An Adoption Question and More Donations
In June, a gentleman came into the library and asked for me; since I wasn’t in, a request form was filled out. He wanted to know why his grandparents adopted a child when they had 11 children already. UNIQUE and new for me, her name was “La.” He didn’t know anything else about her! He […]
ACGS Headstone Display
The plan is that this display will encourage those members who haven’t explored cemeteries to do that. This variety of photos is from members’ personal collections plus some which are interesting because of age, the material that they are made of, shape, design, artistic qualities, beauty, uniqueness, or historical significance. Headstones impart knowledge; we might […]
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 […]
“Second Boat” Periodical Donation
Jay has donated his complete nine-volume collection of “Second Boat” plus an extra volume he put together that contains the indexes from each of the nine volumes. They are periodical magazines of a genealogical/historical nature of many different subjects. They were published in Machias, Maine. Thank-you Jay. I have been doing research for requests that […]
Pfc. Ervin O Hanson 1925-1945
Ervin O Hanson WWII This request was called into the Library by a member of Stories behind the Stars. Information was needed to make a bio about this WWII soldier who was KIA and is buried in Margraten Cemetery in the Netherlands. The soldier’s bio and a picture will be converted to a QR code […]
Requesting Headstone Photos
Would each member bring to this meeting a few (not more than 20) copies of headstone pictures from your collection. Maybe they are relatives – they don’t need to be, perhaps something interesting or unusual? Please put your identification on the back and if you know what cemetery it is located in. Return address labels […]
Growing Obituary Collection
— Submitted by Allen Voisine A while back, Arlene Belanger donated to our group, her mother’s newspaper collection. A few members had gathered at Arlene’s home and reduced the accumulated newspapers to contain only the obituary pages from those newspapers. Wanting to create more space in her shed, Arlene and her son brought me five […]
New Maps in the Archival Room
The three maps to be hung in our library have been enlarged and copied, Dennis and I did the framing and the plan is to put them up before the November meeting. They are: Eaton Grant Fort Fairfield Maysville. Some detective work is needed to determine the year of each map. All are believed to […]
Working in the Archival Room
This has been a busy month for work in the archives; unfortunately, much of it is not obvious. John helped to install a pine board on the back wall, which will enable me to hang items without them falling off. That wall is a painted cement finish and nothing adheres to it for very long […]
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 of the library for any library patrons to help themselves. A reminder to everyone that the ACGS Archive is open by appointment only. It is staffed by volunteers and we […]