Biddeford, York County
County · Incorporated · Incorporated as a City · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Prominent Islands · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Church Records · Newspapers · Vital Records · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Incorporated
1653 as the town of Saco; name changed to Biddeford in 1718
Incorporated as a City
1855
Previous Designations
The region, especially that around Biddeford Pool, was first called Winter Harbor; also called in early years Saco East.
Boundary Changes
Pepperellborough (now Saco) was set off as a district in 1762
Prominent Islands
Wood Island
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Biddeford, Biddeford Pool, Five Points, Fort Hill, Fortunes Rock (Fortune Rocks), Granite Point, Guinea Corner, Hills Beach, Hoyt Neck, Newtown, Oak Ridge, Tattle Corner, Tea Kettle Corner, Timber Point
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Arundel, Dayton, Kennebunkport, Saco
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Biddeford
Cemeteries
St. Joseph and St. Mary's Cemeteries (Maine Catholic Cemetery Committee's online database)
Epitaphs from the Lower Biddeford Burying Ground
Church Records
Biddeford, Maine. First Church of Christ records, 1742-1887.
First Church of Biddeford Admissions
Members of Jefferson Street Free Baptist Church in Biddeford, 1926
Membership, baptisms, marriages of the First Church of Christ in Biddeford, Maine
Newspapers
Biddeford-Saco Journal - 1884-1977 [Newspapers.com]
Journal Tribune - 1895-2019 [Newspapers.com]
Maine Obituaries: Biddeford Journal Tribune
Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Courier
Maine Obituaries: Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Courier
Biddeford Newspapers - from Digital Archives of McArthur Public Library
The Union and Eastern Journal — at Chronicling America
The Union and Journal — at Chronicling America
Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Courier
The (Biddeford) Union and Journal (1879-1884) — at Google News Archive
Biddeford Journal (1884-1887) — at Google News Archive
Biddeford Weekly Journal (1893-1930) — at Google News Archive
La Justice de Biddeford (1909-1950) — at Google News Archive
Biddeford Journal Obituaries, Vol. I: Weekly Journal, 1884-1891; Daily Journal, 1884-1918
Biddeford Journal Obituaries, Vol. II: Biddeford Daily Journal, 1919-1946
Biddeford Journal Obituaries, Vol. III: Biddeford Daily Journal, 1947-1964
Biddeford Journal Obituaries, Vol. IV: Biddeford-Saco Journal Tribune, 1965-1975
Obituaries in the Journal Tribune (Biddeford, Maine), 2011-2019
Vital Records
Early Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford
First Church of Biddeford Marriages, 1742-1781
First Church of Biddeford Baptisms, 1742-1777
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Biddeford
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Biddeford, York, Maine
Official Website: City of Biddeford
Maine Memory Network: Biddeford
Maine Community Heritage Project: Biddeford
Bibliography
______, The Business Directory of Saco and Biddeford, for the year 1849 (Saco, Me.: L. O. Cowan and A. A. Hanscom, 1849)
______, Biddeford, Saco, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport souvenir, 1907 (1907)
______, 1913 Biddeford and Saco Directory (Boston, Mass.: W. A. Greenough & Co., 1913)
______, Manual of the Second Congregational Church, Biddeford, Maine ([Biddeford, Me. : Second Congregational Church], 1922)
______, Jefferson Street Baptist Church (Biddeford, Maine) Directory (1926)
______, Stories and Legends of Old Biddeford (1945)
______, Souvenir of Biddeford Centennial, 1955 (City of Biddeford, 1955)
______, Marriages, St. Mary's Parish: 1850-1989 Biddeford, Maine (Biddeford, Me.: Franco-American Genealogical Society of York County Me., [1989?])
Beatty, John D., comp., Vital records of Biddeford, Maine, prior to 1856 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 1998)
Deering, Frank Cutter, Index to History of Biddeford and Saco, written by George Folsom, 1830 (1922)
Folsom, George, History of Saco and Biddeford: with notices of other early settlements, and of proprietary governments, in Maine, including the provinces of New Somersetshire and Lygonia (Saco Me.: Printed by A.C. Putnam, 1830)
Greene, Frances., Material for a genealogy of the Hill family of Biddeford-Saco, Maine (Bridgton, Me., 1961)
Labonté, Youville, comp., Marriages of St. Andre, Biddeford, Maine (1899-1978) (Auburn, Me.: The Author, [1979])
Labonté, Youville, comp., Marriages of St. Joseph, Biddeford, Maine (1870-1979) (Auburn, Me.: Labonté, [1980])
Locke, John Staples, Shores of Saco Bay: a historical guide to Biddeford Pool, Old Orchard Beach, Pine Point, Prouts's Neck (Boston, Mass.: J. S. Locke & Co., 1880)
Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, Saco Valley settlements and families: historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary... (Portland, Me.: G.T. Ridlon, 1895)
Tatterson, Estelle M., Three centuries of Biddeford: an historical sketch (unknown: unknown, 1916?)
Twambley, Ida F. (copyist), Transcript of the early records of Biddeford, from 1733 to 1786 (typescript, 1906)
Yorke, Dane, A History and Stories of Biddeford (Biddeford, Me.: McArthur Public Library, 1994)
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