Oxford County Resources

BOOKS AND OTHER RESOURCES 
FOUND AT THE BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY ON

OXFORD COUNTY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

Directories

Turner's Androscoggin County directory : of the inhabitants, institutions, manufacturing  establishments, business firms, societies, county census, etc., Auburn, Me.: A.R. Turner Pub. Co., 1898   974.18.1 v.3, v.4

Directory of Androscoggin County,  Auburn, Me.: Merrill & Webber, 1900  974.18.2 1914-15, 1922-25

General

History of Androscoggin County, Maine Publisher Boston, W.A. Fergusson, 1891 974.18.3

Chadbourne, Ava Harriet, Maine place names and the peopling of its towns: Franklin and Androscoggin Counties, Freeport, Me.: Bond Wheelwright Co., 1957 (County ed) 974.108.C344mf

Jones, Page Helm, Evolution of a valley: the Androscoggin story, Publisher Canaan, N.H.: Phoenix Pub., [1975]   974.18.J723e

Maps

Sanford, Everts & Co., Atlas and history of Androscoggin County, Maine Publisher Philadelphia, 1873   912.7418.S224a (Folio)

The old maps of Androscoggin County, Maine in 1873, Fryeburg, Me.: Saco Printing, c1983   912.7418.O44o

Microfilm

United States. Census Office. 11th census, 1890, Schedules enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War: Maine. [microform], Washington: National Archives, 1948   F973.7441.A3 part 1 and part 2

Also available are censuses on microfilm: 

State of Maine Census for 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1920 

The indexes for these censuses are  located in the Microfilm Room for easy reference:

 United States. Census Office. 1st census, 1790 Title Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790: Maine, Washington, Govt. Print Off., 1908   929.1741.U58

Maine 1800 territorial census index, Salt Lake City, Utah  Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1979   929.3741.J137m 1800

Maine 1810 census index Publisher Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1976   929.3741.J137m 1810

Maine 1820 census index Publisher Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1976   929.3741.J137m 1820

Maine 1830 census index Publisher Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1977  929.3741.J137m 1830

Maine 1840 census index Publisher Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1978   929.3741.J137m 1840

Maine 1850 census index Publisher Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1978   929.3741.J137m 1850

Bangor Newspaper Index Located at the Back of the Bangor Room: Index of names, places, businesses, schools, and death, birth or marriage records.  Articles  are referenced to the specific day and page of a newspaper. Please ask for assistance at the reference desk or in the Bangor Room.

Websites for Oxford Genealogy Research

USGEN WEB for Oxford County

Cemetery Records Online for Oxford County

Atlas for Oxford County 1895

Oxford Historical Societies

Census Information

S K Publications - To purchase 

USGEN WEB to view some census materials

State of Maine Resources

Other Counties:
Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset, Waldo, Washington and York Counties.