The Maine Register state yearbook and legislative manual (black books) can be a good source. They contain info on all the towns and plantations etc. starting in the 1800s. You

Gleanings from the NEHGS e-newsletter… Family Search will stop distribution of microfilm as of 1 Sept. 2017. The technology is becoming obsolete and they should be done digitizing the rest

You may see these words used in old newspapers and I’ve seen them on tombstones: consort: wife, husband, companion, a deceased woman who leaves behind a surviving spouse relict: surviving

Gleanings from a Sept. 2015 Family Tree Magazine, NEHGS e-newsletters and my own research. Tombstones at military cemeteries are in uniform lines. The emblems on them are not all Christian

The Maine State Library has received a grant to digitize 100,000+ pages of historical Maine newspapers. It’s a 2 year project and the content will be available online at digitalmaine.com

Information from member Frances Heales… As we know, churches in England may have plaques on the walls which may contain genealogical information. There may also be brass plaques on the

Someone I know who is American has a South American friend who travels on an Italian passport. Apparently if you are of close enough Italian descent you may be able

As further reference to what was in my president’s message… I heard part of a story on NPR of a non-profit which needed volunteers to take care of an old

Someone I know who is American has a South American friend who travels on an Italian passport. Apparently if you are of close enough Italian descent you may be able

I recently heard the last 30 seconds of an NPR broadcast about the Internet Archives at https://archive.org. I then goggled “internet archives” and you should see what’s there! It’s a