Lewiston, Androscoggin County
County · Incorporated · Incorporated as a City · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Church Records · Newspapers · Miscellaneous Resources · Vital Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Androscoggin County (set off from Lincoln County in 1854)
Incorporated
1795 from Lewiston Plantation (the town of Greene had previously been set off)
Incorporated as a City
1862
Previous Designations
Part of the Pejepscot Patent
Boundary Changes
Part of one lot was annexed from Greene in 1852
Part of Webster (now Sabattus) was annexed in 1852
Land was set off to Webster (now Sabattus) in 1895
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Barkerville, Crowley's Junction (or Crowley Junction, former railroad station), Garcelon's Ferry (former post office), Lewiston, South Lewiston, Thorne's Corner
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Auburn, Durham, Greene, Lisbon, Sabattus
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Lewiston
Cemeteries
Lewiston Public Library: Local Cemetery Records — Includes St. Peter and Paul Cemetery records: 1870 - 1992; Riverside Cemetery records: 1805 - 1996; Mt. Hope Cemetery records: 1884 - 1999; 26 Smaller Area Cemeteries (dates vary); All Lewiston Burials: 1922-1934 (city clerk's records)
City of Lewiston Cemetery Locations (pdf)
St. Peter's Cemetery (Maine Catholic Cemetery Committee's online database)
Church Records
Baptisms at Trinity Parish, Lewiston, 1854-1902
Confirmations at Trinity Parish, Lewiston, 1854-1902
Marriages at Trinity Parish, Lewiston, 1854-1902
Communicants at Trinity Parish, Lewiston, 1854-1902
Burials at Trinity Parish, Lewiston, 1855-1902
St. Peter and Paul Marriages: 1869-1970 (PDF)
Church records, 1817-1830, Freewill Baptist Church, Lewiston, Maine
Church records, 1826-1924, Second Freewill Baptist Church, Lewiston, Maine
Rev. William Riley French Marriage and Funeral Records (1840 to 1893)
Newspapers
Le Messager — at Chronicling America
Maine Obituaries: Lewiston Sun Journal
Lewiston Daily Sun (1890-1989) — at Google News Archive
Lewiston Evening Journal (1861-1980) — at Google News Archive
Lewiston Saturday Journal (1870-1929) — at Google News Archive
Lewiston Journal (1979-1989) — at Google News Archive
Lewiston Sun-Journal (2005-2006) — at Google News Archive
Miscellaneous Resources
Lewiston, Maine Tax Records: Record of County and Town Tax for 1837
Lewiston Valuations, 1801-1852
Vital Records
Baptisms at Trinity Parish, Lewiston, 1854-1902
Marriages at Trinity Parish, Lewiston, 1854-1902
Burials at Trinity Parish, Lewiston, 1855-1902
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Lewiston
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
Official Website: City of Lewiston
Maine Memory Network: Lewiston
Bibliography
______, Directory of Inhabitants, Institutions, Manufacturing Establishments, Societies, Business, Business Firms, Etc., Etc. in the Cities of Lewiston and Auburn for 1880-81 (Boston, Mass.: W. A. Greenough & Co., 1880)
______, Leading business men of Lewiston, Augusta and vicinity: embracing also, Auburn, Gardiner, Waterville, Oakland, Dexter, Fairfield, Skowhegan, Hallowell, Richmond, Bath, Brunswick, Freeport, Canton, Buckfield, Mechanic Falls, South Paris, Norway, Farmington and Winthrop with an historical sketch of each place, illustrated (Boston: Mercantile Pub. Co., 1889, c1888)
______, The Lewiston and Auburn Directory, Containing the Names of the Inhabitants, Their Occupation and Places of Business etc., With a History of Lewiston and Auburn (Lewiston: Stanwood & Co., 1860)
______, The Lewiston and Auburn directory: containing the names of the inhabitants, their occupation and places of business, &c., the officers of the various societies, together with a history of Lewiston and Auburn (Lewiston: W. F. Stanwood, 1864)
______, The Lewiston and Auburn Directory, 1872 (Boston, Mass.: Greenough, Jones & Co., 1872)
______, The Lewiston and Auburn Directory, 1891 (Boston, Mass.: W. A. Greenough & Co., 1891)
______, A brief history of Trinity Parish, Lewiston, Maine, 1854-1903 : to which are appended list of communicants, baptisms, confirmations, marriages and burials since the organization of the parish ; a report of the organ fund is also appended (Lewiston, Me. : Haswell Press, 1902)
Begin, Ange Marie, comp., Marriages of St. Peter & Paul, Lewiston, Maine (1869-1979) (Lewiston, Me. (27 Bartlett St., Lewiston 04240): Dominican Fathers, [1982?])
Elder, Janus Granville, History of Lewiston (Boston, Mass.: A. G. Daniels, printer, 1882)
Elder, Janus Granville (edited by David and Elizabeth (Keene) Young), A history of Lewiston, Maine: with a genealogical register of early families (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, c1997)
Hodgkin, Douglas I., comp., Records of Lewiston, Maine: Volume 1. Town records prior to 1852 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 2001)
Hodgkin, Douglas I., comp., Records of Lewiston, Maine: Volume 2. Town Records 1852-1863 and Vital Records Prior to 1865 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 2002)
Labonté, Youville, comp., Marriages of St. Joseph, Lewiston, Me (1858-1978) (Auburn, Me.: The Author, 1979)
Labonté, Youville, comp., Marriages of St. Patrick, Lewiston, Maine (1876-1978) (Auburn, Me.: The Author, [1979])
Labonté, Youville, comp., Marriages of Holy Cross, Lewiston, Maine (1923-1977) and of Holy Family, Lewiston, Maine (1923-1977) (Auburn, Me.: Labonté, [1977?])
Labonté, Youville, comp., The necrology of St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery, 1870-1976, Lewiston, Maine (Auburn, Me.: Y. Labonté, [1977?])
Labonté, Youville, comp., The necrology of St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery, 1977-1992, Lewiston, Maine. Vol. III (Lewiston, Me.: Y. Labonté, [1993?])
Rand, John A., The People's Lewiston-Auburn Maine, 1875-1975 (Freeport, Me.: Bond Wheelwright Co., [1975])
Skinner, Ralph Burgess, Historically speaking on Lewiston-Auburn Maine Churches (Lewiston, Me.: Twin City Printery, c1965)
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