Bangor Genealogy (in Penobscot County, ME)

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Bangor Birth Records

1621-1922 Maine Birth Records (incomplete before 1892) Ancestry online

Maine, Birth Records, 1892-present Maine Department of Health and Human Services

Marriages of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Old Town, Maine (1860-1960) : including 1836-1892 Franco-American marriages recorded in the civil registers of Bangor, Bradley, Brewer, Old Town, and Orono and death records of St. Joseph to 1946 WorldCat

Town and vital records 1819-1891 FamilySearch Library

Bangor Cemetery Records

Bangor City Cemetery Find a Grave online

Beth Abraham Cemetery Find a Grave online

Beth Abraham Cemetery Billion Graves online

Beth Israel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Birch Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Burials in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine : copied from undertaker's records 1901-1961 FamilySearch Library

Cemetery Interment Listing, Mt. Hope City of Bangor online

Cemetery Interment Listing, Pine/Oak/Maple Grove City of Bangor online

Cemetery inscriptions Penobscot, Waldo, Hancock and Lincoln counties FamilySearch Library

Crosbyville Cemetery Find a Grave online

East Bangor Cemetery, East Bangor, Maine, Penobscot County FamilySearch Library

Johnson Hews Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lakeview Cemetery Billion Graves online

Maine Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1718-2014 Ancestry online

Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990 Ancestry online

Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999 Ancestry online

Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, 1780-1980 Ancestry online

Maple Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Maple Grove Cemetery Interment online

Maple Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Hope Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Hope Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mount Hope Cemetery interment listing, September 14, 1861 -October 7, 1993. WorldCat

Mount Pleasant Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Pleasant Catholic Cemetery Billion Graves online

Oak Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Oak Grove Cemetery Interment online

Oak Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Penobscot County, Maine, Mount Hope Burial Index, 1861-2012 Ancestry online

Pine Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pine Grove Cemetery Interment online

Pine Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Webster Avenue Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bangor Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Bangor Church Records

Church records 1811-1911 (First Congregational Church (Bangor, Maine)) FamilySearch Library

Church records 1847-1886 (Central Congregational Church (Bangor, Maine)) FamilySearch Library

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Central Congregational Church Ancestry online

Marriages of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Old Town, Maine (1860-1960) : including 1836-1892 Franco-American marriages recorded in the civil registers of Bangor, Bradley, Brewer, Old Town, and Orono and death records of St. Joseph to 1946 WorldCat

Records of members, [1900]-1931 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Maine District) FamilySearch Library

Records, 1811-1995 (microform), All Souls Congregational Church (Bangor, Me.). Archive Grid

Transcript of conference record/record of members, 1920-1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Maine District) FamilySearch Library

Bangor City Directories (129)


Bangor Death Records

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1617-1922 Maine Death Records (incomplete before 1892) Ancestry online

Maine Death Index, 1960-1997 Ancestry online

Maine Deaths, 1960-1996 MyHeritage online

Maine, Death Records, 1892-present Maine Department of Health and Human Services

Marriage and Death Notices, 1858-1910 : Newspaper Clippings from the Portland Transcript, the Dirigo Rural, the Maine Farmer, and Bangor Weekly Commercial FamilySearch Library online

Marriages of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Old Town, Maine (1860-1960) : including 1836-1892 Franco-American marriages recorded in the civil registers of Bangor, Bradley, Brewer, Old Town, and Orono and death records of St. Joseph to 1946 WorldCat

Marriages of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Old Town, Maine, 1860-1960 : including 1836-1892 Franco-American marriages recorded in the civil registers of Bangor, Bradley, Brewer, Old Town, and Orono, and the death records of St. Joseph to 1946 FamilySearch Library

Town and vital records 1819-1891 FamilySearch Library

Bangor Histories and Genealogies

Family records of Rockland, Bangor and Newcastle, Maine FamilySearch Library

The Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of Bangor, September 30, 1869 Ancestry online

The Centennial celebration of the settlement of Bangor, September 30, 1869 FamilySearch Library

The City of Bangor : the Industries, Resources, Attractions and Business Life of Bangor and its Environs Ancestry online

The History of Acadie, Penobscot Bay and River : With A More Particular Geographical and Statistical View of the District of Maine Ancestry online

The centennial celebration of the settlement of Bangor. September 30, 1869 Genealogy Gophers online

What we've seen and heard : a brief history of Bangor FamilySearch Library

Bangor Immigration Records

Naturalization records (Penobscot County, Maine), 1834-1958 FamilySearch Library

U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists (includes Bangor 1848 ) Ancestry online

Bangor Land Records

Deeds 1814-1860 ; indexes 1814-1859 -- Penobscot County (Maine) FamilySearch Library

Bangor Map Records

Bangor 1846 Map Historic Map Works online

Bangor 1846 Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Bangor 1875 Bird's Eye View Map Historic Map Works online

Bangor 1875 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Bangor 1875 Bird's Eye View Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Bird's eye view map of the City of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, 1875 Library of Congress online

Penobscot River Chart, 1889 Bangor and Bucksport Maine Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, 1906 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, 1908 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, 1914 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, August 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, December 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, January 1895 Library of Congress online

Bangor Marriage Records

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1670-1921 Maine Marriage Index (incomplete before 1892) Ancestry online

1713-1937 Maine Marriage Records (selections) Ancestry online

1892-1966 Maine Marriages Index MyHeritage online

1892-1966, 1977-1996 Maine Marriage Index Ancestry online

Maine, Marriage Records, 1892-present Maine Department of Health and Human Services

Marriage returns of Penobscot County, Maine : prior to 1892 FamilySearch Library

Marriages of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Old Town, Maine (1860-1960) : including 1836-1892 Franco-American marriages recorded in the civil registers of Bangor, Bradley, Brewer, Old Town, and Orono and death records of St. Joseph to 1946 WorldCat

Marriages of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Old Town, Maine, 1860-1960 : including 1836-1892 Franco-American marriages recorded in the civil registers of Bangor, Bradley, Brewer, Old Town, and Orono, and the death records of St. Joseph to 1946 FamilySearch Library

Record of marriages in Penobscot County, Maine, 1827-1888 FamilySearch Library

Town and vital records 1819-1891 FamilySearch Library

Bangor Miscellaneous Records

Bangor, Maine Chamber of Commerce Members 1912-1913 Genealogy Trails online

Bangor Newspapers and Obituaries

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Bangor Courier 07/14/1835 to 10/22/1850 Genealogy Bank online

Bangor Daily Evening Times 10/29/1861 to 07/31/1867 Genealogy Bank online

Bangor Daily Journal 08/26/1854 to 03/04/1861 Genealogy Bank online

Bangor Daily News 12/14/1992 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Bangor Daily News 1900-2011 Newspapers.com online

Bangor Daily News, 1908, 1970-2008 Google News Archive online

Bangor Daily Whig and Courier 1832, 1837-59, 1861-63, 1866-67, and 1869-1900 (Bangor, Maine) Ancestry online

Bangor Daily Whig and Courier 1832-1900 Newspapers.com online

Bangor Daily Whig and Courierᅠ(1832-1945) Newspaper Archive online

Bangor Journal of Literature, Science, Morals, and Religion 06/01/1837 to 05/24/1838 Genealogy Bank online

Bangor Weekly Register 11/25/1815 to 06/21/1831 Genealogy Bank online

Bangor Whig Courier 1893-1894 Newspapers.com online

Bangor Whig Courier 1893-94 (Bangor, Maine) Ancestry online

Daily Commercial Advertiser 08/20/1835 to 05/25/1836 Genealogy Bank online

Democratic Flag 07/13/1848 to 10/19/1848 Genealogy Bank online

Marriage and Death Notices, 1858-1910 : Newspaper Clippings from the Portland Transcript, the Dirigo Rural, the Maine Farmer, and Bangor Weekly Commercial FamilySearch Library online

Mechanic and Farmer 12/18/1835 to 03/23/1837 Genealogy Bank online

Weekly 2001-2011 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Bangor

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Bangor Commercial Advertiser. (Bangor [Me.]) 1835-1836

Bangor Commercial. (Bangor, Me.) 1953-1954

Bangor Courier. (Bangor, Me.) 1833-1859

Bangor Courier. ([Bangor, Me.]) 1833-1830s

Bangor Daily Commercial. (Bangor, Me.) 1872-1949

Bangor Daily Evening Times. (Bangor, Me.) 1858-1867

Bangor Daily Gazette. (Bangor, Me.) 1843-1845

Bangor Daily Journal. (Bangor, Me.) 1854-1857

Bangor Daily News. (Bangor, Me.) 1889-Current

Bangor Daily Union. (Bangor, Me.) 1857-1861

Bangor Daily Whig & Courier. (Bangor, Me.) 1834-1900

Bangor Evening Commercial. (Bangor, Me.) 1949-1953

Bangor Jeffersonian. Volume (Bangor, Me.) 1851-1870

Bangor Journal of Literature, Science, Morals, and Religion. (Bangor, Me.) 1837-1838

Bangor Register [Microform]. (Bangor, Me.) 1822-1831

Bangor Register and Penobscot Advertiser. (Bangor, Me.) 1821-1822

Bangor Register. (Bangor, Me.) 1819-1820

Bangor Register. (Bangor, Me.) 1822-1831

Bangor Tri-Weekly Gazette. (Bangor, Me.) 1845-1840s

Bangor Weekly Register. ([Bangor, Me.]) 1815-1818

Daily Commercial Advertiser. (Bangor, Me.) 1835-1836

Democrat. (Bangor, Me.) 1838-1879

Dow Air Strip. (Bangor, Me.) 1951-1952

Dow Thunderjet. (Bangor, Me.) 1948-1949

Dow Thunderstreak. (Bangor, Me.) 1954-1940s

Downeaster. (Bangor, Me.) 1960-1968

Eastern Republican. (Bangor, Me.) 1827-1838

Jeffersonian. Volume (Bangor, Me.) 1849-1851

Mechanic and Farmer. (Bangor [Me.]) 1835-1839

Northern Border. (Bangor, Me.) 1873-1877

Patriot. (Bangor, Me.) 1954-1956

Penobscot Freeman. (Bangor, Me.) 1834-1835

Penobscot Gazette. (Bangor [Me.]) 1824-1827

Penobscot Journal. (Bangor, Me.) 1831-1833

Up-River Weekly News. (Bangor, Me.) 1885-1888

Weekly Messenger. (Boston) 1811-1815

Bangor Probate Records

1584-1999 Maine Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstracts of Penobscot County, Maine probate records, 1816-1866 : including abstracts of probate records from Hancock County 1790-1816, relating to that part of Hancock County set off as Penobscot County in 1816 FamilySearch Library

Bangor School Records

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Bangor Christian High School yearbook, 1947, 1951, 1974 Classmates online

Bangor Christian High School yearbook, 1947, 1951, 1974 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Bangor Christian High School yearbooks, 1947, 1951, 1974 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Bangor High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bangor, ME), 1921, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1954, 1974, 1975, 1988 E Yearbook online

Bangor High School yearbook, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Bangor High School yearbook, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Bangor High School yearbook, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2011 Classmates online

Bangor Maine School of Commerce - Chieftain Yearbook (Bangor, ME), 1938 E Yearbook online

Bangor Maine School of Commerce yearbook, 1938 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Eastern Maine Community College - Infinity Yearbook (Bangor, ME), 1980 E Yearbook online

Eastern Maine Community College yearbook, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Eastern Maine Vocational Technical Institute yearbook, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Glad Tidings Academy yearbook, 1981 Classmates online

Glad Tidings Academy yearbook, 1981 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Husson College yearbooks, 1957, 1961 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Husson University - Chieftain Yearbook (Bangor, ME), 1961 E Yearbook online

Husson University yearbook, 1961 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

John Bapst High School - Bapstonian Yearbook (Bangor, ME), 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956 E Yearbook online

John Bapst High School yearbooks, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

John Bapst Memorial High School yearbook, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

John Bapst Memorial High School yearbook, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994 Classmates online

John Bapst Memorial High School yearbook, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Bangor Tax Records

Bangor Adj. Tax Valuations 1792 Massachusetts State Library

Bangor Tax Valuations 1800 Massachusetts State Library

Bangor Tax Valuations 1801 Massachusetts State Library

Bangor Tax Valuations 1811 Massachusetts State Library

Bangor-oversized Tax Valuations 1810 Massachusetts State Library



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