The area of which Vinalhaven was a part was York County until 1760 when it became part of Lincoln
County.
Vinalhaven was in Lincoln County from 1760 until 1789 when it became part of Hancock County.
Vinalhaven was incorporated as a town in Hancock County on the 25th of June, 1789. It was Hancock until 1839.
In1839 Vinalhaven became part of Waldo County, remaining so until 1860.
In 1860 it became part of the new Knox County, as it still is today.
Until 1846, when North Haven was incorporated as a separate town, Vinalhaven included North Haven.
Features
The town of Vinalhaven is located in the Fox Islands in Knox County, Maine. The population was 1,235 at the 2000 census. It is home to a thriving lobster fishery and hosts a summer colony. Since there is no bridge to the island, Vinalhaven is accessible from Rockland via an approximately hour and fifteen minute ferry ride across West Penobscot Bay, or by air taxi from the Rockland airport.On Vinalhaven, people swim in clear, fresh water. The deep quarries have penetrated the water table. .
In and around it are:
Sources
- For photocopies of local Births, Marriages and Deaths contact
The Vinalhaven Town Clerk,
Box 815, Vinalhaven, ME 04863, 207-863-4343
This is the closest to the original source but old records, like gold, are very sparse and often, if they exists at all , they will be a secondary source in the form of an entry in a book. For further leads go to
Walsh History Center
See the column on the right hand side and click on the interactive searchable database.
Type in any search word (for example "Directories") and it will pop up all items associated with that term.
- Maine State Office of Vital Records is no longer offering free Vital Records look ups or $7. copies or $15. certified copies of it's birth, marriage and death certificates. Instead a non-certified copy is available for $25. and a certified copy for $60. An on line lookup is available during a 7 day trial period after which a year of look ups is available for $39. A credit card is required. If you cancel before the 7 days are up there is no charge.
Ancestry.com offers to get a certificate for you and adds a charge of 32.45 to the $60. Maine charges, or $92.45!
- Maine State Archives is no longer offering low cost Vital Records look ups but asks $25. copies or $60. certified copies of it's birth, marriage and death certificates. Mail to Maine State archives,
84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333 -
- For births, 1892 to 1922:Maine State Archive Births , or write Maine State Archive, LMA building,
84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333_0084,
207-287-5795,
Hrs Mon-Fri 8:00-11:30 & 12:30-4:00,
$25. copies or $60. certified copies -
- For Marriages, 1892 to 1996 (except 1967 -1976): Maine State Archive Marriages, or write Maine State Archives, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333_0084. , 207-287-5795, Hrs Mon-Fri 800-11:30 & 12:30-4:00, $25. copies or $60. certified copies
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- For Deaths, 1960 to 1996:Maine State Archives Deaths or write Maine State Archives, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333_0084. , 207-287-5795, Hrs Mon-Fri 800-11:30 12:30 & 4:00, $25. copies or $60. certified copies
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- For Deaths, 1923-1959: These are only available through the Maine State Office of Vital Records, 11 State House Station, 244 Water St., Augusta, ME 04333_0084. 888-664-9491, Hrs Mon-Fri 8-11:30 12:30-4, $25. a copy or $60. certified . A 3 yr. search. Check to Treasurer o the State of Maine and a long SASE
- For Deaths, 1892 to 1922: No on line search. For a 5 year search, write Maine State Archives, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333_0084. 207-287-5795, Hrs Mon-Fri 8-11:30 12:30-4, $7. copies or $15. certified.
- For information on Probate Records contact the Probate Court. Request a photocopy
of the 'Petition for Distribution or Administration' or 'Account of
Administration' , (whichever is available), for the deceased individual.
(Addresses below)
- For 1761-June 24, 1789 write Lincoln County
Probate Court, Box 249, Wiscasset, ME 04578 Fax
207-882-4061 Phone 207-882-7431 or 207-882-7515
Hours 8-4 Eastern
- For June 24, 1789 to March 14, 1838, (not to
February 6, 1827 with the rest of the area), write Hancock County Probate
Court, 50 State St., Ellsworth, ME 04605 Phone 207-667-8434
Hours 8:30-4 Eastern
- For March 15, 1838, (not from February 7, 1827,
with the rest of the area), to March 31, 1860 write Waldo County Probate
Court, Box 249, Wiscasset, ME 04578 Fax
207-882-4061 Phone 207-882-7431 or 207-882-7515
Hours 8-4 Eastern
- For April 1, 1860 to the present write Knox
County Probate Court, 62 Union St., Rockland, ME 04841 Fax
207-594-0446 Phone 207-594-0422 Hours 8-4
Eastern
- For information on Deeds of Land contact the Registrar of Deeds. Request a photocopy of the record for that
individual.
- For 1636-1760 write York County Registrar of
Deeds, Box 339, Alfred, ME 04002-0399 Fax
207-324-2886 Phone 207-324-1574 Hours 8:30-4:30
Eastern
- For 1761-1860 write Lincoln County Registrar of
Deeds, 32 High St., Box 249, Wiscasset, ME 04578 Fax
207-882-4061 Phone 207-882-7431 or 207-882-7515
Hours 8-4 Eastern
- For 1860-present write Knox County Registrar of
Deeds, 62 Union St., Rockland, ME 04841 Fax
207-594-0446 Phone 207-594-0422 Hours 8-4
Eastern
- Vinalhaven Historical Society , P.O. Box 339, Vinalhaven, ME 04863, 207-863-4410, or email at vhhissoc@myfairpoint.net
- 'A Brief Historical Sketch of the Town of Vinalhaven, First 100 Years' by O.P.Lyons, 1889 with an eight page "continuation" by
Albra Vina, 1900. Reprinted by Vinalhaven Historical Society, 1986. Many early settlers are mentioned. Request a LookUp from
Rick Cheney,Jr.
- 'Soldiers of the Great War' supplement section includes Corporal. Arthur L. Woodcock of Vinal Haven, photo only. Contact
Soldiers of the Great War
- 'Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast' Surname Index, McLane. Request a LookUp from Barbara Beverage Reeves
orMary J. Coombs
- 'Vital Records of Vinalhaven, Maine' 1790-1892, by Picton Press (1994), Surname Index. Request a LookUp from Vinalhaven Historical Society
- Censuses for Vinalhaven 1790-1920, (except 1890, burned up in Washington), from several sources including NARA records at Waltham, Mass. and microfilmed census Vinalhaven Historical Society
- Vinalhaven Genealogical Files, Vital Records 1892-1983, Property Records, etc. Request a LookUp from Vinalhaven Historical Society
- 'Vinalhaven Island' by The Vinalhaven Historical Society (1997)Surname Index. Request a LookUp from
Vinalhaven Historical Society
- 'North Haven Census from 1790 - 1900
Barb Beverage Reeves
'Fish Scales and Stone Chips' by Sidney L. Winslow (1952)Surname Index. Request a LookUp from
Vinalhaven Historical Society
