriages of Aroostook County, vol. 1-2, 1839-1892(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1849-1870 Maine: Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1849-1870 at American Ancestors — index & images ($); selected town records
- 1892-1966; 1977-1996 Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1892-1996 Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1996, at Ancestry ($)
- 1892-1966 Maine Marriages, 1892 - 1966 at MyHeritage - index ($)
- 1977-Onward Maine, Marriages at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
Death
- 1670-1921 Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1761-1922 Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922, at Ancestry ($)
- 1841-1910 Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
- 1960-1996 Maine Death Index, 1960-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
- 1960-1997 Maine, Death Index, 1960-1997, at Ancestry ($)
Divorce
- 1892-1963 Maine Divorces at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
Research Facilities
Archives
FamilySearch Centers
FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries
- FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
- FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.
Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries
- Caribou Maine FamilySearch Center
- Fort Fairfield Public Library - an affiliate library
Libraries
Caribou Public Library
30 High Street
Caribou, ME 04736
Phone: 207-493-4214
Website
Cary Library
107 Main Street
Houlton, ME 04730
Phone:
Website
Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library
39 2nd Street
Presque Isle, ME 04769
Phone: 207-764-2571
Website
Museums
Societies
Aroostook Genealogy Society
Website
Websites
- The Aroostook County MEGenWeb Project, a member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Aroostook County
- Maine Genealogy
- Aroostook County, Maine History and Genealogy (Genealogy Trails)
- FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection. Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
Research Guides
References
- ↑ referer=brief_results Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FS Library book 973 D27e 2002].
- ↑ referer=brief_results Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FS Library book 973 D27e 2002].
- ↑ referer=brief_results Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FS Library book 973 D27e 2002]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Aroostook County, Maine" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroostook_County,_Maine."
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Maine.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Aroostook County, Maine. Page 304-305 At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 275.
- ↑ referer=brief_results Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FS Library book 973 D27e 2002].
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Massachusetts.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ referer=brief_results Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FS Library book 973 D27e 2002].
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Aroostook County, Maine," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroostook_County,_Maine, accessed 21 March 2019.
- ↑ Before an extinct town (or plantation) was discontinued, it created official town records of interest to genealogists. For preservation these records were usually turned over to a nearby functioning town in the same county.
- ↑ Michael J. Leclerc, Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research, 5th ed. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012), 93. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 974 D27g 2012.