The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. – William Shakespeare
Who’s My Daddy and Who’s My Mommy? By Guest Poster Allen J. Voisine This is what I know of Jean Philippe Lang or sometimes Long my 5th great grandfather who
Recently the ACGS Library received a donation of books from Allen’s cousin, Patrick Voisine. Patrick mailed the books from his home in Illinois. Some of the abbreviated titles are: Dean
I just asked my mother a question about the dog they had when she was a kid. That lead her to telling me some things her father did before he
In the U.S., before 1906, people could go to any courthouse to become a citizen. Apparently you could start the process in one court and finish it in another. Papers
The Aroostook County Genealogical Society (ACGS) Library in the Archival Room at The Caribou Public Library (CPL) is gradually growing its’ collection. The growth has been phenomenal since we were
This month I would like to remind all the readers, especially those that are just getting started, to not forget the female side of your ancestry. Many of the women are just facts and figures without a lot known of their individual lives in many trees.
Hopefully your outdoor/travel research is now in full swing. When you’re out and about keep your eyes open for Victorian cradle graves. Those graves had a headstone, footstone, and 2
I recently researched and recorded the history of ACGS. In doing so, I read every newsletter and Secretary’s report since our beginning in 2003. We have covered the gambit in
Where Do You Look? This is going to be a short column. The topic is finding christening records in out of way places. Recently on April 1, 2017 I went