Thanks Barbara.  I'll check it out.

Merry Christmas

Randy

Thanks for sending me this information Barbara.

I have looked at the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire and it contains much useful info.

Regards, Randy

Hi Mary Lee Allen

Wow was your granny Catherine Estelle adopted by Avon Curtis?  Waldo, Maine sure was a popular place.  I found many Bagley's there too. 

  Jeanne     

My Grandmother Foster family lived in Aroostock County Maine.  My Great grandmother was called "Addie Mae"  name is Adalaide Melissia Stathem.  Addie Mae married James Cutbush FOSTER. Cutbush Father was Nathaniel Foster from New Brunswick Canada but raised his children in Montecello, Maine.

Addie Mae and Cutbush had following kids:  Orrin, Frank, Olive and Catherine Estelle (my grandmother).  Addie left Cutbush and all the children except my grandmother, Catherine.  Addie ran off with a man name Avon J Curtis and they raised granny as a Curtis in Waldo, Maine. 

Hi Barbara

I just saw your comment. Sorry about the time lapse. I di go in spurts and this is one of my look up info times. My Abbott family came from Nova Scotia to Maine. My Frosts also started out in Nova Scotia.

Sue Krestar

Hi, Barbara,  I'm hoping this gets to you!  I must have missed a chapter on responding to queries!   This is re the Witch business;  "Qualifying Ancestors for Witch Society Members" has a site:  http://suite101.com/article/qualifying-ancestors-for witch-society-members

They have a list of witches, and Susanna (North) Martin is listed.  Take a look, and you may find more leads.  I have a couple in my tree, and I think there are a few more hanging off the limbs!     Let us know if this helps!  

Betsy Fosburgh 

I again Barbara.  Thank for for the offer to search, however I don't believe any of my Mercier/Marshall family was in Penobscot County.  They immigrated to Waterville from Canada.  That info I have from a book.
Thank you again!
Kathy

Hi Barbara,

Thanks for getting in touch.  Maybe you can help me with the Shoreys I am researching.

Carrie F. Shorey was born about 1860 in Palermo, Maine, and died on 5 April 1912 in Palermo.  She was the daughter of Appleton Shorey and Clarissa Varney.  Carrie married George W. Norton, who was born in 1849 in Searsmont, and died in 1933 in China, Maine. 

Appleton Shorey, as I have heard, was in the Civil War.  He was captured, and died in prison in Salisbury, NC.

I would love to get some more information on Carrie and her parents, and hopefully continue with Appleton's ancestry. 

As for the Nortons, Carrie Shorey's husband, George W Norton, was the son of Hiram Norton and Anne Wellman.  I do not have any more info on them.

I would appreciate any info or suggestions that you may have.

Steve

Hi Barbara,
Thank you for the notes.  I don't have a David Mercier, but some were changed and some were not.  As I'm finding out on both sides of the family, names were changed (or not) to disassociate from family members, but I'm finding them.
Would you happen to know if there are Waterville area newspapers available on-line?  I'm not finding any of the Waterville papers available and was hoping to not have to go to Augusta when I vacation up there...
Thanks again for welcoming me!
Kathy

Hi Barbara 

  The map of Machias, ME from 1700's has Fosters on there I believe.  Or maybe it is from 1850 probably the 1850 date.  Where did your family's name come from?  England or Scotland or Ireland 

   Jeanne    

I left a comment and it disappeared?   This photo is William Berry whose father is Thomas Berry and Grandfather is Westbrook G. Berry Jr whose ancestors founded Machias, ME.

   I shall put my own photo in later

I loaded the wrong photo as you can see.  That is the photo of William Berry brother to my GGGrandmother Lucy Berry Bagley's nephew William Berry whose father was Thomas Berry - born in Machias, ME  Thomas and Lucy Berry's parents were Gilbert Berry Jr and Mary Rose Homan Berry.

Hi Barbara, Sorry I am so long in responding to your message.  I will see if I can find anything that might relate to your father in law.  It's difficult to find things when he refuses to tell anything.  Someone might mention to him that his parents may have been in dire circumstances & thought they were doing a good thing by letting a family adopt him.  I'll let you know what I find.

Hi Barbara, thanks for contacting me.  I tried to put a message on the "Blog" but it didn't go and I don't know what I did wrong.  Story of my life Ha Ha.  I come from a long line of Foster's, my mother was a Foster and way back in the family tree, the folks lived in upstate NY.  I wonder if you are related.

Thank you for the welcome.

Thank you. I have a question - if I find an error on a name, which is also mis-spelled on the census, how can I get it corrected?

I have no family connections to Westfield.

Frank W. Shorey of Westfield was born Warren F. Shorey, the son of Augustus and Abby J. (Macomber) Shorey, 21 Sept. 1854 in New Bedford, Massachusetts:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FXDP-JB5

He married 21 Oct. 1882 Elizabeth Fox. They were divorced 21 Oct. 1899:

http://www.mainegenealogy.net/individual_divorce_record.asp?id=5238

They had three children: Rose Etta (b. Dec. 1883), Melvin (b. 8 Sept. 1889), and Erman (b. 18 Nov. 1894). Rose married Charles E. Porter in 1907:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCDD-6XC

Here is Warren (Frank) with two children in the 1900 census:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMLC-BHK

He was living in 1910. I'm not sure what became of his ex-wife.

That is Deer Island, Canada. Before the war, this Appleby line was living in New Jersey. Everyone seems to have hit a brick wall with James (b. 1725). It is assumed he came from England but hasn't been proven. He married Martje (Martha) van Blarcom of NJ, who had Dutch ancestors. It is fascinating as you find each where each new piece of the puzzle fits, isn't it? I will let you know if I find any clues to your family lines. 

Hi Barbara. I have the Appleby line traced back to James, born in 1725. His son John (1762-1826) married Sarah Warren (1759-1828) and raised their family on Deer Island. My grandfather Gerald Lloyd Appleby (1901-1966) was the first of my direct line to leave the island and settle in the United States. Some relatives and I went to the island this summer and photographed many of the old headstones in Chocolate Cove cemetery. There were several Loyalist families in the area, so you would see the Appleby name come up as they married into those families.