President’s Message, January 2015
Happy 2015 to all, my New Years’ wish is that everyone find something previously unknown about at least one ancestor. As we begin our 11th year at ACGS, we have plans to make and projects we hope to complete this year. I would like to give a big Thank-you to: Spike, out-going president; Frances, secretary; […]
President’s Message, November 2014
As my two year term as your president comes to an end, I would like to thank all the officers and members for their support, assistance, and advice over the past 24 months. I do hope that I have served you well. For those who attended a meeting or several during this time period, I […]
President’s Message, June 2014
The Aroostook County Genealogy Society is about to undertake a busy and hopefully, a successful couple of months. First, let me digress since I have not submitted anything since the first of the year. I would like to thank Heather Feuerhelm for her excellent presentation on computer do’s and don’ts for computer dummy’s, like me, […]
Vice President’s Message, January 2014
Dear members many of us can trace out family back to the 1600’s and beyond but all we know about them is just the basic information. It would be nice to know more about what it was like living then. The following story is an account from one of my ancestor’s, I hope you enjoy […]
President’s Message, January 2014
Happy 2014 Year to all of you who are digging around in records that are dusty, dirty, and hard to read and they are 100 or more years old. Therefore, you probably could care less about the current year. Our first meeting of the year will take place on Monday, January 27th, and Heather Feuerhelm […]
Vice President’s Message, November 2013
The most interesting person in my family tree is my Great Grandfather Joseph W. Sargent. The only information I had on Joseph’s civil war record came from my mother. She was told that her grandfather was shot in the leg at the battle of the wilderness. I was able to get Joseph’s military record from […]
President’s Message, November 2013
As 2013 comes to a close for the ACGS, I hope that everyone who attended a meeting came away with information that would helpful to them in their future research. That is the principal goal of our group, to help each other further the research of their family tree. I would like to thank my […]
Vice President’s Message, October 2013
Dear members I am starting a series of stories about the people I found in my tree that may be of interest. People think genealogy is boring and dull but if they would just look they would be surprised what is out there. My first story is of George J. Quick my mother’s grandfather. The […]
Vice President’s Message, September 2013
At our last meeting we discuss how things went at the fair. Some people thought our booth lacked something to draw attention to our table. Some years we had something like footprints on the floor to draw people over and that worked well. I have been thinking what we could do to get not only […]
Vice President’s Message, August 2013
Well how is your summer going so far? If you are like me my genealogy work has slowed down to a crawl from other activities. I know some of you are taking the time to travel and do some genealogy work while on vacation I hope you have some interesting stories to tell us this […]