Articles by Roxanne Moore Saucier
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‘Recipe card’ in photo album is World War II report card
At first glance, it’s a recipe card inserted in a photo album with pictures from the 1930s through the 1950s. But it turns out that the 3-by-5 card is an official communication from the U.S. Navy, complete with ship’s seal. The date on it is 30 July 1945, not long ...
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Books tell stories of WWII bombardiers
When I read the obituary for Gordon Manuel this spring in the Bangor Daily News, it really wasn’t his years as a television newsman here that came to my mind first. Rather it was the 1946 book “70,000 to 1,” which I read in the 1960s. Written by Quentin Reynolds, ...
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Books tell stories of World War II bombardiers
Books tell stories of WWII bombardiers When I read the obituary for Gordon Manuel this spring in the Bangor Daily News, it really wasn’t his years as a television newsman here that came to my mind first. Rather it was the 1946 book, “70,000 to 1,” which I read in ...
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Genealogy groups set meetings, times to network
The Penobscot Expedition will be the topic of the next meeting of the Penobscot County Genealogical Society at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, in the Lecture Hall at Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St. Sandra Burke will give the program. An elevator to the third floor is available inside the ...
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Actors Lowe, Downey learn of patriotic ancestors in Revolutionary War
The April 27 episode of “Who Do You Think You Are?” on NBC featured actor Rob Lowe searching for information on maternal ancestor John Christopher East of Ohio, a man he had found in a list of Revolutionary War graves compiled by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. ...
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Lowe, Downey find Revolutionary War ancestors
Actors Lowe, Downey learn of patriotic ancestors in Revolutionary War The April 27 episode of “Who Do You Think You Are?” on NBC featured actor Rob Lowe searching for information on maternal ancestor John Christopher East of Ohio, a man he had found in a list of Revolutionary War graves ...
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Touring family history resources at UMaine’s Fogler Library
A group of genealogists joined me recently for a tour of my favorite places at Fogler Library on the University of Maine campus in Orono. A couple of days later, I accepted an invitation to speak at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 15, for the Taconnett Falls Genealogical Society at 10 ...
WWII reunion in Bangor draws interest, adds air show
BANGOR, Maine — Plans for the last worldwide reunion of World War II’s 5th Armored Division Association in June are expanding. The June 16 reunion banquet is being relocated to Bangor Auditorium to accommodate the public, and the four-day event will include a free air show by the Texas Flying ...
Let’s tour family history resources at UMaine’s Fogler Library
A group of genealogists joined me recently for a tour of my favorite places at Fogler Library on the University of Maine campus in Orono. A couple of days later, I accepted an invitation to speak at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 15, for the Taconnett Falls Genealogical Society at 10 ...
Maine Parkinson Society to hold Bowl-a-thon
BANGOR, Maine — The Maine Parkinson Society will hold its annual fundraiser, the MEPS Bowl-a-Thon, on Saturday, April 28, at The Sports Arena on U.S. Route 2 in Hermon. There is no registration fee, according to MEPS President Gary Cole of Bangor. Participants are asked to raise a minimum of ...
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Genealogy is about the memories we give, as well
We are our stories, which is why the NBC’s program “Who Do You Think You Are?” is a title with many meanings. Though she died when I was just 3, my great-great-grandmother Mary (Cummings) Bennett Lord of Greenville is defined for me not only by the paintings she left us, ...
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1940 Census question: Where did you live in 1935?
Same place? Same house? Somewhere else? A new question on the 1940 Census of the United States asked, “In what place did this person live on April 1, 1935?” In other words, where did he or she live five years before the 1940 Census was enumerated? Let’s go back to ...
Parkinson group sets annual bowl-a-thon
BANGOR, Maine — The Maine Parkinson Society is looking for outstanding bowlers, ordinary bowlers, occasional bowlers and once-a-year bowlers. All are welcome to sign up for the group’s annual fundraiser, the MEPS Bowl-a-Thon, to be held on Saturday, April 28, at The Sports Arena on U.S. Route 2 in Hermon. ...
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Yearbook listed 60 members of Bangor class of 1944 in service
As times goes on, there will be more and more yearbooks online, I’m sure. It is so interesting to find old yearbooks in libraries and other places — isn’t there always someone we know? One of the aspects about older yearbooks I always liked was lists of alumni of recent ...
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Websites offer information on Maine Jewry
Cindy Potter Taylor emailed to recommend using Google to search “Documenting Maine Jewry,” so I did. The website specific to Maine can be found at davidkrut.com/pj/index.php. This includes an index to burials. For full access to the database, you must be a registered user. I have applied to be a ...
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Hope gravestone photos available on society website
When Bill and Jane Macomber gave a talk on cemetery preservation last fall for Penobscot County Genealogical Society in Bangor, they spoke about the good work of Hope Historical Society in putting Hope cemeteries on the Web. I took the time to check out the society’s website at hopehist.com and ...
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Many Irish found in Benedicta’s 1850 census
With St. Patrick’s Day nearly upon us, I’ve been thinking about Benedicta, the Aroostook County plantation that could have been the home of College of the Holy Cross. Bishop Benedict Fenwick, then leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boston, in the 1930s had his eye on Maine as a ...
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1940 census to be released April 2, but no name index yet
At the time of the 1940 census, my dad’s family lived in Abbot and my mother’s family lived in Sangerville. Having small-town roots in this census will be fortunate, because the 1940 edition will have no index by name until who knows when. According to the website established by the ...
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Newsletters offer genealogical tips
The fall 2011 issue of Weirs & Woods, the newsletter of the Washington County Historical and Genealogical Society, had a wonderful article, “Copy Historical Documents with Your Camera!” by John Boles and Connie Ross. Boles and Ross recommend setting the ISO of a camera at 800 to allow the use ...
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Info on sea captains available online through Penobscot Marine Museum
News that Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport has expanded its collections database prompted me to take a look at the museum’s website at PenobscotMarineMuseum.org. I started by searching for the keyword “Pendleton,” knowing that was a surname with a lot of history in Searsport. The database found 130 photo records ...
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