Kennebec County, Maine
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Revision as of 23:44, 20 March 2013
United States 
Maine Kennebec County
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County Courthouse
Kennebec County Courthouse
95 State Street
Augusta, ME 04330-5611
Phone: 207.622.0971
Register of Deeds has land records from 1799. Probate Court has probate records from 1799. Town Clerks have birth, marriage and death records.[1]
History
Parent County
Created 20 February 1799 from Lincoln County.[1]
Boundary Changes
- Four partitions:
Record Loss
Places / Localities
Cities • Augusta • Gardiner • Hallowell • Waterville
Towns
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Unorganized territory • Unity Township. For further details see Maine townships.
Communities • Clinton • Farmingdale • Oakland • Winthrop
Villages • Libby Hill • South China
Extinct or unincorporated towns • Dearborn • Harlem • Unity[2]
Neighboring Counties
Androscoggin | Franklin | Lincoln | Sagadahoc | Somerset | Waldo
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
Court
Gazetteers
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
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.
Augusta, Kennebec County, Newspaper Archive:
Age. Indexes Free, Digital Pages $. 1832-1861. at GenealogyBank. $
Herald of Liberty. Indexes Free, Digital Pages $. 1810-1815. at GenealogyBank. $
Kennebec Gazette. Indexes Free, Digital Pages $. 1810-1815. at GenealogyBank. $
Hallowell, Kennebec County, Newspaper Archive:
American Advocate. Indexes Free, Digital Pages $. 1809-1835. at GenealogyBank. $
Hallowell Gazette. Indexes Free, Digital Pages $. 1814-1827. at GenealogyBank. $
Maine Cultivator and Hallowell Gazette. Indexes Free, Digital Pages $. 1839-1870. at GenealogyBank. $
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family history Centers
- Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
- Augusta Maine Family History Center
- Waterville Maine Family History Center
Web Sites
- The Kennebec County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Kennebec County
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Kennebec County (backup site)
- FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Kennebec County
- Oakland Area Historical Society - records, photographs, history, genealogy of the Oakland area.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 304. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Michael J. Leclerc, Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research, 5th ed. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012), 101. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 974 D27g 2012.
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