Washington County, Maine:
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Projects

• Downeast ME Genealogy 
• Washington Co., Maine USGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Washington County, Maine      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Aroostook County, ME  to the north
• Hancock County, ME  to the west
• Penobscot County, ME  to the west

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

• Eastport and Passamaquoddy  A collection of historical and biographical sketches     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Eastport and Passamaquoddy  A collection of historical and biographical sketches     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Robbinston GEDCOM Index 
• Washington Co, Maine, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Washington County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Washington County Maine Family Pages      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Blogs

• In Search of Jumbo's Landing 

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (41)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Washington County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Maine Archives Interactive  includes Washington County District Court (1839-1845)
• Washington County Courthouse Records  1785-1950     (Source: Family History Library)

Directories

• Calais City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Eastport City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

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

History

• History of Washington County, Maine      (Source: rays-place.com)
• National Register of Historic Places 
• Washington County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Washington County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Washington County, Maine  Historic Sites Inventory

• Histories of specific towns and townships (77)

• Library

  • History of Whitneyville Public Library 

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events (22)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Maine, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1990      (Source: Family History Library)
• Miscellaneous Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1893-1945  Passamaquoddy, Maine     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (14)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• lubec  Genealogy of families in and around Lubec, Washington, Maine, USA     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• The New England Islands Family Discussion List Homepage  A mailing list for anyone who has an interest in genealogy or history regarding ancestors who settled on islands of New England at any time and their descendants. These islands include, but are not limited to, Block Island, Deer Isle, Fox Islands...
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Washington County  Maine Genealogy Forum
• Washington County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Washington County Queries      (Source: Maine Genealogy)
• Washington County, ME Club      (Source: GenCircles)

• MEWASHIN-L Washington County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (120)

Military Records and Histories

• Calais, ME  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Washington County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Kennebec Arsenal, ME  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 188  Washington County, Maine     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Washington County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Washington County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• History of Washington Lodge, No. 37, Free and Accepted Masons  Lubec, Maine     (Source: Google Books)
• Maine State Archives Collections      (Source: Family History Library)
• Migrations through Washington County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Washington County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Washington County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Washington County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Kennebec Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Lubec Light  Lubec, Maine     (Source: World Vital Records - mix of free and fee)
• The Lubec Light  Aug 18, 2006 - Nov 29, 2007     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Quoddy Tides      (Source: World Vital Records - mix of free and fee)
• The Quoddy Tides  Nov 29, 1968 - Jan 16, 2009     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Search Eastport Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Washington County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Washington County

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Eastport  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Washington County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lubec      (Source: Touring Turn-of-the-Century America)
• Maine--Washington County--Calais.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Maine--Washington County--Passamaquoddy.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Maine--Washington County--Robbinston.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Penny Postcards from Maine      (Source: USGenWeb Maine Archives)
• Washington County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories (10)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Maine Archives Interactive  includes Washington County District Court (1839-1845)

Societies

• Alexander-Crawford Historical Society 
• Beals Historical Society  Moosabec area history
• Lubec Historical Society 
• Milbridge Historical Society 
• Trescott Historical Society  Information about Trescott ME and how to send a query. The society has copies of all town records 1785 to 1945 and records and obituaries since 1945.
• Vanceboro Historical Society 
• West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (128)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Washington 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  Washington County, Maine     (Source: Google Patents)
• Station Cross Island  Coast Guard Station #2
• Station Crumple Island  Coast Guard Station #4
• Station Quoddy Head  Coast Guard Station #1
• Washington County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Washington County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records (45)

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