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Kennebec County, Maine
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Kennebec County was founded on February 29, 1799 from part of Lincoln County (originally Kennebec County, Massachusetts). This county was named for the Kennebec River in Maine..
The Kennebec County Seat is situated in Augusta and the county government website is http://www.kennebeccounty.org/
Locations adjacent to Kennebec County happen to be Somerset County, Waldo County, Sagadahoc County, Lincoln County, Androscoggin County, Franklin County.
Cities and towns found in Kennebec County include Albion, Augusta, Belgrade, Benton, Chelsea, China, Clinton, Farmingdale, Fayette, Gardiner, Hallowell, Litchfield, Manchester, Monmouth, Mount Vernon, Oakland, Pittston, Randolph, Readfield, Rome, Sidney, Vassalboro, Vienna, Waterville, Wayne, West Gardiner, Windsor, Winslow, Winthrop.
Kennebec County has Federal Census Schedules to aid in exploring your family tree. Government Population Schedules can be found for 1790-1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Kennebec Co. Kennebec Co. Mortality Schedules can be obtained for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Kennebec Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules can be found for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Kennebec Co. Union Veterans Schedules is available for 1890. You can find free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.
Kennebec County Society and Family History Resources
A list of Kennebec County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Forums, Message Boards, Libraries, Archives.
- Maine State Genealogy Network
- Kennebec County, Maine Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Kennebec County, Maine Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
- State Archive Collections, 1790-1966 (familysearch.org) Collections from the Maine State Archives consisting of court, military, naturalization, land and other record sets. This collection is being published as images become available.
- USGenWeb Archives for Kennebec County
Kennebec County Courthouse and Government Records
Genealogist typically overlook the significance of Kennebec County court, probate, and land files as a resource of genealogical information and facts. Buried away in Maine courthouses and archives everywhere tend to be the dreams and frustrations of many Maine inhabitants. The odds are great that your chosen forefathers have left a in-depth document of at least a number of facets of their lives in the Kennebec County court records. Even if your ancestors is not discussed in a Court case, take into account all of the other procedures that could have lead to him or her appearing in court records.

The following specifics shows whatever birth, death, marriage, property, probate, and court records are usually in Kennebec County. The years pointed out below are the first known records with this county.
- Kennebec County Courthouse, 95 State St, Augusta, ME 04330
- Phone: (207) 561-2300
- Kennebec County Registry of Deeds is the place where all transactions of a Real Property nature are recorded so that the public is made aware of their existence. Deeds, mortgages, tax liens, water liens, declaration of homestead and many other kinds of documents regarding the title and ownership of real estate are noted permanently in official records.
- Land Records: 1799
- Kennebec County Clerk of Probate Court has has had several relating definitions over the years: the Widows and Orphans Court; the Poor Court; and the Court of Protection. All of these terms fit the description of the Probate Court.The Probate Court carries out the following procedures: Adoptions, Guardianship of Minors, Guardianships, Conservatorships, Change of Names, Estates, Trusts and Beginning Sept. 18, 1999 – Support of Enforcement.
- Probate Records: 1799
- Kennebec County Town Clerks has copies of vital records (birth, marriage, divorce and death records). Clerks respond to inquiries regarding vital records, since most have indexes available. Some of the Clerks records have been transfered to the Maine State Archives.
- Maine Office of Vital Records has copies of birth, marriage, divorce and death records. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Maine for current fees and application process. Birth, marriage, and death records are connected with central life events.
- Ordering Vital Records – You can also order Order Electronically Online or You can download an application for Maine Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate Applications to mail.
Kennebec County Links
The following are web links to Family history and genealogy, Records and Resources relating to Kennebec County. Most of these genealogy links fall into 3 categories: Business Sites, Personal Sites or Organization Sites. Some have free access some require a fee. This is just a list that has been collected or submitted. I do not endorse or promote one genealogy site above another. Feel free to present your own most popular Kennebec County genealogy or family history affiliated sites.
Kennebec Co. ME Books, Newspapers & Publications
- Maine Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
- Maine historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
- Historical Newspapers from Maine (1785–1945)
- Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Maine)
- Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Maine)
- Kennebec County, Maine Books
- Search Maine Obituaries (1985 to current)
- Kennebec County Genealogy Books
Kennebec Co. ME Birth, Marriage & Death Records
- Maine Vital Records Research Guide
- Gardiner, Kennebec County Maine, Birth & Death records 1800 – 1892
- Social Security Death Index
Kennebec Co. ME Court, Probate Land and Tax Records
- Maine Court Records Research Guide
- Land titles in old Pittston
- Maine Court Records, 1696-1854
- Maine Will Abstracts, 1640-1760
- Maine, County Probate Records, 1760-1979 (familysearch.org) Images of county probate books. The record content and time period varies by county.
- BLM Land Records
Kennebec Co. ME Census Records
- Maine Census Records Research Guide
- Kennebec County, ME Census Records
- Maine Census, 1800-90 (search.ancestry.com) This collection contains the following indexes: 1800 Federal Census Index; 1810 Federal Census Index; 1820 Federal Census Index; 1830 Federal Census Index; 1840 Federal Census Index; 1840 Pensioners List; 1850 Federal Census Index; 1860 Federal Census Index; 1870 Federal Census Index; 1890 Veterans Schedules; Early Census Index.
- Census QuickFacts for Kennebec County, ME
Kennebec Co. ME Church & Cemeteries
- Maine Church & Cemetery Research Guide
- Kennebec Co., Maine Graves
- Kennebec County Tombstone Transcription Project
- Kennebec Co., Maine Cemeteries
- Topographic Cemetery List and Map for Kennebec County, Maine
- Kennebec Co., Maine Cemetery Books
- Topographic Church List and Map for Kennebec County, Maine
- Kennebec County, Maine Church Books
Kennebec Co. ME Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
Kennebec Co. ME General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Maine
- Kennebec County, Maine Wikipedia
- The history of Augusta, from the earliest settlement to the present time : with notices of the Plymouth Company, and settlement
- History of Litchfield and an account of its centennial celebration, 1895
- The Centennial history of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine : including the oration, the historical address and the poem prese
- Old Hallowell on the Kennebec
- History of the town of Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine : from its settlement to 1898.
- Kennebec County, Maine Wiki
- Kennebec Co. ME Genealogy
- Family History Library
- Kennebec County, Maine
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Maine – Counties – Kennebec
- Kennebec Co. MEGenweb
- Kennebec County Genealogy Queries
- Kennebec Co. Data Collections
Kennebec Co. ME Immigration & Naturalization
- County Naturalization Records, 1800-1990 (familysearch.org) Naturalization records and digitized indexes.
Kennebec Co. ME Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
Kennebec Co. ME Military Records
- Maine Military Records Research Guide
- U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
- Military history of Waterville, Maine
- Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 (familysearch.org) Card file of veteran cemetery records located at the Maine State Archives. Cards are arranged by war then alphabetical by surname. The index cards may contain dates of birth, death and place of death and burial. The Index covers King Philip’s War through World War I.
- Maine Military Records gives you easy access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents belonging to the Maine men and women which served. Perfect for Kennebec County genealogists, researchers, historians and more.
Kennebec Co. ME Schools & Directories
- The town register, Wayne, Wales, Monmouth, Leeds, Greene : 1905
- Augusta Area, Maine Directory, 1882
- The Directory of the inhabitants, institutions, manufacturing establishments, societies, business, business firms, state census
- The Webster, West Gardiner, Litchfield, and Monmouth register, 1909
- Maine City Directories (search.ancestry.com) This database is a collection of city directories for various years and cities in Maine. Generally a city directory will contain an alphabetical list of its citizens, listing the names of the heads of households, their addresses, and occupational information. Sometimes the wife’s name will be listed in parentheses or italics following the husband’s. Often, dates of deaths of individuals listed in the previous year’s directory are listed as well as the names of partners of firms, and when possible, the forwarding addresses or post offices of people who moved to another town. In addition to the alphabetical portion, a city directory may also contain a business directory, street directory, governmental directory, and listings of town officers, schools, societies, churches, post offices, and other miscellaneous matters of general and local interest.
- The Maine register and business directory for the year 1856