A Bangor Daily News article of Aug. 17th 2016 details a New Hampshire woman’s search for more information on the 54 Maine WWII soldiers who

Frances Heales has donated several Family History magazines and as I finish looking them over for hints for this column I will be depositing them

I was reminded this week why it is so important to know the first names of the family group while searching census records. Don’t believe

From a Feb.5, 2016 BDN obit page article from the Buffalo News: A woman named Hannah Palmer who died 76 years ago finally got her

Gleanings from the NEHGS e-newsletter… The NEHGS along with the Congregational Library and Archives, the Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum and the Conn

The Maine Genealogist Nov 2015 edition had a short article about the opinion of one census taker who took the 1860 Ellsworth, ME census. He

The port of New York ship passenger records for 1892-1957 are available at www.libertyellisfoundation.org Earlier records from 1829-1892 are at www.castlegarden.org

Harvard University has started a several year project to digitize all known archival and manuscript materials in their library related to 17th and 18th century

The DAR has a series of source guides for several states including Mass and Maine. They’re available in hardcover and/or PDF. There are 6 vols.

An article originally published by the New Orleans Advocate talks about law enforcement searching familial DNA databases looking for genetic leads to solve cases. Your