Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Aroostook County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Aroostook Democrat (Houlton, Me.)1860-1860
- Aroostook Herald (Presque Isle, Me.)1860-1862
- Aroostook Pioneer (Presque Isle, Me.)1857-1933
- Aroostook Times (Houlton, Me.)1860-1916
- Aroostook Valley Sunrise (Presque Isle, Me.)1876-1879
- Fort Fairfield Aurora (Fort Fairfield, Me.)1875-1876
- Fort Fairfield Review (Fort Fairfield, Me.)1902-Current
- Houlton Pioneer-Times (Houlton, Me.)1933-Current
- Houlton Times (Houlton, Me.)1917-1933
- Le Journal Du Madawaska = the Madawaska Journal (Van Buren, Me.)1902-1906
- Leader and Farm Journal (Fort Fairfield, Me.)1901-1902
- Mars Hill News (Mars Hill, Me.)1917-????
- Mars Hill View (Blaine, Me.)1905-19??
- Mars Hill View (Mars Hill, Me.)1947-19??
- North Star (Caribou, Me.)1871-1888
- Northern Leader (Fort Fairfield, Me.)1892-1901
- Presque Isle Star-Herald (Presque Isle, Me.)1922-1960
- Presque Isle Sunrise (Presque Isle, Me.)1871-1876
- Pw Post ([Camp] Houlton, Me.)1945-194?
- St. John Valley Times (Fort Kent, Me.)1936-19??
- The Aroostook Daily Pioneer (Houlton, Me.)1898-1???
- The Aroostook Herald (Presque Isle, Me.)1884-1889
- The Aroostook Republican (Caribou, Me.)1880-1971
- The Ashland Gazette (Ashland, Me.)1905-????
- The Beacon (Presque Isle, Me.)1892-????
- The Hornet (Houlton, Me.)1896-19??
- The Literary Echo (Island Falls, Me.)1875-1???
- The Loyal Sunrise (Presque Isle, Me.)1863-1867
- The Patten Voice ([Patten, Me.])1867-1868
- The Star-Herald (Presque Isle, Me.)1890-1922
- The Sunrise (Presque Isle, Me.)1867-1871
- The Voice (Patten, Me.)1868-1874
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
- Aroostook County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the town clerk, the county registry of deeds and the probate court, and any online record search the county offers.
- 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, Aroostook" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Penobscot County, Washington County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Penobscot County, Washington County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1839, 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.