Piscataquis County, Maine Genealogy
Guide to Piscataquis County, Maine ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Piscataquis County, Maine | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of Maine, United States Genealogy | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | March 23, 1838 |
|---|---|
| County Seat | Dover-Foxcroft |
| Courthouse | |
| Address | Piscataquis County Courthouse 51 E. Main Street Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426 Phone: 207.564.2161 Piscataquis County Website |
Contents
- 1 Description
- 2 Piscataquis County, Maine Record Dates
- 3 County Courthouse
- 4 History
- 5 Places / Localities
- 6 Resources
- 7 Societies and Libraries
- 8 Websites
- 9 References
Description
Piscataquis County was named for the Abenaki word meaning "branch of the river". The county is located in the central area of the state.[1]
Piscataquis County, Maine Record Dates
| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
| 1892 | 1892 | 1892 | 1838 | 1838 | 1838 | 1790 |
County Courthouse
- Town clerks have birth, marriage and death records.
- Clerk of the Superior Court has divorce and court records.
- Probate Court has probate records.
- Register of Deeds has land records.[3]
History
Parent County
1838 - Created 23 March 1838, from Penobscot and Somerset counties.[3]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.
Places / Localities
Neighboring Counties
Somerset | Aroostook | Penobscot
Populated Places
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:[4]
| Towns | ||
| Unincorporated communities | ||
| Census-designated places | ||
| Unorganized territories | ||
NWP=North of Waldo Patent; WELS=West of the Easterly Line of the State. For further details see Maine Townships.
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Plantations[5]
Kingsbury Plantation | Lake View Plantation
Extinct towns and plantations'''[6] Barnard | Blanchard | Chesuncook Plantation | Elliottsville | Katahdin Iron Works Plantation | Orneville | Williamsburg | Wilson[7]
Resources
Cemeteries
| Tombstone Transcriptions Online | Tombstone Transcriptions in Print | List of Cemeteries in the county |
| Findagrave.com | Family History Library | Findagrave.com |
| USGenWeb Archives | WorldCat | Billion Graves |
| Tombstone Project | FamilySearch Places | |
| ME Interment | ||
| Billion Graves | ||
| See Maine Cemeteries for more information. | ||
- 1620-2014 - Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
- 1676-1918 - Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
- 1780-1999 - Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
Census Records
| Historical populations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1840 | 13,138 | — |
| 1850 | 14,735 | 12.2% |
| 1860 | 15,032 | 2.0% |
| 1870 | 14,403 | −4.2% |
| 1880 | 14,872 | 3.3% |
| 1890 | 16,134 | 8.5% |
| 1900 | 16,949 | 5.1% |
| 1910 | 19,887 | 17.3% |
| 1920 | 20,554 | 3.4% |
| 1930 | 18,231 | −11.3% |
| 1940 | 18,467 | 1.3% |
| 1950 | 18,617 | 0.8% |
| 1960 | 17,379 | −6.6% |
| 1970 | 16,285 | −6.3% |
| 1980 | 17,634 | 8.3% |
| 1990 | 18,653 | 5.8% |
| 2000 | 17,235 | −7.6% |
| 2010 | 17,535 | 1.7% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
Church Records
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, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Maine denominations, view the Maine Church Records wiki page.
List of Churches and Church Parishes
Court Records
- 1718-1957 - Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
Emigration and Immigration
- 1837 - 1965 - Maine & Massachusetts Case Files of Deceased and Deserted Seamen 1837-1965 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
Gazetteers
- FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
History
Local histories are available for Piscataquis County, Maine Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Maine Local Histories.
- History of Piscataquis County, Maine. 1880. By Amasa Loring. Portland, Maine : Hoyt, Fogg & Donham. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Google Books; At various libraries (WorldCat).
Land and Property
Land and property 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.
See Maine Land and Property for additional information about early Maine land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.
- 1718-1957 - Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
- 1835-1838 Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications, 1835-1838 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection - index and images
- 1838-1862 Maine, Piscataquis County, deeds 1838-1862 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1838-1865 Maine, Piscataquis County, index 1838-1865 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1838-1900 Maine, Piscataquis County, Deed Books, 1838-1902 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection, images
- 1838-1902 Maine, Piscataquis County, deed books, 1838-1902 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1838-1902 - Maine, Piscataquis County, Deed Books, 1838-1902 at Ancestry.com Free
Maps
- FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
for more resources
Military Records
- 1676 - 1918 - Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
- 1718 - 1957 - Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
Revolutionary War
- 1835 - 1838 - Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications 1835-1838 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
Civil War
Regiments. Service men in Piscataquis County, Maine Genealogy served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Piscataquis County, Maine Genealogy:
- - 2nd Regiment, Maine Infantry , Company D
Online Records
- 1962 - 1865 - Maine, Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
World War I
- 1914-1950 - Maine, State Archives, World War I (WWI) Grave Cards, 1914-1950 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
- 1917-1919 - Maine, World War I Draft Registration Index, 1917-1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
Naturalization
- 1718-1957 - Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
- 1918-1991 - Maine, United States Naturalization Records, 1918-1991 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
Newspapers
Finding More Maine Newspapers
Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Piscataquis County, Maine Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- Do a Piscataquis County, Maine Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).
Probate Records
Online Probate Records
- 1584–1999 Maine Wills and Probate Records 1584-1999 at Ancestry.com — images and index $
- 1760-1979 Maine, County Probate Records, 1760-1979 at FamilySearch.org - How to use this collection - images
Taxation
Maine tax records complement land records and can be used to supplement the years between censuses. There may be gaps of several years in the records.
Vital Records
In Maine, vital records are kept by town clerks or selectmen. Although some towns have existed since the 1650s, most vital records date from about 1700. The vital statistics are often arranged by family. For more information, see the Wiki page for the town and the Wiki page, Maine Vital Records.
- 1589-1966 - Maine, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
- 1670-1921 - Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
- 1839-1891 Marriage records, 1839-1891 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
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 most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.
Local Centers and Libraries
Websites
- The Piscataquis County MEGenWeb Project, an member of The MEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Piscataquis County
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Piscataquis County (backup site)
- FamilySearch.org FamilySearch Catalog for Piscataquis County
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Piscataquis County, Maine" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscataquis_County,_Maine."
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Piscataquis County, Maine. Page 304-305 At various 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 181, and 305. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Piscataquis County, Maine," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscataquis_County,_Maine, accessed 23 July 2019.
- ↑ For further details see Maine Plantations
- ↑ Before an extinct town was discontinued, it created official town records of interest to genealogists. For preservation these records were usually turned over to a nearby functioning town in the same county.
- ↑ Michael J. Leclerc, Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research, 5th ed. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012), 111. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 974 D27g 2012.
