Free Google Books

Google Books has tens of thousands of freely available 19th century books and journals. There are also searchable newspaper archives out there. The newspaper archives will probably not be free.

Fundraising for Civil War Grant

The PI Historical Society, Turner Memorial Library, PI Middle School and NMCC will be having a kick-off event for a grant from the Maine Historical Society and Maine Humanities Council for the community to learn more about the impact of the Civil War on Presque Isle. The date is Mon. Oct.7 from 6-7pm. at the […]

From American Spirit Magazine

There is a hereditary organization for descendants of Colonial tavern keepers. Their website has a table of contents of members’ brief bios. There may be valuable genealogical info there. It also explains the qualifications applicants need to the society. State archives may have old tavern-keeper applications. Besides running taverns they also performed civic duties and […]

This Old Tree, October 2013

This month’s column is about piecing together a family using the census records for 1820-1880. My grandfather Lee McConnell’s mother was Manevra L. H. Smith 1853-1927. She was the daughter of William Henderson Smith 1824-1887 and Julia Ann McCleland 1829-1870 from Scott County, Virginia. This was as much as I knew about this line until […]

Vice President’s Message, October 2013

Dear members I am starting a series of stories about the people I found in my tree that may be of interest. People think genealogy is boring and dull but if they would just look they would be surprised what is out there. My first story is of George J. Quick my mother’s grandfather. The […]