Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Knox County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Commercial Advertiser (Camden, Me.)1853-1855
- Democrat and Free Press (Rockland, Me.)1858-1868
- Eastern Agents' Directory (Thomaston, Me.)1895-1???
- Humanity (Thomaston, Me.)1898-1???
- Independent Journal (Thomaston, Me.)1831-183?
- Lime Rock Gazette (East-Thomaston, Me.)1846-1851
- Lincoln Advertiser (Thomaston, Me.)1858-1860
- Lincoln Miscellany (Thomaston, Me.)1850-1???
- Lincoln Republican (Thomaston, Me.)1856-1856
- Maine Independent (Rockland, Me.)1872-1874
- New-England Chronicle (Thomaston, Me.)1835-1836
- Rockland Daily Sun (Rockland, Me.)1894-1???
- Rockland District Tidings (Thomaston, Me.)1890-1???
- Rockland Free Press (Rockland, Me.)1868-1890
- Rockland Gazette (Rockland, Me.)1851-1882
- The Atlantic Vidette (Rockland, Me.)1890-1???
- The Bond Taxer (Rockland, Me.)1867-1???
- The Camden Herald (Camden, Me.)1869-Current
- The Courier-Gazette (Rockland, Me.)1882-Current
- The Enterprise (Rockland, Me.)1873-1???
- The Knox and Lincoln Patriot (Rockland, Me.)1868-1869
- The Knox Messenger (Rockland, Me.)1918-19??
- The Maine Sickle (Thomaston, Me.)1853-????
- The Maine Spectator (Rockland, Me.)1859-18??
- The Messenger (Rockland, Me.)1884-1???
- The Penobscot (Camden, Me.)1873-1874
- The Recorder (Thomaston, Me.)1837-1842
- The Rockland Courier (Rockland, Me.)1874-1882
- The Rockland Daily Courier (Rockland, Me.)1880-1880
- The Rockland Daily Star (Rockland, Me.)1894-1907
- The Rockland Enterprise (Rockland, Me.)1873-18??
- The Rockland Opinion (Rockland, Me.)1875-1917
- The Rockland Tribune (Rockland, Me.)1891-1897
- The Rockport News (Rockport, Me.)1892-1???
- The Searchlight (Thomaston (Me.))1900-19??
- The Thomaston Herald (Thomaston, Me.)1877-1908
- The Thomaston Journal (Thomaston, Me.)1854-1858
- The Union Herald (Union, Me.)1878-1???
- The Vinal Haven Review (Vinal Haven, Me.)1894-1???
- The Vinalhaven Echo (Vinalhaven, Me.)1887-1889
- The Vinalhaven Neighbor (Vinalhaven, Me.)1937-1939
- The Wind (Vinalhaven, Me.)1884-1884
- The Youth's Temperance Visitor (Rockland, Me.)1860-1861
- Thomaston Recorder (Thomaston, Me.)1842-1846
- Thomaston Register (Thomaston, Me.)1825-1830
- Thomaston Republican (Thomaston, Me.)1834-18??
- Union Farmer (Union, Me.)1888-18??
- United States Democrat (Rockland, Me.)1855-1858
- Vinalhaven Messenger (Vinalhaven, Me.)1885-1885
- Young People's Comrade (Rockland, Me.)1877-1???
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 Knox 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, Knox" 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: Lincoln County, Waldo County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Lincoln County, Waldo County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1860, 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.