Piscataquis County Resources

BOOKS AND OTHER RESOURCES 
FOUND AT THE BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY ON

PISCATAQUIS COUNTY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
(in Bangor Room unless otherwise stated)

General

Piscataquis County Historical Society, Piscataquis County Historical Society : its by-laws and membership, etc., and a bibliography of Piscataquis County, Dover [Me.] : Observer Pub. Co., 1916  974.12 .14

Sprague, John Francis, A bibliography of Piscataquis County, Maine, Dover, [Me.?] : Observer Publishing Co., 1916   974.12.A1s

Sprague, John Francis, Piscataquis biography and fragments, Bangor [Me.]: C.H. Glass & Co., Printers, 1899   974.12.3

Historical collections of Piscataquis County, Maine [microform]: consisting of papers read at meetings of Piscataquis County Historical Society: also, The north eastern boundary controversy and the Aroostook War, with documentary matter pertaining thereto Publisher Dover [Me.]: Observer Press, 1910   974.12 .2 v.1

Loring, Amasa,  History of Piscataquis County, Maine, from its earliest settlement to 1880., Portland, Me., Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, 1880   974.12.1

Lowell, Mary Chandler, What of our revolutionary heritage? : address before the Dover-Foxcroft chapter of the D.A.R., October 13, 1936,  [Dover-Foxcroft, Me.: Observer Publishing Co., c1937]   929.1.L951w

Maps

The Old maps of Piscataquis County, Maine in 1882, Fryeburg, Me.: Saco Valley Printing, c1989   912.7412.O44op

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 Piscataquis Genealogy Research

U S GEN WEB for Piscataquis County

Cemetery Records Online for Piscataquis County

Atlas for Piscataquis County 1895

Census Information

S K Publications - To purchase 

U S GEN WEB to view some census materials

State of Maine Resources

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