Articles List

Caribou Archives Room

You may ask where we hold our monthly meetings. At the Caribou Public Library, in the basement in the Archives room. What is in the

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Program “Brick Walls”

This month we will discuss “brick walls.” Since we are all presumably doing research, it is just possible that we may run across something that

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Understanding Surnames

Going over the lists of guilds I found surnames and even given names all derived from occupations. Here are a few: Baker, Brewer, Collier, Cooper,

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Paint The Town Red

Many a celebrating individual has set out to “paint the town red.” So have lots of visiting conventioneers who would like to turn a convention

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Archival Update

We have had some success in giving away some of those extra copies of ECHOES magazines. I soon will place them in a public area

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Listerine

Mouthwash sold under the trademark Listerine is one of America’s best-known medical products. But if a famous British surgeon had his way, it wouldn’t be

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