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Historical Trivia, March 2018

“Mind your own bee’s wax!” Personal hygiene left much room for improvement. As a result, many women and men had developed acne scars by adulthood. The women would spread bee’s

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This Old Tree, February 2018

Name Changes over Time And How to Find Them Most people seek to find who their first known ancestors in North America are and where they came from back in

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Big Wig

As incredible as it sounds, men and women took baths only twice a year (May and October). Women kept their hair covered, while men shaved their heads (because of lice

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Archival Notes, February 2018

We are going to relate a little history of how some of our information is acquired. On January 5, 2018, via Aroostook Genealogy, Shirley Wells uploaded a pdf file titled

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Fort Fairfield Newspapers Online

— Submitted by Leslie G. Poole, Rockland, ME I’ve been to the Fort Fairfield Library several times and agonized about perusing their old newspapers. They are so fragile and “crackly.”

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This Old Tree, January 2018

Looking at the Living Relatives And Where to Find Them This is the start of a new year for genealogical research. I am suggesting that the readers of this column

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