How often in our research we come upon names that repeat. My sons have middle names that honor their grandfathers, Gayland for my dad and Willard for my father-in-law.
Now we have a new grandson, …
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The Acadian Festival began yesterday with a Mass honoring Acadian ancestors at St. David Church on U.S. Route 1 — those forebears displaced from what is now Nova Scotia by the English.
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I’ve written a lot about my hometown of Abbot, where my dad grew up — as did many of his forebears.
My other hometown, also in Piscataquis County, is Sangerville, where we lived until I was …
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The Maine Swedish Colony Web site says, “Find your long lost Swedish ancestors at New Sweden’s Midsommar Festival the weekend of June 19th to the 21st.”
And this would be an especially good …
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This is the 17th year of Bob Chenard’s writing “The French Connection: Franco-American Families of Maine” for Le Forum, the publication of the Franco-American Center at the University of …
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I have no idea how many men named Joshua Treat there have been in this area, but Memorial Day is certainly a good time to think about them.
Revolutionary War soldier Lt. Joshua Treat, the first …
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I can’t for the life of me remember exactly when we learned Maine’s counties by singing this verse to the tune of “Yankee Doodle.”
The 16 counties in our state
Are Cumberland and …
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I discovered mention of the book “Arrivals 99 — Our First Families in New Brunswick” about 10 years too late.
But all is not lost. The compilation has grown to include some 7,400 of the …
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Yes, it was a young pickle-lover in Minnesota who nudged me back on the search for Wilcoxes.
It was a brief, but hilarious, video of grandson Aidan Wilcox Saucier, who just turned a year old, …
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From May to August 1847, three children had perfect attendance of 69 days at Dixmont’s School Register District No. 1: Albert Luce, Minot Luce and Sarrah Luce. Racking up 68 days were Araminda …
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