How To Register With Penobscot
Guide to Penobscot County, Maine ancestry, genealogy and family history, nativity records, union records, decease records, demography records, family history, and military records.
County Information [edit | edit source]
Description [edit | edit source]
Penobscot County was named for the Penobscot tribe. The county is located in the central area of the state.[1]
County Courthouse [edit | edit source]
Clerk Courts have divorce records from 1900 and court records from 1821. Probate Court has probate records.
Penobscot Canton, Maine Record Dates [edit | edit source]
Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken equally a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.
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| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Courtroom | Land | Probate | Census |
| 1892 | 1892 | 1892 | 1816 | 1814 | 1816 | 1790 |
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Record Loss [edit | edit source]
- Before 1888 All Garland, Maine vital records from earlier 1888 were destroyed in a fire.
- 1890 Federal Census for Maine was completely destroyed by fire.
- For suggestions nigh enquiry in places that suffered historic record losses, encounter:
- Burned Counties. By Michael John Neill at 24-seven Family History Circle.
- When the Records are Gone. Past Arlene Eakle at Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Weblog.
- Burned Counties Inquiry in the FamilySearch Enquiry Wiki.
Boundary Changes [edit | edit source]
- Parent Canton: Created from Hancock County on xv February 1816.[iii]
- County seat: Bangor[4]
- Interactive Map of Maine Canton Formation History (1790-1897) - blithe maps illustrating Maine county boundary changes
- Penobscot County, Maine Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by county provided by Newberry Library
Populated Places [edit | edit source]
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:[5]
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Plantations [6]
Carroll Plantation | Drew Plantation | Seboeis Plantation | Webster Plantation
Extinct towns and plantations [7]
Argyle | Thou Falls Plantation | Greenfield | Kingman | Mattamiscontis | Prentiss | Summit Plantation | Twombly Ridge | Whitney Ridge Plantation [eight]
History Timeline [edit | edit source]
Resources [edit | edit source]
Bible Records [edit | edit source]
Biographies [edit | edit source]
Business, Commerce, and Occupations [edit | edit source]
Occupations
- 1873-1965 Maine & Massachusetts, Example Files of Deceased and Deserted Seamen, 1873-1965 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; image only
Cemeteries [edit | edit source]
- 1620-2014 Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize/images
- 1676-1918 Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Utilize this Drove; Index/images
- 1718-2014 Maine, U.S., Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Alphabetize, 1718-2014 at Ancestry - alphabetize ($)
- 1780-1990 Maine, U.Due south., Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990 at Ancestry - index and images ($)
- ca. 1780-1999 Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
- 1861-2012 Web: Penobscot Canton, Maine, Mountain Hope Burial Alphabetize, 1861-2012 at Ancestry.com complimentary
- Courtesy of Bangor, Maine's website: Interments for Pinegrove, Oakgrove and Maplegrove Cemeteries.
- Mt. Hope Cemetery: Searchable Interment Database: This cemetery opened in 1834
- Courtesy of Penobscot County Genealogical Gild: A listing of cemeteries by town and locations with contact information
- AHGP Maine Cemetery Transcription & Photo Projection - Penobscot
- The Maine Old Cemetery Clan (MOCA): transcriptions for many of the cemeteries in the land
- GNIS (Cemetery Location)
Census Records [edit | edit source]
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| Demography | Pop. | %± |
| 1820 | 13,870 | — |
| 1830 | 31,530 | 127.3% |
| 1840 | 45,705 | 45.0% |
| 1850 | 63,089 | 38.0% |
| 1860 | 72,731 | 15.3% |
| 1870 | 75,150 | 3.3% |
| 1880 | 70,476 | −6.2% |
| 1890 | 72,865 | 3.4% |
| 1900 | 76,246 | 4.six% |
| 1910 | 85,285 | 11.nine% |
| 1920 | 87,684 | 2.8% |
| 1930 | 92,379 | 5.4% |
| 1940 | 97,104 | five.1% |
| 1950 | 108,198 | 11.4% |
| 1960 | 126,346 | xvi.8% |
| 1970 | 125,393 | −0.8% |
| 1980 | 137,015 | 9.3% |
| 1990 | 146,601 | vii.0% |
| 2000 | 144,919 | −one.1% |
| 2010 | 153,923 | 6.2% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
- Special 1837 Census of Unincorporated Townships and Plantations of Penobscot County.
Church Records [edit | edit source]
Church building records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the tape keeper. They may contain information well-nigh members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; wedlock information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Maine denominations, view the Maine Church Records wiki page.
Few church records take been published or microfilmed for Maine, making them a major untapped source for genealogical research. No complete survey of what exists has been made, but the Congregational Church was the largest denomination and its records were usually quite comprehensive. Co-ordinate to John Frost, "Genealogy in Maine: A Pragmatic Approach," Family History in the Northeast, vol. 1, Hartford '83 Conference (Hartford, Conn.: Connecticut Guild of Genealogists, 1983) records for over ii dozen Congregational churches are located at Maine Historical Gild, too as thirteen Baptist, three Universalist, and ten Quaker meetings.
Literally hundreds more church records probably exist in various repositories or the churches themselves. The most likely genealogical material can be found in the lists of memberships with letters of access or dismissal and the baptisms.
List of Churches and Church Parishes
- FamilySearch Places
Courtroom Records [edit | edit source]
Online Courtroom Indexes and Records
An extensive array of courts has existed in Maine since the commencement of the settlements in the early 1600s. Jurisdictional changes are quite complicated. A detailed publication of the early records can be constitute in Province and Court Records of Maine, 6 vols. (Portland, Maine: Maine Historical Order, 1928), as well as on microfilm through the FHL. All of the original court records for York County are at Maine State Archives. Counties formed from York afterwards 1760 (Cumberland and Lincoln) and 1789 (Washington) from York were also under Massachusetts jurisdiction, although these records appear not to have been microfilmed. Most extant court records to 1929 for all counties except Lincoln can be found at the Maine State Athenaeum. Later courtroom records subsequently 1929 go on to exist received by the athenaeum. Lincoln Canton courtroom records are at the courthouse in Wiscasset.
Before statehood, Maine'due south courtroom of appeals was the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature (1692–1780). This also served as the original court for some other cases such every bit murders. Records for this court are filled every bit "Suffolk Files" at the Massachusetts Land Athenaeum where they are indexed. The supreme judicial court replaced the superior courtroom of judicature after 1780. According to the Massachusetts Land Archives, their holdings include excursion court records for this court for Maine counties through 1793.
Online access to some private held indexes to court records tin can be found through Maine GenWeb
- 1718-1957 Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch — How to Utilize this Collection; alphabetize/images
Penobscot Canton Superior Courthouse
Penobscot County District Court - Bangor
County Commune Courtroom - Lincoln
Penobscot County District Court - Millinocket
Penobscot County District Court - Newport
Directories [edit | edit source]
Emigration and Immigration [edit | edit source]
Indigenous, Political, and Religious Groups [edit | edit source]
Funeral Homes [edit | edit source]
Genealogies [edit | edit source]
Guardianship [edit | edit source]
Land and Property Records [edit | edit source]
Country and belongings 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. Run into Maine Country and Property for databases, early on land grants to individuals, and more data.
Online Land Indexes and Records
Maine is a state-country state. Lands were generally caused by proprietor grants, deeds from proprietors, or deeds from other individuals. Country transactions are recorded at the county level and are available in the canton deed office.
PENOBSCOT Canton REGISTRY OF DEEDS ($) (note that many deeds are also online)
- 1642-1737 All deeds earlier 1737 have been transcribed and published in 18 volumes York Deeds 1642-1737 (Portland, ME: Maine Historical Society, 1887-1910).
- Following the American Revolution, land was sold to assist pay for the toll of the state of war in lotteries, tax sales, grants, patents and a few war grants. All original papers are held at the Massachusetts State Archives and they have been published in The Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, vol 4-8.
- 1824-1891 Between 1824 and 1891 the Maine Land Office took over the task of country distribution, records are located at the Maine Land Archives (maps, field notes and deeds starting 1794 equally Massachusetts deeds).
A brochure entitled "Country Office Records in the Maine Land Archives" is available from the athenaeum. Land grant applications from the Revolutionary War are also available. - 1718-1957 Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch — How to Utilise this Collection; index/images
- 1814-1859 Indexes 1814-1859 -- Penobscot Canton (Maine) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1814-1909 Maine, Penobscot Canton, human activity alphabetize, 1814-1909 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1814-1860 Deeds 1814-1860 -- Penobscot County (Maine) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1824-1871 Maine, Penobscot County and Kennebec County, Country records, 1824-1871 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- Index to Maine State Athenaeum Revolutionary War State Grants and Pension Applications
- 1835-1838 Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications, 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to Utilise this Collection; Alphabetize/images
- 1845 Maine, Penobscot County, Land records, 1845 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1861-1901 Maine, Penobscot County, deed records, 1861-1901 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
Local Histories [edit | edit source]
Local histories are available for Penobscot County. They may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information, run into Maine Local Histories.
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, engagement of baptism, christening, or nativity; marriage information and maiden names; and decease engagement. For general information about Maine denominations, view the Maine Church Records wiki page.
- THE ANCIENT PENOBSCOT, OR PANAWANSKEK
- History of Penobscot County, Maine 1882; with illustrations
- History of Penobscot County, Maine. 1882. Cleveland, Ohio : Williams, Chase & Company. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive; At various libraries (WorldCat).
- A History of Iii Corners. 1971. By Roger C. Storms. Lee, Maine : Lee Academy. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; At various libraries (WorldCat).
Maps and Gazetteers [edit | edit source]
Click a neighboring county
for more resource
• One superb map can be extensively used for research and traveling, detailing town divisions, geographical details, route surface types, routes of transportation, and locations of cemeteries. This map is the Maine Atlas and Gazetteer, which is published in updated versions by DeLorme Publishing of Freeport, Maine.
• A bicentennial project edited past Gerald East. Morris entitled The Maine Bicentennial Atlas: an Historical Survey (Portland: Maine Historical Order, 1976) is a superb composite of historical maps from the earliest grants and charters to the present. Railroad, lumbering, mining, recreation, population changes, court regions, and election districts illustrate the depth of this resource for genealogical purposes.
• Atwood'southward Length and Breadth of Maine includes helpful maps of towns. Maine Country Archives has a computerized index of its fine map collection for Maine after statehood, but it is the Massachusetts State Archives that holds the of import plotting maps for the pre-statehood evolution of Maine. Included in many of the maps are location of residences and names of owners.
• Saco Valley Publishing, 76 Main St., Fryeburg, ME 04037, has been reprinting excellent county editions of nineteenth-century maps indicating occupants' names for each construction.
- FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Apply FS Places
Migration [edit | edit source]
Military Records [edit | edit source]
- 1676-1918 Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Drove; Alphabetize/images
- 1718-1957 Maine, Land Archive Collections, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
For service in wars before statehood, refer to Massachusetts. Notwithstanding, a few printed sources take attempted to excerpt Maine soldiers from the Massachusetts holdings, notably Charles J. House's Names of Soldiers of the American Revolution who Applied for State Bounty...in Land Function (1893; reprint; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967); Charles A. Flagg'south An Alphabetical Index of Revolutionary Pensioners Living in Maine (1920; reprint; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967); and Carleton and Sue Fisher'southward Soldiers, Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Maine (Louisville, Ky.: National Order Sons of the American Revolution, 1982).
• The Maine Country Archives has a carte du jour index of each Ceremonious State of war soldier and grave records for Revolutionary, Civil War, and War of 1812 soldiers as well as service records through Earth State of war I. More recent records can be found at the Bureau of Veterans Services, State Firm Station no. 117, Augusta, Maine 04333.
• The aide general's holdings for Maine, which include militia on country service in wars, state yearly published reports on Civil War soldiers. World War I and 2 reports are held at the Maine Land Archives. The Spanish-American War service records are held but not published.
• For farther information, consult: Neagles, James C. U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1994.
Revolutionary War
- 1835-1838 Maine Revolutionary State of war Bounty Land Applications, 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to Utilize this Collection; Index/images
- Index to Maine State Athenaeum Revolutionary War Land Grants and Alimony Applications
Ceremonious War
- 1862-1865 Maine, Civil State of war Enlistment Papers, 1862-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Employ this Drove; index/images
Ceremonious War service men in Penobscot Canton served in diverse regiments. Men often joined a company (function of a regiment) that originated in their canton. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in this county:
- - 1st Regiment, Maine Cavalry
- - 2nd Regiment, Maine Infantry, Companies A, C, E, F, Chiliad and K.
World State of war I
- 1914-1950 Maine, State Archives, World War I (WWI) Grave Cards, 1914-1950 at FamilySearch — How to Employ this Collection; index/images
- 1917-19k19 Maine, World War I Draft Registration Index, 1917-1919 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize/images
Naturalization and Citizenship [edit | edit source]
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
- 1718-1957 Maine, Land 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 [edit | edit source]
- 1800s-1999 Newspapers.com Wedlock Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry ($)
- 1970-2008 Bangor Daily News - 8,500+ issues digitized and freely available at Google News Archive; spans 1970-2008
- 1837-1900 Bangor Daily Whig and Courier ($)- newspaper spanning 1837-1900 (incomplete) at Newspaper Archive
- Bangor Daily News - Includes obituary listings for the past week.
- 1815-1831 Bangor Weekly Annals (Alphabetize Free, Digital pages ($)) - 1815-1831 at GenealogyBank.
- Maine Newspaper Projection - ,the Maine Paper Project
- 1785-1898 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.
- Local library and historical societies equally well as the Maine Historical Gild and Maine State Library have indexes to various newspaper vital statistics. The largest collection of microfilmed newspapers can exist found at the University of Maine'south Folger Library at Orono, which has a computer printout of listings with their holdings. They too supply a typescript, "Maine Newspapers in the Smaller Maine Public Libraries." An online article on Maine newspapers, their location, and genealogical usefulness by Russell Farnham, CG, can be found through membership to AmericanAncestors.org ($)
- Newspapers ever published in Penobscot County - via the Library of Congress, Chronicling America:
- A fire at the Bangor Library on April xxx, 1911 destroyed some newspapers. Newspaper issues destroyed in the fire: The Bangor Weekly Register, The Register and Penobscot Advertiser, and The Annals (1815-1828),The Bangor Daily Spousal relationship (Volume 2, 1838-39), The Jeffersonian, (22 volumes, 1849-69), and some issues of The Bangor Daily Whig and Courier.
- Maine Newspaper Project at DigitalMaine Repository
Obituaries [edit | edit source]
Other Records [edit | edit source]
Periodicals [edit | edit source]
Probate Records [edit | edit source]
Online Probate Indexes and Records
- 1816-Nowadays Oct 2010: You lot are allowed to admission our files except for adoptions after August eight, 1953 which are confidential. Our records cover the period of 1816 to present. Our office hours are 8 a.m. - iv:30 p.m. You practise not need an appointment. Nosotros are open up during the lunch hours. We are closed Thursday, November 11 and Thursday, November 25 and Friday Nov 26. Copies are ($)one per folio.
- 1640-1760 Maine Wills, William Sargeant (1887), reprint Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Visitor, 1972.
- 1687-1800 Maine Probate Abstracts, John E. Frost, Salt Lake City: Microfilm Service Corp., 1986-87
- 1584-1999 Maine, U.South., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999 at Ancestry ($) — alphabetize and images
- 1760-1979 Maine, County Probate Records, 1760-1979 at FamilySearch — How to Utilise this Collection; image simply
- 1816-1866 Probate index 1816-1866 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1816-1893 Probate records 1816-1893 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1816-1953 Maine, Penobscot County, probate records, 1816-1953 at FamilySearch Itemize — images
School Records [edit | edit source]
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- 1935-2014 The states Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch — How to utilize this collection; index. Too at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
- 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Tax Records [edit | edit source]
Maine revenue enhancement records complement country records and can be used to supplement the years between censuses. There may exist gaps of several years in the records. For databases and more data, meet Maine Taxation
Vital Records [edit | edit source]
In Maine, vital records are kept by town clerks or selectmen. Although some towns have existed since the 1650s, most vital records appointment from about 1700. The vital statistics are often bundled past family. For more information, see the Wiki page for the town and the Wiki page, Maine Vital Records.
Birth [edit | edit source]
- 1670-1921 Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize/images
- 1715-1922 Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922 at Ancestry ($)
- 1739-1900 Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900 at FamilySearch — How to Utilise this Collection; alphabetize
Spousal relationship [edit | edit source]
- 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; alphabetize/images
- 1670-1921 Maine, Marriage Index, 1670-1921, at Ancestry.com ($)
- 1713-1922 Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922, at Beginnings.com ($)
- 1771-1907 Maine Marriages, 1771-1907 at FamilySearch — How to Utilise this Collection; Alphabetize
- 1827-1888 Tape of marriages in Penobscot County, Maine, 1827-1888 at FamilySearch Itemize — images
- 1892-1966; 1977-1996 Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Utilize this Drove; index/images
- 1892-1996 Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1996, at Beginnings.com ($)
- 1892-1966 Maine Marriages, 1892 - 1966 at MyHeritage - index ($)
Death [edit | edit source]
- 1670-1921 Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Drove; index/images
- 1761-1922 Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922, at Ancestry.com ($)
- 1841-1910 Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
- 1960-1996 Maine Decease Alphabetize, 1960-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Employ this Collection; index
- 1960-1997 Maine, Death Alphabetize, 1960-1997, at Ancestry.com ($)
Divorce [edit | edit source]
How to Order Original Vital Records
Vital records are also kept by boondocks clerks or selectmen. Although some towns have existed since the 1650s, near vital records date from near 1700. The vital statistics are often arranged by family unit.
Earlier 1892, records of births, marriages, and deaths were kept by the towns and cities of Maine. Some municipalities kept good records, some kept no records, and some kept adequate records only to have them lost to burn down, inundation, or storage in private homes. The information on these municipal records is in most cases sparser than found on more modern records. Marriages and deaths, for example, rarely listed parents' names or the parties' places of birth. When, in the 1920'southward, the State requested copies of pre-1892 vital records from the towns, only virtually eighty towns responded (these records are available at the Maine State Archives).The Maine State Archives holds original vitals from 1892-1922 and microfilmed records from 1922-1955 including a bride's index (1892-nowadays), groom's alphabetize (1956-present) and a death alphabetize (1955-present).
- Maine Land Archives
LMA Building
84 Land Business firm Station
Augusta, ME 04333
- To contact staff for questions regarding their holdings, electronic mail the Research Room or by phone at 207-287-5790, Fax: 207- 287-5517. Online indexes are bachelor for marriages (1892-1996, excluding 1967-1976) and deaths (1960-96). Maine State Archives is the country'due south official repository for state governmental records, showtime with 1639 court records and including many state of war and genealogical records for the land. In addition it holds all demography records, adjutant general's records, most court records, Maine land office records, a few canton marriage returns, and the updated microfilm drove of extant Maine town records. Researchers will discover the Maine Historical Records Repository Guide on the Maine State Archives website.
- Maine Department of Man Services
Office of Data Inquiry and Vital Statistics
220 Majuscule Street
11 Country House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Telephone: (207) 287-3181
Cost Gratis: 1-888-664-9491
- The Vital Records Unit located at 244 Water Street in Augusta, is available to have walk in requests.
In that location is a 24 hour turnaround time for all requests made in person. You will be given a choice to have your records mailed to you, or yous tin pick them up the following business organization day.
- Penobscot County Clerk
97 Hammond Street
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 942-8535 - Bangor, Main Urban center Clerk ($)
73 Harlow Street
Bangor, ME 04401
Info: (207) 992-4220
Fax: (207) 945-4449
Research Facilities [edit | edit source]
Archives [edit | edit source]
Family History Centers [edit | edit source]
Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family unit History Centers or Affiliate Libraries
- Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
- FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to near heart-only databases, only may not always have total services commonly provided by a family history center.
Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries
- Bangor Maine Family History Middle
- Ellsworth Maine Family History Centre
- Farmington Maine Family History Center
- Machias Maine Family History Center
- Waterville Maine Family History Center
- Maine Country Library - an affiliate library
Libraries [edit | edit source]
- Bangor Public Library
145 Harlow Street
Bangor, Maine 04401-4903
(207) 947-8336, ext. 106
reference@bpl.lib.me.u.s.
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- Genealogy Page listing all resources - includes obituary indexes, cemetery records, urban center directories, church building records, histories, yearbooks
- Special Collections
- Local Histories
- Maine State Library
State Business firm Station 64
Augusta, ME 04333
www.country.me.us/msl
- Located at the Maine Cultural Centre. The due east wing of the edifice houses the Maine State Library, which has the largest collection of boondocks histories and family genealogies in the state, microfilm holdings of newspapers, town reports after 1902, and the two collections of cemetery indexes.
- Maine Historical Society Library
485 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04101
www.mainehistory.org
- Open up to nonmembers for a nominal fee, this superior col-lection includes extensive printed works on land and family history, and manuscripts (see Maine Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections). Its website includes access to an ongoing, online genealogical word forum to mail and call up queries.
- Penobscot County Libraries
Bradford - John B. Curtis Free Public Library
435 Main Rd
Bradford, ME 44103
Phone: (207) 327-2939 - Brewer Public Library
100 S Main Street
Brewer, ME 44122
Phone: (207) 989-7943 - Carmel - Simpson Memorial Library
8 Plymouth Road
Carmel, ME 44190
Phone: (207) 848-7145 - Charleston Public Library
Chief Road
Charleston, ME 44229
Phone: (207) 285-3680 - Corinna - Stewart Gratuitous Library
8 Levi Stewart Bulldoze
Corinna, ME 49289
Phone: (207) 278-2454 - Corinth - Atkins Memorial Library
360 Chief Street
Corinth, ME 44273
Phone: (207) 285-7226 - Dexter - Abbott Memorial Library
1 Church Street
Dexter, ME 49301
Telephone: (207) 924-7292 - East Millinocket Public Library
53 Main Street
East Millinocket, ME 44301
Phone: (207) 746-3554 - Enfield - Cole Memorial Library
789 Hammett Route
Enfield, ME 44934
Phone: (207) 732-4270 - Garland - Lyndon Oak Memorial Library
Main Route
Garland, ME 49399 - Glenburn Library
991 Hudson Road
Glenburn, ME 44011
Phone: (207) 942-9897 - Hampden - Edythe Dyer Community Library
269 Main Road Due north
Hampden, ME 44441
Phone: (207) 862-3550 - Howland - Thomas Gratis Library
8 Chief Street
Howland, ME 44480 - Lincoln Memorial Library
21 West Broadway
Lincoln, ME 44571
Phone: (207) 794-2765 - Mattawamkeag Public Library
Main Street
Mattawamkeag, ME 44590
Phone: (207) 736-7013 - Millinocket Memorial Library
5 Maine Artery
Millinocket, ME 44621
Phone: (207) 723-7020 - Newport Public Library
145 Main Street
Newport, ME 49531
Phone: (207) 368-5074 - Former Town Public Library
46 Eye Street
Old Town, ME 44681
Phone: (207) 827-3972 - Orono Public Library
16 Goodridge Drive
Orono, ME 44734
Telephone: (207) 866-5060 - Orrington Public Library
15 Schoolhouse Street
Orrington, ME 44743
Telephone: (207) 825-4938 - Patten - Veterans Memorial Library
30 Primary Street
Patten, ME 47650
Telephone: (207) 528-2164 - Stetson Public Library
lxx Hamlet Road
Stetson, ME 44880
Telephone: (207) 296-2020 - Kenduskeag - Instance Memorial Library
911 Stetson Road
Kenduskeag, ME 44500
Phone: (207) 884-8598 - Levant Heritage Library
3519 Union Street
Levant, ME 44560
Phone: (207) 884-8988
- Penobscot Roots and Connections
Website
- University of Maine at Orono
Raymond H. Folger Library
Museums [edit | edit source]
Societies [edit | edit source]
Penobscot County Genealogical Society
Website
Websites [edit | edit source]
- The Penobscot County MEGenWeb Projectan fellow member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Projection.
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Penobscot County
- Nicholas Noyes and Jamie Kingman Rice, A Guide to Genealogical Enquiry in Maine, New England Ancestors, Summer 2008, 19-25. Information technology is bachelor through PERSI and on the NEHGS website (available to members only):summer 2008_vol9_3_toc.
- Maine Memory Network: a project of the Maine Historical Society, provides access to thousands of historical items belonging to over 200 organizations from across Maine.
- Penobscot County, Maine History and Genealogy (Genealogy Trails)
- FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch itemize contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection. Employ Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
Enquiry Guides [edit | edit source]
References [edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Penobscot County, Maine" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penobscot_County,_Maine."
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United states of america, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Penobscot County, Maine. Page 304-305 At diverse libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 275.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists, 181.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Massachusetts.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Penobscot County, Maine," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penobscot_County,_Maine, accessed 22 July 2019.
- ↑ For further details see Maine Plantations
- ↑ Before an extinct town (or plantation) was discontinued, information technology created official town records of interest to genealogists. For preservation these records were normally turned over to a nearby performance town in the same county.
- ↑ Michael J. Leclerc, Genealogist's Handbook for New England Enquiry, 5th ed. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012), 109. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 974 D27g 2012.
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