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Welcome to the Androscoggin Historical Society
1923-2010
We are starting our 87th year

Our  Mission Statement

The purposes of the Society shall be: the discovery, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge about the history of Androscoggin County and the State of Maine. . More particularly, they shall be:



2008 Summer Exhibitions

Grange Exhibit

 

More American Folk Art

Pomona Grange #8 at Queen CIty Grange in Bangor, Maine 1910
A new exhibit at the Bethel Historical Society

 

Little Orphan Joe



2009-2010 SPEAKER CALENDAR

  • Program Committees of Area Historical Societies & The Androscoggin Historical working on Calendar 2008-2009 Talks Presented

    ·  2009-2010 Board Members & Officers of the Androscoggin Historical Society

    2008-2009 Board Members & Officers of the Androscoggin Historical Society

    ·  2007-2008 Board Members

    2008-2009 Elections (Video)

    Androscoggin Historical Society Covers ACC Meeting 2009-03-04

    XII 2:30 P.M. Citizen Request for discussion on Charter Issue. (video part 2)

    BOOKS AND NEWSLETTERS

    ·  AHS Newsletter Indexes 1990 to 2007 (Courtesy of Nancy Lecompte)

    ·         Newsletters On Line, Oct. 1990 to Oct 2004 (HTML format, but does not include the images published

    ·         Ordering Back issues of the Androscoggin History Newsletter

    ·         Books

    Dennis Stires tells about new publications

    Video & Audio of Past Androscoggin Historical Society Talks

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    Watch 1947 St Jean Baptiste Parade  |   Courtesy of the Franco-American Collection USM Lewiston-Auburn College

    Talks & Programs

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    BIBLES

    ·         Lovejoy Family Bible (part 1) - Warning: Large File (size 300k)

    ·         Lovejoy Family Bible (part 2)- Warning: Large File (size 300k)

    ·         Lovejoy Family Bible (part 3)- Warning: Large File (size 300k)

    ·         Lovejoy Family Bible (part 4)- Warning: Large File (size 300k)

    ·         Nevens Family Bible Records

    ·         Robert L. Taylor's Maine Family Bible Archives

    CEMETERY RECORDS

    ·         Wales, Maine Cemetery Records

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    FAMILY HISTORY & GENEALOGY

    ·         Early Danville, Maine & Royal River Valley Families

    ·         Auburn Vital Records, Cemetery Records & Census Records of Auburn Settlers

    ·         Blethen Family Page

    ·         Carlins in Early Maine

    ·         CLOUGH

    ·         The Giddings Family (Courtesy of AccessGenealogy.com)

    ·         Elias Gove "Prince Immanuel, and Prince of Peace"

    ·         Huntoon Family

    ·         Keene Family

    ·         The Descendants of Richard Hutchinson (Coutesy of Dave Carlsen)

    ·         The Lacasse Page (Has been removed from the web)

    ·         LAKE Family (Abstract from Libby Family in America, V II, Bk 1, p 30)

    ·         Macomber Family Project

    ·         McEdward (Strong, Franklin County, Maine Family),, later settled in Androscoggin County towns)

    ·         Pejepscot (Danville) 1790 Census Returns

    ·         Strout Family Tree

    ·         Tibbetts Family Home Pages

    o        Tibbets Forum

    o        Descendants of Henry Tibbetts

    ·         Waterhouse Page (Courtesy of Chris Burroughs)

    ·         Woodman Family History
    (File size 481k. This file will require an Acrobat Reader. (Courtesy of Mr. Roy

    The most current version is available from the following page: http://www.theroyfamily.com/gen/pdf/woodman.pdf
    See also http://www.theroyfamily.com/gen/

    ·         More family links at Androscoggin Co, Maine GenWeb

         

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    INDEXES TO TOWN & County HISTORIES  Name Index to Auburn, Maine History 

    Androscoggin County Index by George Drew Merrill pub 1891 Index created by C. McCausland & A. Morrison

    DIARIES & LETTERS

    ·         Giddinge Diary of 1795

    ·         Phillips Diary of Turner, Maine

    ·         Maine Diary Directory

    ·         Gold Rush Letter


    MAPS

    ·         Androscoggin Map

    The Aroostook War

    ·         American Revoluntionary War
    1764-1783

    ·         Aroostook War 1842

    CIVIL WAR

    ·         Thirteenth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry

    o        COMPANY F (Courtesy of Richard Bouchard)

    ·         Grand Army of the Republic and Our Photo Collection

    o        Photograph Collection Index

    Maine History

    ·         Political Maine History

    ·         Maine Sports History (soon)

    1.     Maine Track Club Archives (Newsltetters starting in 1979, photos & movies)

    2.     Also looking to add other sports as well.

    Postcards for Sale

    OTHER ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY SITES

    ·         Historical Organizations in Androscoggin County

    ·         Fat Men of 1870

    ·         Androscoggin County GenWeb Page

    ·         Leeds Historical Society (New Link 2008)

    ·         Maine Local History Network

    ·         City of Auburn, Maine Home Page

    ·         Auburn Public Library

    ·         Lewiston Public Library

    ·         Androscoggin County Probate Records

    ·         Androscoggin County Town US Gen Web Pages  Grange HallSee Danville Jct Grange History 1874-1974

    OTHER MAINE SITES

    ·  Maine GenWeb Archives

    ·  Maine GenWeb County Selection List

    ·  Maine Historical Society's Home Page

    ·  Maine US GenWeb Town Pages

    ·  Partial list of Maine 1880 census

    ·  Livermore Public Library

    ·  Index to John Francis Sprague's Journal of Maine History

    ·  Index to Maine Historical & Genealogical Recorder 1884-1894

    ·  Table of Contents of The Bangor Historical Magazine 1885- (under Construction)

    ·  Penley Corner Free Will Baptist Church at South Auburn, Maine

    ·  How can you help? List volunteers willing to type and scan records for the Maine USGenWeb Project

    New Androscoggin County Historical & Genealogical mailing list:

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    FOOD History

    ·         Food Timeline

    o        Culinary History Timeline

    ·         A Short History Of The Clam Industry In The State of Maine

    ·         Chapter 11: Maine Agriculture, 1783-1861 (By James B. Vickery, Richard W. Judd & Sheila McDonald)


    Links to Commerical Sites

    ·         Lewiston-Auburn "The Chamber"

    ·         A Walking Tour of Downtown Lewiston, Maine

    ·         Bates College of Lewiston, Maine

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