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 […]
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 […]
This Old Tree, June 2019
This column is about death records. I have sent for and received two death records for members of my family. The two were Tallman Kelley, a 2nd great-uncle, and the other family member was Melvin Kelley. Melvin Kelley died on May 28, 1936. His parents are listed as Lawrence Kelley and Elizabeth Kelley. Tallman Kelley […]
President’s Message, June 2019
Greetings, The month of June is here. It’s time to tramp through the graveyards. Bring a clipboard and paper to record the information on the headstones. Remember to check all sides of the headstones. Taking a camera to take photos is great way to record the information. Remember the bug spray. This is when to, […]
This Old Tree, March 2019
This is the rest of the story on Charles Tray and Catherine Bishop. Part 3 I was able to know who the oldest two Children in the Family, Emma and Philip were Catherine’s children from her first marriage to a Louis Proulx. Since Prue/Proulx is my last name I have done a lot of research […]
This Old Tree, January 2019
The Mystery of Charles Tray and Catherine Bishop, part 2 In my last column in Nov. 2018 I had found Charles Tray Family in Old Town, Maine per 1870 Census. I then found the family in Waterville, Maine in 1880 census. The family makeup in 1880 was Charles age 39, Catherine age 46 and four […]
President’s Message, January 2019
Greetings, I hope that our members and guests have had a good holiday season. This is the start of a New Year, and time for new goals and projects of a genealogical nature. During this cold and dark time of year now is a good time to start planning for what each one of us […]
This Old Tree, November 2018
The mystery of Charles Trade and Katrina Bishop The facts as they appear are straight forward. There is a marriage record in Old Town, Maine for Charles Trade, 33, son of Peter and Mary Trade marrying Katrina Bishop 36, a widow on 30th of April 1870. From the census entry taken on 10th of June […]
This Old Tree, October 2018
This time the topic is making use of a valuable resource that is often overlooked: namely, the University of Maine at Orono Campus‘s Fogler Library. The third weekend in September, Spike Savage and I went to the Maine State Genealogical Society meeting. We went down on Friday the day before for several reasons including driving […]
This Old Tree, September 2018
August is reminding us that the summer is coming to an end. Meaning that for me it is time to look over all my different lines and see what is missing. I was looking for information for one family out of York, Maine. I reviewed the early families in the York, Maine. I had little […]