Penobscot County, Maine:
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Projects (13)

Adjacent counties

• Aroostook County, ME  to the north
• Hancock County, ME  to the south
• Piscataquis County, ME  to the northwest
• Somerset County, ME  to the west
• Waldo County, ME  to the southwest
• Washington County, ME  to the east

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Bangor GEDCOM Index 
• Charleston GEDCOM Index 
• History of Penobscot County, Maine  1882     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Lincoln GEDCOM Index 
• Penobscot Co, Maine, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Penobscot County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

Cemeteries (15)

Census Records and Indexes (39)

Church Records

• Old Town, Maine Church Records, 1849-1861      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Penobscot County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories (12)

Estate Records

• Maine County Probate Records  1760-1979     (Source: Family History Library)

History (149)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists  includes Bangor, Maine (1848)     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Maine, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1990      (Source: Family History Library)
• Miscellaneous Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1893-1945  Bangor, Maine     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides (14)

Land Records

• Penobscot Registry of Deeds 

Libraries, Museums, Archives (21)

Lookups

• Penobscot County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• garland-me  Garland Maine Genealogy     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Penobscot County  Maine Genealogy Forum
• Penobscot County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Penobscot County Queries      (Source: Maine Genealogy)
• Penobscot County, ME Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MEPENOBS-L Penobscot County genealogy

  • MEPENOBS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MEPENOBS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MEPENOBS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (151)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Penobscot County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Coburn, ME  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 188  Penobscot County, Maine     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Names etc. of the Heirs of non-commissioned Officers, Privates, etc.  who died in the United States' service, who obtained five years' half-pay in lieu of bounty land, under the second section of the act of April 16, 1816     (Source: Genealogy Quest)
• Penobscot County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Penobscot County     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War I

  • Corinna Roll of Honor      (Source: ChaseYourTale.com)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Penobscot County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Penobscot County, Maine  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Maine State Archives Collections      (Source: Family History Library)
• Migrations through Penobscot County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Orono, Lagrange, Howland, Penobscot County, Maine  1923 To 1927 Store Ledger Book     (Source: Ancestors at Rest)
• Penobscot County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Penobscot County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Bangor Daily News  Nov 28, 1908 - Dec 31, 2008     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Bangor Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Chronicling America  Penobscot County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Bangor Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Penobscot County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Search Bangor Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (11)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (12)

School Records and Histories (46)

Societies (11)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (273)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)
• Town of Bradford, 1890 Tax Records      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Penobscot County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Penobscot County, Maine     (Source: Google Patents)
• Penobscot County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Penobscot County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Seaports of the World  Bangor     (Source: The Maritime Heritage Project)

Vital Records (68)

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