- Bibles, family
- Brewer-Orrington-Holden-Eddington, History and Families by Mildred Thayer and Families/Mrs. Edward W. Ames
- Census and Cemetery Records of Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine 1790-1900 compiled by David L. Swett
- Church records, Methodist and Congregational Churches
- Comstock and Cline Atlas, Penobscot County, Maine 1875 and other maps
- Family That Built the Barn by Russell Cox, content on the Wiswell family
- Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Goodale/Goodell of Salem, Mass. by George Williams, p. 1984
- History of Orrington, Maine by H. Russell Cox and David L. Swett C. 1988
- History of Penobscot County, Maine Illustrations and Biographical Sketches 1882
- Interview Henry G. Wiswell, Orrington, Maine
- Maine Historical Magazine 1890 Bangor Public Library and Maine State Library
- Memories of Maine Magazine: http://www.memoriesofmainemagazine.com
- Maine State Documents, type Orrington in search bar, digitized records http://statedocs.maine.gov/
- Newspapers, Bangor Commercial or (Bangor Daily Commercial) 1872-1949 and Bangor Daily News
- Orrington Historical Society website with Links to Local Resources and to Facebook (account not needed)
- Penobscot County Probate Records in Bangor, Maine
- Penobscot County Registrar of Deeds in Bangor, Maine
- Orrington Penobscot County, Maine from the Wiswell Journals and Account Books 1787-1866, Vol. 7 David Swett
- Records of Orrington, Maine compiled by David Livingstone Swett Bangor Public Library
- Roots of a Family, Life in Rural Maine by Gail Anne Rowe c, 2012 Content on the Glidden and McGinley families
- SAILING DAYS ON THE PENOBSCOT: The Story of the River and the Bay in the Old Days by George S. Wasson
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Town Register Bucksport, Orland, Orrington, and Verona 1907 by Harry Edward Mitchell
- Town Reports, 80 years available online
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Town Reports of Orrington Maine – WordPress.com https://blhanscom.wordpress.com/
- Vital Records of Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine prior to 1892 / compiled by David Livingstone Swett
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