When doing your genealogy you should keep in mind the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS). Each conclusion about an ancestor must have sufficient credibility to be accepted as “proved”. There are 5 elements to the (GPS): 1. A reasonably exhaustive search 2. Complete and accurate source citations 3. Analysis and correlation of the collected information 4. […]

Most of the immigrants to New England came in a 20 year time frame from 1620 to 1640. Although there were some other smaller migrations, apparently by the second decade of the 1800s almost all living New Englanders could trace a large percentage of their ancestry back to the original group of 25,000 who came […]

President’s Message, June 2014

The Aroostook County Genealogy Society is about to undertake a busy and hopefully, a successful couple of months. First, let me digress since I have not submitted anything since the first of the year. I would like to thank Heather Feuerhelm for her excellent presentation on computer do’s and don’ts for computer dummy’s, like me, […]