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Guide to '''Androscoggin County, Maine ancestry, family history, and genealogy''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.<br>

{{Click|Image:ME_ORP.png|Maine Online Genealogy Records}}{{Infobox U.S. County 
| county = Androscoggin County 
| county_map = Me-androscoggin.png 
| state = Maine
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| founded year = 1854
| founded date = March 18
| seat = [[Auburn, Maine|Auburn]] 
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| building address = Androscoggin County Courthouse<br> 2 Turner<br>Auburn, ME 04210<br>Phone: 207.784.8390 <br>[http://www.androscoggincountymaine.gov/ '''Androscoggin County Website'''] }} 

==== Description ====  

The County was named for the Androscoggin tribe. The County has Auburn as its seat and the County was created March 18, 1854. The County is located in the south west area of the state.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Androscoggin, Maine" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androscoggin_County,_Maine."</ref>

====Androscoggin County, Maine Record Dates====

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| bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="7" | <center>'''Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records'''<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Androscoggin County, Maine. Page 304-305 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=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.</ref></center>
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| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy#Birth|Birth*]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy#Marriage|Marriage]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy#Death|Death*]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy#Court Records|Court]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy#Land and Property Records|Land]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy#Probate Records|Probate]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy#Census Records|Census]]'''
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| width="14.2%" align="center" |1892 
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1851
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1892
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1854
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1854
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1854
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1790
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| colspan="7"| <center>Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1892. General compliance year unknown.</center>
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=== County Courthouse  ===

*''Clerk Superior Court'' has divorce and court records from 1854.<br>
*''City Clerk'' has birth, marriage, divorce and burial records.<br>
*''Register of Probate'' has probate records.<br>
*''Register of Deeds'' has land records. <ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Androscoggin County, Maine page 304, {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>

=== History  ===

==== Parent County  ====

'''1854''' - Created 18 March 1854 from parts of [[Cumberland County, Maine Genealogy|Cumberland]], [[Oxford County, Maine Genealogy|Oxford]], [[Kennebec County, Maine Genealogy|Kennebec]] and [[Lincoln County, Maine Genealogy|Lincoln]] counties.<ref name="HBG" />

==== Boundary Changes  ====

==== Record Loss  ====

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.
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=== Places / Localities  ===

==== Neighboring Counties ====
[[Cumberland County, Maine Genealogy|Cumberland]] | [[Oxford County, Maine Genealogy|Oxford]] | [[Franklin County, Maine Genealogy|Franklin]] | [[Kennebec County, Maine Genealogy|Kennebec]] |  [[Sagadahoc County, Maine Genealogy|Sagadahoc]]{{MEAndroscogginCoTownsMap}}

==== Populated Places ====
{{ME Places Intro|Androscoggin}}
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [https://maine.hometownlocator.com/me/Androscoggin/ Hometown Locator]. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this census area:<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Androscoggin_County, Maine," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androscoggin_County,_Maine, accessed 27 February 2019.</ref>

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* [[Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Auburn]]</div>
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* [[Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Lewiston]]</div>
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* [[Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Durham]]
* [[Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Greene]]
* [[Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Leeds]]
* [[Lisbon, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Lisbon]]</div>
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* [[Livermore, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Livermore]]
* [[Livermore Falls, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Livermore Falls]]
* [[Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Mechanic Falls]]
* [[Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Minot]]</div>
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* [[Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Poland]]
* [[Sabattus, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Sabattus]]
* [[Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Turner]]
* [[Wales, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Wales]]</div>
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Livermore,_Maine East Livermore]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Poland,_Maine East Poland]</div>
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Turner,_Maine North Turner]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Minot,_Maine West Minot]</div>
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Poland,_Maine West Poland]</div>
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon_Falls,_Maine Lisbon Falls]</div>
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livermore_Falls_(CDP),_Maine Livermore Falls]</div>
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanic_Falls_(CDP),_Maine Mechanic Falls]</div>
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* [[Danville, Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy|Danville]]</div>
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=== Resources  ===

==== Cemeteries  ====

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| width="30%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" align="center" | '''Tombstone Transcriptions Online'''
| width="30%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" align="center" | '''Tombstone Transcriptions in Print'''
| width="30%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" align="center" | '''List of Cemeteries in the county'''
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial Findagrave.com]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | {{FHL|487692|subject-id|disp=Family History Library}}
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/Maine/Androscoggin-County?id=county_1211 Findagrave.com]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~meandros/cemetery/ MEGenWeb]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3Acemetery+Androscoggin+Maine&qt=advanced&dblist=638 WorldCat]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [https://billiongraves.com/search/cemetery Billion Graves]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://www.usgwarchives.net/me/androscoggin/meandros.html USGenWeb Archives]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://usgwtombstones.org/maine/androscoggin.html Tombstone Project]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://www.interment.net/us/me/androscoggin.htm MEInterment]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [https://billiongraves.com/pages/search/# Billion Graves]  
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="3" | See [[Maine Cemeteries|Maine Cemeteries]] for more information.
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*'''1620-2014''' - {{RecordSearch|2523434|Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index
*'''1676-1918''' - {{RecordSearch|1985567|Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images
*'''1780-1999''' - {{RecordSearch|2242146|Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch] — index and images

''Androscoggin County Death records'' 

{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="left"
|+ '''Androscoggin County, Maine Cemeteries''' 
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! scope="col" | Name 
! scope="col" | Location 
! scope="col" | Death Records
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| Alden (Columbus) Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.4161771 Longitude: -70.240614 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Atkinson Cemetery, Minot 
| Latitude: 44.1525714 Longitude: -70.3517231 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Auburn Plains Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.172016 Longitude: -70.2319993 <br> 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Bear Pond Cemetery 
| Longitude: -70.27032 Longitude: -70.27032 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Beth Abraham Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.0447963 Longitude: -70.2353317 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Blake Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.0136874 Longitude: -70.1200532 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Brackett Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.4514543 Longitude: -70.1672799 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Briggs Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.1256282 Longitude: -70.2300545 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Broadview Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.10592 Longitude: -70.18744 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Brookvale Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.1486829 Longitude: -70.2869999 <br> 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Buckman Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.1486829 Longitude: -70.2869999 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Calvary Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.0097995 Longitude: -70.0528306 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Cedar Grove Cemetery 
| Latitude: 43.93734 Longitude: -70.15453 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Center Hill Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.1325719 Longitude: -70.3158891 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Clough Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.0627 Longitude: -70.14846 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Conant Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.1817382 Longitude: -70.2167213 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Cotton Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.0242426 Longitude: -70.130331 <br> 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Davis Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.0631307 Longitude: -70.1167198 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Davis Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.0692406 Longitude: -70.2092206 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Davis Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.1006289 Longitude: -70.2067207 <br> 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Davis-Bryant Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.07268 Longitude: -70.10872 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Deane Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.1417382 Longitude: -70.3611677 <br> 
| Androscoggin death records
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| East Leeds Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.3000692 Longitude: -70.1181095 
| Androscoggin death records
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| East Wales Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.15323 Longitude: -70.04009 <br> 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Eaton Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.1225737 Longitude: -70.110053 <br> 
| Androscoggin death records
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| Evergreen Cemetery 
| Latitude: 44.0853509 Longitude: -70.2575546 <br> 
| Androscoggin death records
|}

==== Church  ====

{{ME Church Intro}} 

==== Court  ====

*'''1718-1957''' - {{RecordSearch|1877829|Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images

==== Emigration and Immigration ====
*'''1837 - 1965''' - {{RecordSearch|2303027|Maine & Massachusetts Case Files of Deceased and Deserted Seamen 1837-1965}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - images

==== Gazetteers  ====

==== Land  ====

{{ME Land Intro}}

*'''1718-1957''' - {{RecordSearch|1877829|Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images 

==== Local Histories  ====

{{ME History Intro}} 

==== Maps  ====

{{ME Maps Intro|Androscoggin}}

{{ME Neighboring Counties Intro|county={{ME Androscoggin County}}}}

==== Military  ====

*'''1676 - 1918''' - {{RecordSearch|1985567|Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images
*'''1718 - 1957''' - {{RecordSearch|1877829|Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images
===== Revolutionary War =====
*'''1835 - 1838''' - {{RecordSearch|1881491|Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications 1835-1838}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images

===== Civil War  =====
{{VAciv}} 
:- [[1st Regiment, Maine Infantry|1st Regiment, Maine Infantry]], Companies F, H and K. 
:- [[1st Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry|1st Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry]], Companies F, H and K. 
:- [[5th Regiment, Maine Infantry|5th Regiment, Maine Infantry]], Companies E and K.<br> 

'''''Online Records'''''
*'''1862 - 1865''' - {{RecordSearch|1881486|Maine, Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862-1865}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images

===== World War I =====
*'''1914-1950''' - {{RecordSearch|2968248|Maine, State Archives, World War I (WWI) Grave Cards, 1914-1950}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images
*'''1917-1919''' - {{RecordSearch|1807269|Maine, World War I Draft Registration Index, 1917-1919}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images

==== Naturalization ====

*'''1718-1957''' - {{RecordSearch|1877829|Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images
*'''1918-1991''' - {{RecordSearch|2613134|Maine, United States Naturalization Records, 1918-1991}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images

==== Newspapers  ====

*'''1785-1950''' - [http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/explore/USA/Maine/ Maine Newspaper Archive]. Indexes Free; Digital Page Images $ ([http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ 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. 

[[Image:Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png|left|32px|Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png]]Early Maine newspapers routinely reported on news, obituaries, births, marriages etc. from around the state. Be sure to search the indexes for all Maine newspapers to find your target ancestor. <br> <br> 

{{ME Newspaper abstracts|Androscoggin}}

==== Probate  ====

{{ME Probate Intro|Adroscoggin}} 

'''Online Probate Records''' 

*'''1584 – 1999''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8994 Maine Wills and Probate Records 1584-1999] at [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] — images and index $

==== Taxation  ====

{{ME Tax Intro}} 

==== Vital Records  ====

{{ME Vital Intro}}
*'''1589-1966''' - [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-marriages?state=maine%2cme Maine, United States Marriages] at [http://findmypast.com/ FindMyPast] — index $
*'''1670 - 1921''' - {{RecordSearch|1803978|Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images

=== Societies and Libraries  ===

*[http://androscogginhs.mainememory.net/page/2123/display.html Androscoggin County Historical Society]

==== Family History Centers  ====

{{Family History Centers Intro}}

=== Websites  ===

*[http://usgenwebsites.org/MEAndroscoggin/ The Androscoggin County MEGenWeb Project], an member of [[MEGenWeb|The MEGenWeb Project]], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]]. 
*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/me/androscoggin/meandros.html The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Androscoggin County 
*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/me/androscoggin/meandros.html The USGenWeb Archives Project] for Androscoggin County (backup site) 
*{{FHL|Maine%2C+Androscoggin|subject|disp=FamilySearch.org}} FamilySearch Catalog for Androscoggin County.

=== References  ===
<references /> {{Maine|Maine}} </div> 
[[Category:Androscoggin_County,_Maine]]