125,000 personal files and staff records for Bethlem Royal Hospital (“Bedlam”) are being digitized and put on Find My Past. The archives are from 1683-1932. Apparently you can read about the man who was committed for trying to kill George III with a dessert knife. A man was committed for writing a dictionary of technology […]

Here are some reasons to write a family history, even if you just do up a booklet. you’ll feel wiser you have things to pass on to children, a local historical society, and future generations family trees are abstract but stories add depth family stories and memories fade and distort with time

The Mayflower left England with 102 passengers, including 43 men, 18 women (3 were pregnant), 12 girls and 31 young men and boys 21 y/o and younger. There were 103 on board when anchored at Cape Cod. One died at sea, 1 child was born at sea and another while anchored at Cape Cod. 49 […]

For those who have or think they have royal ancestry you could check out the Burke’s Peerage website. A few things are available to look at for free.

This Old Tree, May/June 2015

This month’s column is part two of William and Anna Tibbetts research. I asked Jay if he has ever done a search for William Tibbetts using the federal census and his answer was not really. So I started with the first United States Census in 1790. I found four William Tibbetts in Maine. They are […]

President’s Message, May/June 2015

At this time the Aroostook County Civil War Veterans database is just about completed. What a major under-taking it has been! Doing varying amounts of research on soldiers were: Allen, Ann, Barbara, Dennis, Frances, Linda, Orlan, Spike and myself. Linda has spearheaded this work, doing all the typing, doing a lot of the research and […]