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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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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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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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Interest in 1940 U.S. Census online produces gridlock
By Roxanne Saucier on April 08, 2012, at 4:45 p.m.
Maybe crash isn’t technically the word, but 26 hours after the National Archives released the 1940 Census for the United States at 9 a.m. Monday, April 2, I still hadn’t seen anything at the “official site,” http://1940census.archives.gov. I’m sure it will serve us well eventually, but who didn’t see this ...
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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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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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Cholesterol gene found in Lewiston’s Ouellette descendants
An article on the front page of the Feb. 6 Bangor Daily News, written by Sun Journal reporter Lindsay Tice of Lewiston, showed all too clearly that genealogy isn’t just for fun. Tice profiled Carl Ouellette, who at 34 had a heart attack followed by coronary bypass surgery, and was ...
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Family Ties: Old city directories can help solve family mysteries
I wonder what happened to the Battles family that lived on Fern Street in Bangor’s Ward 7 at the time of the 1920 Census. The census record tells us that Francis P. Battles, the head of household, was 50 years old in 1920, that he was born in Maine to ...
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Family Ties: 2014 Acadian Congress looking for more family reunions
The next World Acadian Congress, featuring as many as 120 family reunions, will be held in August 2014 in Maine, northwestern New Brunswick and part of Quebec. If you didn’t see Julia Bayly’s Jan. 8 article on the event in the Bangor Daily News, do read it on the BDN ...
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Tomei, Sheen, McEntire to find roots on ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’
The popular television series “Who Do You Think You Are?” will return for its third season at 8 p.m. Fridays on NBC beginning Feb. 3. Genealogists have been saying for years that searching for our roots is one of the most popular of hobbies, and now television networks are confirming ...
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U.S. president and Maine governor have ‘cenotaphs’ in D.C.
U.S. President John Quincy Adams and Maine Gov. John Fairfield have something in common. Adams, who died in 1848, and Fairfield, who died in 1847, both have gravestones in a cemetery at 1801 E St., Southeast, in Washington, D.C. But neither is buried there. Adams, like his father, President John ...
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Double-check information on family events from 2011
Before we jump into a new year of genealogy, it’s wise to make sure we have recorded family happenings from 2011, and documented them where possible. Did your family welcome a “brand-new baby,” as my grandmother used to put it, in 2011? I just missed seeing Emilee Anne Saucier enter ...
Following ‘chain of custody’ may lead to family history treasures
By Roxanne Moore Saucier on Dec. 24, 2011, at 12:10 p.m.
The carbon includes the signature of Arthur’s wife, Helen F. Dyer, and of the staff member who handled it, Philip S. Annis. Written on the carbon copy in ink is “Pd 12/10/60 by Pis. Sav. Bk Ck.” This notation regarding Piscataquis Savings Bank is in the handwriting of someone other ...
Glenburn art teacher killed in Friday morning collision in Bangor
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A people’s revolt in Bar Harbor
Old Town football coach steps down
Perakslis helps UMaine beat Albany; Binghamton next in America East tournament
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Stony Brook knocks out UMaine to win America East tournament
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Former CEO of MaineToday Media Richard Connor sued over $250,000 in loans
Small idea launches major project in Hampden
Diversity predicts export success, MIT professor tells Maine audience
New, old methods combine to deter scrap metal thefts in Aroostook
Gary Allan talks with the BDN leading up to Bangor concert
Out of the ashes, Central Street’s garden grows
Mid Coast Actor’s Studio provides new forum for classic plays
Signs lead artist to opportunity
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