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Month: October 2015
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Maine Research: some lesser known places to search – for FREE
I love Maine research. The Pine Tree State has made major efforts to digitize their records, increasing the odds of finding your ancestors in both free, online databases and government repositories. Additionally, I’ve found most town clerks and registrars very helpful and friendly, often willing to communicate via email regarding a research request. Land Records…
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Petition for Incorporation of Milo, Maine provides signature of Aaron Day
A visit to the Maine State Archives last week provided the following priceless document: To the honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Maine in Legislature assembled January 1823. The undersigned Inhabitants of the Township No. three i the seventh range of Township north of the Waldo Patent in the County of…
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The Homestead of John Day of Manchester, Maine
For the genealogist, little can compare to finding the homestead of your ancestor. And with the help of Dale Potter-Clark of the Readfield Historical Society in Maine that is exactly what we did! First, some background: On 24 October, 1796, John Day purchased from Benjamin Allen a portion of Lot 41, then described as Winthrop,…
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Thank you, Ancestry.com, for a Day family reunion
Ancestry.com – great for finding our ancestors, and spectacular for making cousin connections! On February 2, 2014, I sent a message through Ancestry.com to Sherece Lamke, whose family tree contained information on Aaron Day and his wife, Martha. What ensued after that initial contact was a flurry of emails back and forth, as we joyously…
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