The Maine Genealogist Nov 2015 edition had a short article about the opinion of one census taker who took the 1860 Ellsworth, ME census. He didn’t give married ladies any occupation, not even keeping house, unmarried females he marked as servants, and he called one man a quack doctor.

The port of New York ship passenger records for 1892-1957 are available at www.libertyellisfoundation.org Earlier records from 1829-1892 are at www.castlegarden.org

Harvard University has started a several year project to digitize all known archival and manuscript materials in their library related to 17th and 18th century North America. It is called the Colonial North American Project. Check out www.library.harvard.edu/colonial.

The DAR has a series of source guides for several states including Mass and Maine. They’re available in hardcover and/or PDF. There are 6 vols. and include southern states. Check out the DAR store.

This Old Tree, January 2016

I received a query via our group’s Facebook page on a Daniel Tibbetts. The woman wanted to know if he was the son of Philip Tibbetts of Shapleigh, Maine and Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. I first went online, at both Rootsweb and Ancestry’s public tree for any hints or clues of what might help with the […]

President’s Message, January 2016

Greetings, January 2016! Did you make a New Year resolution? Whether you did or not, you probably have to-do lists concerning your family history search. Here in Northern Maine we change research locations too indoors due to cold and snow, but we still search. My to-do for ACGS this year-with your help includes selling more […]