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Chris Dunham Finding Genealogy Books

Here are a few free ways to find published genealogies and town histories with information on Maine families.

Google Books offers thousands of books useful to Maine researchers. Those out of copyright (including most published before 1923) may be viewed in full. For other titles only a limited preview or snippets will be available. Some 1,700 books about Maine from this collection may be searched… Continue

Added by Chris Dunham on March 8, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Joshua St.Pierre Daniel Cleaves

I'm looking for any information, about a man named Daniel Cleaves. Anything will help
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Added by Joshua St.Pierre on March 8, 2010 at 2:33am — 1 Comment

Donald E. Williams Williams - Warren, ME

Am seeking death and burial data re Jesse Williams and wife Sarah Haupt (Sally Hop) Williams. Both d. in 1865 (per Annals of Warren). They may have attended the Congregational Church in Union. Don Williams Continue

Added by Donald E. Williams on March 5, 2010 at 12:27pm — No Comments

Chris Dunham Bill Would Restrict Access to Vital Records in Maine

The ToddHouse Twitter feed alerted me to an article on the Lewiston Sun Journal website.
Concerns about fraud and identity theft are prompting Maine lawmakers to consider a bill to restrict the release of residents' birth and marriage records.

The Health and Human Services Committee was told Wednesday
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Added by Chris Dunham on March 3, 2010 at 6:00pm — 6 Comments

Rebecca Tibbetts Wiley-Waterville

Looking for info on Alice Vina Coy Wiley ? 1877-1930, Fredrick Frank Wiley 1875-1959, Lewis H. Wiley 1902-1938 all of Waterville. Believe that there are two more children. Thanks Continue

Added by Rebecca Tibbetts on March 3, 2010 at 7:57am — 1 Comment

Chris Dunham Free 1930 Census Images

The Internet Archive now has images of the 1930 U.S. Federal Census for Maine. To find a specific town, you can use these guides from the National Archives:

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Added by Chris Dunham on March 2, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Rebecca Tibbetts monson-rockland

I am looking for information about my grandparents Dorothy E.(maiden name Boyington) and Clair/Clare Monson who owned a farm on Lake View Drive in Rockland-also gr-grand Viana Monson. Thanks for any help-Rebecca Continue

Added by Rebecca Tibbetts on March 2, 2010 at 3:24pm — 2 Comments

Chris Dunham Finding Land Records

Inspired by a suggestion from Network member Ron Cianek, I've compiled this list of resources for finding Maine land records online and off.

Androscoggin County
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Added by Chris Dunham on February 16, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments

ed mccarren guptill gardiner family

i'm ed i have ancestors from hallowell maine a david l.guptill who married an abigail winslow in 1838 the whole family changed their name to gardiner in 1854 in kenebeck court i am trying to find info on him and his family.There are guptill s in the area at the time- but not sure they are related .can anyone help ? Continue

Added by ed mccarren on February 12, 2010 at 5:37pm — 2 Comments

Chris Dunham Free Civil War Resources for Maine Researchers

If you're interested in figuring out how your Maine ancestor spent his Civil War service, there are dozens of regimental histories and other resources online that won't cost you a penny.

To determine which unit(s) your relative served with, try the NPS Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System. Then, for a quick overview of each unit's service, see the Maine State Archives'… Continue

Added by Chris Dunham on February 6, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Chris Dunham History of the Turner Baptist Church

Source: Deacon George B. Crockett, Consolidated History of the Churches of the Oxford Baptist Association, State of Maine, and a Historical Sketch of the Association (Bryant's Pond, Me.: A. M. Chase & Co., Printers, 1905).

[p. 70]
TURNER BAPTIST CHURCH.
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Added by Chris Dunham on February 6, 2010 at 3:00am — No Comments

Chris Dunham History of the Sumner and Hartford Baptist Church

Source: Deacon George B. Crockett, Consolidated History of the Churches of the Oxford Baptist Association, State of Maine, and a Historical Sketch of the Association (Bryant's Pond, Me.: A. M. Chase & Co., Printers, 1905).
[p. 44]
SUMNER AND HARTFORD BAPTIST CHURCH.
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Added by Chris Dunham on February 5, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments

Chris Dunham History of the West Sumner Baptist Church

Source: Deacon George B. Crockett, Consolidated History of the Churches of the Oxford Baptist Association, State of Maine, and a Historical Sketch of the Association (Bryant's Pond, Me.: A. M. Chase & Co., Printers, 1905).

[p. 95]
WEST SUMNER BAPTIST CHURCH.
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Chris Dunham History of the Canton Baptist Church

Source: Deacon George B. Crockett, Consolidated History of the Churches of the Oxford Baptist Association, State of Maine, and a Historical Sketch of the Association (Bryant's Pond, Me.: A. M. Chase & Co., Printers, 1905).
[p. 67]
CANTON BAPTIST CHURCH.

THE town, incorporated by this name, was set off from Jay in 1821. The first religious interest in this place was in its early settlement, in 1817, under the l

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Added by Chris Dunham on February 2, 2010 at 1:39pm — No Comments

Chris Dunham History of the Peru Baptist Church

Source: Deacon George B. Crockett, Consolidated History of the Churches of the Oxford Baptist Association, State of Maine, and a Historical Sketch of the Association (Bryant's Pond, Me.: A. M. Chase & Co., Printers, 1905).
[p. 64]
PERU BAPTIST CHURCH.

PLANTATION Number One, from which, in 1821, was incorporated the town of Peru, was settled about the year 1800. Some Baptist families were among the early settle

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Chris Dunham History of the Weld and Carthage Baptist Church

Source: Deacon George B. Crockett, Consolidated History of the Churches of the Oxford Baptist Association, State of Maine, and a Historical Sketch of the Association (Bryant's Pond, Me.: A. M. Chase & Co., Printers, 1905).
[p. 61]
WELD AND CARTHAGE BAPTIST CHURCH.

FROM a short history of this church, written in 1847 by Isaac Barrett, we glean the following facts. The town of Weld was formerly known as Number 5

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Added by Chris Dunham on February 2, 2010 at 1:22pm — No Comments

Chris Dunham Maine City Directories

Subscription site Ancestry.com has an extensive collection of Maine city directories. They are mostly from the twentieth century, but for some cities they date back to the early 1800s. Directories are available for:
Albion
Andover
Appleton
Arrowsic
Auburn
Augusta
Bailey
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Added by Chris Dunham on January 30, 2010 at 1:30am — No Comments

Chris Dunham Genealogy at the Maine State Library, 1897

The Maine State Library, founded in 1839, has an outstanding genealogy collection. A September 1897 Lewiston Evening Journal article discussed a "genealogy boom" whose effects were beginning to be felt at the library:
Librarian Carver has secured for the Maine State library several
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Added by Chris Dunham on January 30, 2010 at 1:00am — No Comments

Chris Dunham Pvt. Eben E. Smith of Eastbrook

In this excellent Flickr set of photos from the National Museum of Health & Medicine, I found this painting of "Private Eben E. Smith, Co. A, 11th Maine, [who] was wounded at Deep Bottom, Virginia, August 16, 1864 by a musket ball through the right leg."
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Added by Chris Dunham on January 25, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Chris Dunham The 1892 Maine Vital Statistics Law

The Lewiston Evening Journal of Dec. 8, 1891, reported on the new statewide vital records law that was soon to go into effect in Maine.
City and town clerks in Maine are now making preparations to carry out the provisions of the new vital statistics law, passed by the last Legislature and to go into effect on Jan. 1st. The young man who contemplate
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Added by Chris Dunham on January 21, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

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