Archival Notes, Summer 2019
On July 20th, the Caribou Public Library presented the Hardison Collection. Project chairperson, Anastasia Weigle, told of the history of the collection arriving at the library and of the volunteers who began working to organize it. Grover M. Hardison’s grandson Robert Hardison was the guest speaker. Brent Bubar, surveyor explained surveyors’ terminology and Brenda Bourgoine […]
This Old Tree, August 2019
Patrick Connelly was from Ireland and he settled in what is now Caribou, Maine in December of 1829. Caribou was then called Eaton Grant and he was one of the early settlers. Patrick was single when he came to Eaton Grant and he would later marry one of his neighbor’s daughters, Catherine Kelley, sometime between […]
Remember there are more than the usual 1790-1940 census schedules. Go onto the National Archives web site and look at the list of schedules they have. Some are supplements to the main census schedules. Remember that some of the classifications are not politically correct by today’s standards. History.com has an article on the 1840 and […]
From speaking to the Maine State Library genealogy reference specialist B.J. Jamieson I found out you can access MyHeritage from your own home through your local library. Go to your library home page. Look for Digital Maine Library and click on MyHeritage. Scroll through their alphabetized listings and click on MyHeritage (Library Edition). When you […]
Chewing the fat & “Bring home the bacon”
Chewing the fat Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could: “Bring home the bacon” They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit […]
President’s Message, August 2019
Greetings, This past week Jay and I have been using a combination of Maps, Census and City Directories to find the modern name for the old Caribou road called the Venning Road. We used the 1895 Caribou Directory that is a complete index to Residents, Businesses, Streets, etc of Caribou with other useful information. The […]