In looking for further information on Francis Cyr born as Francois Cyr, a Civil War Soldier from Van Buren,(using: www.familysearch.org), I found that he was married to Mary Belrose in

(Fair project for 2015) by Linda Zapatka The book is to establish as many as possible men that enlisted from Aroostook County Towns. Would like to locate the men in

The other night I watched the Genealogy Road Show on PBS. One of the individuals being helped was a woman who had information that her mother birth record listed her

1860 They asked for property value. Who knows how accurate that is! They probably didn’t like the tax man then either. 1870 They asked if parents were of foreign birth.

1790 Especially in the earlier censuses look at who the neighbors are. You may find other relatives. People probably didn’t travel very far to find a spouse. Only the head

When you live in area that was once part of the wilderness, finding records can be a challenge! When an area is first being settled, there is no town and

Please remember when you wish to share your genealogy with others as an attachment file, do not assume that person you are sending the file too is using the same

The Presque Isle Library now has access to Ancestry.com in house. I think this may be true for all/most libraries in the state so you should check. Per a September

Helen Shaw sent Jay the following update on LD 1781 An Act To Allow Electronic Filing of Vital Records and Closing of Records To Guard against Fraud and Make Other

The Aroostook County Genealogical Society was given the opportunity to save some important genealogical information collected by Bertha Philbrook. Bertha has been saving newspapers for the last 50 years or