Androscoggin County, Maine Genealogy Records

Selected record inventories for Androscoggin County, their listed years, and where to ask for access.

Selected inventory review: 2026-11-02. Selected newspaper catalog metadata checked for state and county attribution. Publication dates do not establish complete issue holdings or online access. Library of Congress newspaper directory

Formed: 1854
County seat: Auburn

Androscoggin CountyParent counties (search here for earlier records)Today's boundaries · U.S. Census Bureau

Listed record inventories

Selected holdings and indexes for Androscoggin County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.

Record type

Newspapers

Androscoggin Herald (Mechanic Falls, Me.)1867-18??
Auburn Clipper (Auburn, Me.)1873-18??
Chase's Chronicle (Chase's Mills [i.e. Turner], Me.)1875-1879
Chase's Enquirer (Chase's Mills, Me.)1880-1???
Chase's Mills Chronicle (Chase's Mills, Me.)1875-1875
Christian Mirror (Portland, Me.)1822-1899
Democratic Advocate (Lewiston Falls, Me.)1852-1861
Express and Advertiser (Livermore Falls [Me.])1892-1901
La Republique (Lewiston, Me.)1887-1???
Lake Grove News (East Auburn, Me.)1887-1887
Le Courrier Du Maine (Lewiston, Me.)1906-19??
Le Dimanche (Lewiston, Maine)1908-19??
Le Messager (Lewiston, Me.)1880-1966
Lewiston Daily Evening Journal (Lewiston, Me.)1861-1866
Lewiston Evening Courier (Lewiston, Me.)1899-????
Lewiston Evening Journal (Lewiston, Me.)1866-1979
Lewiston Falls Advertiser (Lewiston Falls, Me.)1844-1???
Lewiston Falls Journal (Lewiston Falls, Me.)1847-1866
Lewiston Weekly Gazette (Lewiston, Me.)1872-1881
Lewiston Weekly Journal (Lewiston, Me.)1866-1925
Livermore Falls Advertiser (Livermore Falls, Me.)1919-Current
Livermore Falls Gazette (Livermore Falls, Me.)1859-1???
National Enquirer (Lewiston, Me.)1880-1???
The Advertiser (Livermore Falls, Me.)1902-1918
The Daily Journal (Lewiston, Me.)1857-1857
The Golden Wreath (Mechanic Falls, Me.)1855-18??
The Gossiper (Lewiston, Me.)1902-????
The Jacksonian (Lewiston, Me.)1868-1868
The Lewiston Advertiser (Lewiston, Me.)1866-1870
The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Me.)1893-1989
The Lewistonian (Lewiston (Me.))1867-????
The Lisbon Enterprise (Lisbon Falls, Me.)1890-19??
The Maine Evangelist (Portland, Me.)1856-1862
The Maine Populist (Auburn, Me.)1895-1???
The Maine Reformer (Auburn, Me.)1875-1???
The Maine Statesman (Lewiston Me.)1897-1899
The Mechanic Falls Citizen (Mechanic Falls, Me.)1877-????
The Mechanic Falls Ledger (Mechanic Falls, Me.)1892-1910
The Prohibitionist (Lewiston, Me.)1880-18??
The Sunday Record (Auburn, Me.)1900-1???
The Touchstone (Lewiston [Me.])1853-185?
The Union (Lewiston Falls, Me.)1855-????
The Webster Herald (Sabattus, Me.)1901-19??
Them Steers (Chase's Mills, Me.)1882-1???
Tri-Weekly Journal (Lewiston [Me.])1857-????

See the repository's descriptions and search options

Repository access note: Selected newspaper titles cataloged by the Library of Congress with explicit county geography. Priority is given to titles beginning by 1950; up to five later titles are included where no earlier dated title is listed for that county. Dates describe publication history, not the issues available at a library. Multiple format records with the same title, place and dates are grouped. The catalog may describe paper, microfilm or online resources. Open ends and the word Current reflect the catalog description; confirm present availability and exact holdings with the libraries listed on the linked record.

Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.

Where to find the records

Find Androscoggin County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the town clerk, the county registry of deeds and the probate court.
The town clerk
Births, marriages and deaths, kept by each town.
The county registry of deeds
Deeds and other land records (some counties have two registry districts).
The probate court
Wills and estates, one court in each county.
The Maine State Archives
In Augusta: state vital records, court records and land records.
Maine State Archivesfree
The state archives in Augusta, with vital records, court and land records and military records.
FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Maine, Androscoggin" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.

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Boundaries and parent counties

Formed from: Cumberland County, Kennebec County, Lincoln County, Oxford County

Check the parent counties for earlier records: Cumberland County, Kennebec County, Lincoln County, Oxford County

Androscoggin as created in 1854Where its land was the day beforeToday's boundaryBoundaries: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1854, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.

Research tip

In Maine, look for births, marriages and deaths in the town where the event happened. Statewide registration began in 1892, and the town records often go back much further. Maine was part of Massachusetts until 1820.