The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. – William Shakespeare
This has been a busy month for work in the archives; unfortunately, much of it is not obvious. John helped to install a pine board on the back wall, which
You may ask where we hold our monthly meetings. At the Caribou Public Library, in the basement in the Archives room. What is in the Archives room? That is what
This month we will discuss “brick walls.” Since we are all presumably doing research, it is just possible that we may run across something that may refer to someone else’s
Going over the lists of guilds I found surnames and even given names all derived from occupations. Here are a few: Baker, Brewer, Collier, Cooper, Draper, Dyer, Fuller, Glover, Goldsmith,
Special Note: This month’s article is by guest author, Orlan Smith The most difficult descent in my tree has to be my Great, Great Grandfather Aaron Smith. I found him
Many a celebrating individual has set out to “paint the town red.” So have lots of visiting conventioneers who would like to turn a convention into a spree. Why this
We have had some success in giving away some of those extra copies of ECHOES magazines. I soon will place them in a public area of the library for any
Special Note: This month’s article is by guest author, Orlan Smith Previously I told how two sides of my family the Sargent and Smith who lived in the Boston area