York County, Maine
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Incorporated
1653 as Maine's original county, Yorkshire
Boundary Changes
Parts were set off to form Cumberland County and Lincoln County in 1760, and to Oxford County in 1805
County Seat
York, 1716-c1717
Kittery, c1717-1718
York, 1718-1735
York and Portland, half shire towns, 1735-1760
York, 1760-1802
Alfred and York, half shire towns, 1802-1832
Alfred, since 1832, when the courts were moved from York
Cities
Towns
Acton, Alfred, Arundel, Berwick, Buxton, Cornish, Dayton, Eliot, Hollis, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Kittery, Lebanon, Limerick, Limington, Lyman, Newfield, North Berwick, Ogunquit, Old Orchard Beach, Parsonsfield, Shapleigh, South Berwick, Waterboro, Wells, York
Adjacent Counties
Cumberland County, Carroll County (N.H.), Oxford County, Rockingham County (N.H.), Strafford County (N.H.)
Cemeteries
The Tombstone Transcription Project: York County, Maine
York County Genealogy and Cemeteries
Interment.net: Cemeteries of York County, Maine
Court Records
Province and Court Records of Maine (Vol . 6)
Land Records
York Deeds (c. 1641-1738): Vol. 1 · Vol. 2 · Vol. 3 · Vol. 4 · Vol. 5 · Vol. 6 · Vol. 7 · Vol. 8 · Vol. 9 · Vol. 10 · Vol. 11, part 1 · Vol. 11, part 2 · Vol. 12, part 1 · Vol. 12, part 2 · Vol. 13 · Vol. 14 · Vol. 15 · Vol. 16 · Vol. 17 · Vol. 18
York County Maine Deeds v. 1-18 combined
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: York County
Message Boards
Ancestry.com Message Board: York County
Military Records
Revolutionary Soldiers of York County
Naturalization Records
Maine, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1990
Newspapers
Historic American Newspapers Directory: York County
Probate Records
York County, Probate Estate Files, 1690-1917
Maine County Probate Records, 1760-1979
Vital Records
York County Marriages, 1686-99
York County Marriage Returns, 1771-1794
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: York, Maine
MEGenWeb Archives: York County
Bibliography
______, Biographical review; this volume contains biographical sketches of leading citizens of York County, Maine (PDF) (Boston, Mass.: Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1896)
Anderson, Joseph Cook, II, comp., York County, Maine Will Abstracts 1801-1858 (Camden, Me. : Picton Press, c1997)
Bartlett, Ralph Sylvester, The history of York county, Maine, and a rambling narrative about the town of Eliot and its mother-town old Kittery with personal reminiscences; an address delivered by Ralph Sylvester Bartlett at exercises held in Eliot, Maine, August 29, 1936, in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of York county in the province of Maine (Boston: Jerome Press, c1938)
Clayton, W. Woodford, History of York County, Maine. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers (Philadelphia, Pa.: Everts & Peck, 1880)
Frost, John Eldridge , comp., Maine Probate Abstracts (Camden, Me. : Picton Press, 1991)
Maine Old Cemetery Association, Maine Cemetery Inscriptions : York County (Camden, Me.: Picton Press, 1995)
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