Cumberland County, Maine

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*Created 28 March 1760 from [[York County, Maine|York]] County. <ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>
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*Created 28 March 1760 from [[York County, Maine|York]] County. <ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>
  
 
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**[[Oxford County, Maine|Oxford]] County 4 March 1805. <ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>  
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**[[Oxford County, Maine|Oxford]] County 4 March 1805. <ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>  
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**[[Franklin County, Maine|Franklin]] County 20 March 1838. <ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>  
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**[[Franklin County, Maine|Franklin]] County 20 March 1838. <ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>  
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**[[Androscoggin County, Maine|Androscoggin]] County 18 March 1854. <ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>
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**[[Androscoggin County, Maine|Androscoggin]] County 18 March 1854. <ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181. [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 14:14, 26 December 2012

United States Gotoarrow.png Maine Gotoarrow.png Cumberland County

Contents

County Courthouse

 Cumberland County Courthouse
142 Federal Street
Portland, Me 04101-4151
Phone: 207.871.8380 

County Clerk has death, probate and land records from 1760.
City or Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records. [1]

History

Parent County

  • Created 28 March 1760 from York County. [1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

[[Image:
MaineCumberland CountyYork CountyOxford CountyAndroscoggin CountyKennebec CountySagadahoc CountyHarrisonBridgtonNaplesCascoRaymondNew GloucesterGrayPownalNorth YarmouthYarmouthFreeportBrunswickHarpswellChebeague IslandLong IslandCumberlandFalmouthWestbrookPortlandSouth PortlandCape ElizabethScarboroughGorhamWindhamFrye IslandStandishBaldwinSebagoOld Orchard BeachSacoBiddefordArundelLymanDaytonBuxtonHollisWaterboroAlfredShapleighActonNewfieldLimerickLimingtonCornishPersonfieldPorterHiramBrownfieldDenmarkFryeburgSwedenLovellStonehamWaterfordSouth OxfordNorwayParisBuckfieldHebronOxfordOtisfieldPolandMechanic FallsMinotTurnerLeedsGreeneWalesLewistonAuburnSabattusLisbonDurhamMonmouthLitchfieldWest GardnerFarmingdaleGardnerRichmondPerkinsBowdoinhamBowdoinTopshamWoolwichBathWest BathPhippsburg
Modern town borders in Cumberland County, Maine.

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Populated Places

Cities

  • Portland
  • South Portland
  • Westbrook

Towns

  • Baldwin
  • Bridgton
  • Brunswick
  • Cape Elizabeth
  • Casco
  • Chebeague Island
  • Cumberland
  • Falmouth
  • Freeport
  • Frye Island
  • Gorham
  • Gray
  • Harpswell
  • Harrison
  • Long Island
  • Naples
  • New Gloucester
  • North Yarmouth
  • Pownal
  • Raymond
  • Scarborough
  • Sebago
  • Standish
  • Windham
  • Yarmouth

Communities

  • Bridgton
  • Brunswick
  • Brunswick Station
  • Cumberland Center
  • Falmouth Foreside
  • Freeport
  • Gorham
  • Little Falls-South Windham
  • North Windham
  • Scarborough
  • Yarmouth

Neighboring Counties

Androscoggin | Oxford | Sagadahoc | York

Resources

Cemeteries

BillionGraves:

Westbrook Historical Society:

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

Church

Court

Gazetteers

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

Web Sites

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Cumberland County, Maine page 304, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
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