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Looking for Pleasant Cemetery in Canaan, Maine for final resting place of a Family relative. here is an obituary for her.

 I'm looking for a White School House Cemetery, In possibly Winthrop, Me. Here is a copy of an ancestor's death record and I am trying to find her burial place. Any Ideas?…

My father's mother's name at his birth was Ruth Chaisson and she was living in Bangor, Maine.  She was originally Ruth Cotter, daughter of John Cotter from Ireland.  Does anyone know this family line.  She had several siblings but some of died young of some disease.  Ruth was probably born in the early 1900's.  Thank you.

David and Mary Cary Fuller removed from Nova Scotia and arrived in Portland, Maine between 1840-1849 (they first appear in Portland in the 1850 US Census). It is unclear that they followed their sons to Portland or the sons followed them, but their six sons made Portland their home.  I have several other posts regarding David and Mary Fuller in "Can a Published Genealogy be…

have had such great luck doing this and have "met" some very nice people so i am going to try again..i think an ancester named luke riley arrived in the area of shawnee peak/newry around 1790 and there was a small community named riley plantation...he maybe the ancester that came from ireland...but i can't get any info on him or who his children might have been...any info would be so greatly apperciated...thanks in advance

I am looking for any persons who have  Mulligan relations in the Island Falls, Crystal, Haynesville (Aroostook County) area.  I'm having a lot of problems with my great-grandfather Melvin M. Mulligan.  He died approx. 1923 (per family lore, in a lumbering accident,) however, I cannot find anything on Ancestry.com regarding his birth, supposedly New Hampshire, or death.  He was married to Rose Glidden and had several children, one of whom is my maternal grandmother.  Any help?

not at all related to Maine but I needed to share...

I have a big tree on Ancestry, pay the fee and am working on several branches that go back to Ireland. My paternal grandmother married a nice "maine boy" but really had no family of her own as various disease made her an…

I am looking for information on Aaron Winslow who was born in  1804 in  either Fayette or Greene Maine.  Available information indicates that he was raised for most of his youth in the home of Benjamin Palmer in Fayette Maine in Kennebec Co. 

Aaron married Hannah French in 1828 in Fayette.   They lived either there or in Greene until the 1860's when they moved to Valparaiso, Ind.  Benjamin was a deacon in the Fayette Baptist Church.   Aaron was known for being the singing schoolmaster…

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi this is great also https://www.familysearch.org/ and this one http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=/eng/search/ancestorsearchresults.asp also …

I am looking for the parentage of Thomas Mitchell of Leeds Maine  1st let me say i deal in facts and the fact is  william Mitchell and Elizabeth Clarke  son  Thomas was lost at sea and they had no son Joseph Mitchell Maine familys in 1790 is wrong wrong wrong !!!!!!!

1. WILLIAM^8…

There is another Stillman A. Guptill, buried in Fairhaven Baptist Cemetary, on Deer isle Nb, Canada. The dates on 

the Gravestone are 1828-1860. My anscestor Alfred Guptill, born on Deer isle and married Charlotte Wentworth, was also born 1828 and died 1860. I am wondering if these may be the same person.

I am having such a hard time trying tp find Alfred Guptill's parents.

Alfred Guptill moved to Eastport, Maine after getting married in 1851, Has 4 children: Franklin W.…

since i've had such good luck, i am going to request info on the following people

isabella york born 1864 waterford me-married to rueben m riley

ephraim riley born 1770 not sure of where but according to info i received from this network he had a son born in baldwin

many thanks in advance...using this nework has been wonderful

I am looking for info on my great great great grandfather Jeremiah Tripp Jr. 1830-1865.  I am at a dead end with his mother Patience York.  His father was Jeremiah Tripp son of Silas Tripp. 

I have been told many times that an Indian connection might have come into the family threw Patience York.  Can't find her father or mother.  Would appreciate any help.

Jeremiah Tripp Jr. died in civil war battle in virginia.  Battle of Antietam, Battle of Ford Steadman.  I have found a…

just wanted to make sure ben york got my thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have been working on this family history almost 2 years now..saved the hardest till last....and since it's only in my spare time i am not really all that good at digging out information...just a question to ben....did you have an ancester named isabelle or isabella york born about 1864 in waterford me????? again thanks so very very much

had such good luck the first time i tried this i decided to try again...this name is a little tougher..all i have is the name moses f sawyer born somewhere in maine 1828 and married to louisa larrabee...their daughter-my great grandmother was rozener..any help greatly appreciated

have been working on a family tree for almost 2 years now...have run into a roadblock with a granfather on my mother's side...a william riley supposedly born 1811 in denmark me...historical society has a record of his birth by no parents...just curious if anyone out there has any info..his wife is listed on ancestry.com as elizabeth jordan...any ino would be greatly greatly apperciated....

A book "James Langley of Oyster River, NH, is planned for 2012. Many Langleys moved into Maine after the RevWar moving into York, Somerset and Penobscot Counties.  I would like to include your Langley line. One branch changed to Longley in 1850s (Somerset/Androscoggin Cos). Contact me at lindalongley@comcast.net or see me on FB.

Israel Davis and his sons Charles, Israel, Jr and John Dresser all have had their service accepted and verified by the DAR - my Cousin officially admitted earlier this month.  Now it will be my turn...

I guess my next adventure will be to find a line on my mother's side - although I figure I will find some loyalists there, perhaps. They originated in the CT area…

Elizabeth Littlefield is said to have married Lemuel Weeks Crabtree 31 January 1805. Intentions were recorded 2 October 1804 in Gouldsboro, at which time Lemuel Crabtree was living in Sullivan. He is said to have been born in 1784 and to have died in 1837.

Elizabeth Littlefield Crabtree is said to have been born 17 March 1782 and to have died Hancock, ME,  9 February 1872. I suspect that these dates come from her gravestone, which I haven't located. The death certificate of…