Lincoln County ME Genealogy

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Lincoln Records by Type

Birth Records (30)
Cemetery Records (404)
Census Records (52)
Church Records (6)
City Directories (13)
Court Records (7)
Death Records (31)
Histories and Genealogies (89)
Immigration Records (3)
Land Records (3)
Map Records (33)
Marriage Records (40)
Military Records (15)
Minority Records (3)
Miscellaneous Records (10)
Newspapers and Obituaries (35)
Probate Records (10)
School Records (36)
Tax Records (32)

Lincoln County Records by City/Town

Alna Genealogy (40)
Boothbay Genealogy (77)
Boothbay Harbor Genealogy (50)
Bremen Genealogy (49)
Bristol Genealogy (80)
Damariscotta Genealogy (67)
Dresden Genealogy (71)
East Boothbay Genealogy (36)
Edgecomb Genealogy (60)
Jefferson Genealogy (86)
Newcastle Genealogy (82)

Nobleboro Genealogy (94)
Pemaquid Genealogy (40)
Somerville Genealogy (36)
South Bristol Genealogy (44)
Southport Genealogy (51)
Trevett Genealogy (37)
Waldoboro Genealogy (118)
Walpole Genealogy (36)
Westport Genealogy (87)
Whitefield Genealogy (61)
Wiscasset Genealogy (90)

Overview of Lincoln County Records

Lincoln County was created in 1760 from York County.
The town/city clerks have keep birth, marriage, and death records. Birth, marriage, death, and divorce records from 1892 to the present can be obtained from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services .
The Lincoln County Clerk Courts has marriage records starting in 1860, probate records starting in 1760, land records starting in 1860, and court records starting in 1761.
The Lincoln County Clerk Superior Court has probate records starting in 1760.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.