The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. – William Shakespeare
“Find a Grave” has Wills!!! This column is about the value of finding copies of the wills of your ancestors. Today, on January 11, 2020, I was fortunate enough to
In the August 2019 issue of the National Geographic on page 94, author Andrew Curry discusses “Who Were The First Europeans?” If you have any Europeans in your DNA you
On July 20th, the Caribou Public Library presented the Hardison Collection. Project chairperson, Anastasia Weigle, told of the history of the collection arriving at the library and of the volunteers
Patrick Connelly was from Ireland and he settled in what is now Caribou, Maine in December of 1829. Caribou was then called Eaton Grant and he was one of the
Chewing the fat Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a
Greetings, This past week Jay and I have been using a combination of Maps, Census and City Directories to find the modern name for the old Caribou road called the
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the
“Needles in Haystacks” was the subject title that was sent to the ACGS website on 29 April 2019. It was forwarded by Heather to Dennis & me. The sender Sally
This column is about death records. I have sent for and received two death records for members of my family. The two were Tallman Kelley, a 2nd great-uncle, and the