2009-2010 SPEAKER CALENDAR
· Program
Committees of Area Historical Societies & The Androscoggin Historical
Calendar 2008-2009
Talks Presented
Sept. 22: Topic: Edward Little and His High
School Part 1 & Part 2 Q & A
Speaker: Betty Young
Location: The County Building
Time: 7:00 P.M.
Oct. 27: Topic: Wool – Sheep to Textile
Speaker: Martha Elkin
Location: The County Building
Time: 7:00 P.M.
Martha Keene Elkin talk on Wool Weaving
Martha Elkin will discuss and demonstrate the ancient art of shearing, carding and spinning
wool at a meeting of the Androscoggin Historical Society on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Society's
headquarters on the third floor of the County Courthouse at Court and Turner Streets in Auburn.
The public is invited to attend without charge.
She will show samples of wool and yarn that has been dyed with plants from her farm in Sumner.
Martha, a native and former resident of Danville, was a nursing educator for more than 20 years
and is the author of a nursing textbook. She retired from teaching to farming and with her partner,
Mary Ann Haxton, owns A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm, where they have 28 sheep, six Angora goats, 32
laying hens, and make maple syrup. The farm and the farm store are open the third weekend of the
month and other times by appointment or chance. The farm web site is: www.awrinkleinthymefarm.com
Martha participates in the living history program at Morrill Farm in Sumner, for which she is the
schoolmarm for an 1853 school day. She also organizes the fiber and sheep portion of the program,
which involves fiber production similar to how it was done in the late 1800s.
Nov. 17: Topic: Poland Spring: Hotels, Water,
and Community
Speaker: Jason Libby
Location: The County Building
Time: 7:00 P.M.
(Note:
This is the third Tuesday in
November, not the fourth.)
2010
Feb. 23: Topic: Snowmobiling History: A Museum
in Turner
Speaker: Paul Bernier
Location: The County Building
Time: 7:00 P.M.
Mar. 23: Topic: Harriman Architects and
Engineers: Its Architectural Legacy in Androscoggin
County
Speaker: Mark Lee
Location:
The County Building
Time: 7:00 P.M.
Apr. 27: Topic: 150 Years of Methodists and
Court Street Baptists in
Auburn
Speakers: Betty Dexter and Douglas Hodgkin with
assistance from
Betty
Young and Norman Rose
Location: The County Building
Time: 7:00 P.M.
May 25: Topic: Gettysburg’s Lost Battles:
Civilian Struggle in 1863
Speaker: Prof. Margaret Creighton
Location: High Street Congregational Church,
Auburn
Time: Dinner 6:00 P.M.
Meeting
7:00 P.M.
· 2009-2010 Board
Members & Officers of the Androscoggin Historical Society
2008-2009
Board Members & Officers of the Androscoggin Historical Society
· 2007-2008 Board
Members
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
Talks &
Programs
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
FAMILY HISTORY & GENEALOGY
·
Early
Danville, Maine & Royal River Valley Families
·
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)
·
Strout
Family Tree
o Tibbets Forum
o Descendants
of Henry Tibbetts
·
Waterhouse Page ·
Woodman
Family History 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 http://www.theroyfamily.com/gen/
Androscoggin
County Index by George Drew Merrill pub 1891 Index created by C. McCausland
& A. Morrison
DIARIES
& LETTERS
MAPS
CIVIL WAR
·
Thirteenth
Regiment Maine
Volunteer Infantry
Grand
Army of the Republic and Our Photo CollectionMaine
History
·
1.
Maine Track Club
Archives (Newsltetters starting in 1979, photos & movies)
2.
Also
looking to add other sports as well.
Postcards
for Sale
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
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good news: our mailing list is ready to roll. Briefly (very),MEANDROS-L-request@rootsweb.com
that contains the word
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