The Maine Register state yearbook and legislative manual (black books) can be a good source. They contain info on all the towns and plantations etc. starting in the 1800s. You can find the postmaster, town selectmen, school committee members, clergy, you name it. You can find out when the town came into being, name changes […]

Gleanings from the NEHGS e-newsletter… Family Search will stop distribution of microfilm as of 1 Sept. 2017. The technology is becoming obsolete and they should be done digitizing the rest of their microfilms by 2020. Reminder…the NEHGS is digitizing the sacramental records of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston from 1789-1900. That’s baptism, marriage, deaths, […]

Archival Notes, August 2017

Our library has been used quite a bit this summer. We have had visitors from “away” who are looking for information. Some were very surprised at the volume of our collection. We have outgrown our shelf space and plans are underway to make changes which will allow us to have more room. I want to […]