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County Courthouse
Washington County Courthouse
PO Box 297
Machias, ME 04654-0297
Phone: 207.255.3127
Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records. Clerk of the Court has divorce and court records from 1931, probate records from 1785, land records from 1783 and naturalization records from 1854. Maine State Archives, Augusta, has divorce and court records before 1931.[1]
History
Parent County
Created 25 Jun 1789 from Lincoln County. [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places / Localities
[[Image:
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Towns
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Plantations • Baring • Codyville • Grand Lake Stream
Unorganized territories
- East Central Washington
- Trescott Township
- Marion Township
- Edmunds Township
- Township 18 East Division (Berry Township)
- Number 14 Township (Plantation 14) (Cathance Township)
- Township 19 East Division
- North Washington
- Township 18 Middle Division
- Township 19 Middle Division
- Centerville (town dissolved 2003 into a township)
- Township 24 Middle Division
- Township 25 Middle Division
- Township 29 Middle Division (Devereaux Township)
- Township 30 Middle Division
- Township 31 Middle Division (Day Block Township)
- Township 36 Middle Division
- Township 37 Middle Division
- Township 26 East Division
- Township 42 Middle Division
- Township 43 Middle Division
- Township 27 East Division (Greenlaw Chopping Township)
- Number 21 Township (Plantation 21) (Big Lake Township)
- Township 5 Norh Division (Sakom Township)
- Township 6 North Division
- Township 1 R1 Titcomb Survey (Fowler Township)
- Township 1 R2 Titcomb Survey (Dyer Township)
- Township 1 R3 Titcomb Survey (Lambert Lake Township)
- Township 6 R1 North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase
- Township 7 R2 North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase (Kossuth Township)
- Township 8 R3 North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase
- Brookton
- Township 10 R3 North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase (Forest Township)
- Township 11 R3 North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase (Hillgove Township)
- Township 8 R4 North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase
- Township 9 R4 North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase (Forest City Township)
Communities • Machias • Woodland
Village • Forest City
Indian Reservations
- Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation
- Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation
Neighboring Counties
Aroostook | Hancock | Penobscot | New Brunswick counties: Charlotte | York
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
Court
Gazetteers
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- The Washington County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Washington County
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Washington County (backup site)
- FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Washington County
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
Maine, Washington County Courthouse Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Washington County, Maine page 305, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
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