Words of Wisdom From Mark Twain, Part 4

You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can’t forget. Those are your friends. The truth hurts, but silence kills. Don’t dream your life, but live your dream. Great things can happen when you don’t care who gets the credit. I cannot help but notice […]

For those who don’t belong to MGS and are not able to see their last newsletter with info about the 1950 census; go online and look at the forms and explanations on census.gov and the national archives. There’s a lot of helpful info.

Turner Library Historical Collections

I believe I’ve written about this before but, as a reminder for those who love history and/or have ancestors from Aroostook County, the Madawaska Region, and Northern Maine. Go to the home page of the Turner Memorial Library. Click on Aroostook History. When the Aroostook Historical Collection page comes up, click the link to enter […]

I just finished reading ‘Domesday A Search for the Roots of England’ by Michael Wood. I hope you can find a copy, as it was published in 1986. It’s a good history, and I found it beneficial for things to think about for genealogy, for those of us whose ancestors are from that neck of […]

Our Growing Library

The shelves in the library are rapidly filling up, we have been doing more organizing and placing some more of the previously donated books out as they have been labeled and cataloged. Many books now have an index, thanks to Wendy, who made them, and Jay, who printed copies for our use. Echoes Magazines are […]

Old Photos, Share and Tell

It is getting warmer. The dirty snow is slowly disappearing. It is almost time for all genealogists to descend on their local cemeteries. In other words, action is now required because it is a short season for us Northerners to glean information from long-lost descendants’ gravestones. But first of all, our meeting this month is […]