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A Look Back at the Last Few Years...

Volume 33, Number 4 [November 2011]
Josie, Wife of William R. Day of Maine by Kathleen M. Kirby * Indentured Servitude in Maine in the Early Nineteenth Century contributed by Glenn D. Nasman * Foreign Trade on Maine's Ships: Researching Department of State Consular Quarterly Returns for Family and Local History, 1800-1850 by Kenneth W. Heger, Ph.D. * The Descendants of Nathan Lord of Kittery and Berwick, Maine (concluded) by Priscilla Eaton, CG * Humphrey and Mehitable (Moody) White and The Minnesota Fever: Based on the Unpublished Papers of John Elbridge Frost by John E. D'Anieri * Emma Page Perkins and Abby N. Perkins of Maine by J. Clarke Bursley * Family Records of Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine (concluded) transcribed by Sally Furber Nelson

Volume 33, Number 3 [August 2011]
Another Mrs. Silas Hall: Lucy (Randall) (Miller) (Marshall) Hall and Her Family by Michael F. Dwyer * Bible Record of Rev. Russell Streeter of New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont contributed by Leslie D. Sanders * The Jonas Rice and Joshua Moore Families of Gouldsboro, Maine: Related on Paper but Not by Blood or Marriage (concluded) by Glenn D. Nasman * The Descendants of Nathan Lord of Kittery and Berwick, Maine (concluded) by Priscilla Eaton, CG * Family Records of Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine (continued) transcribed by Sally Furber Nelson

Volume 33, Number 2 [May 2011]
The Jonas Rice and Joshua Moore Families of Gouldsboro, Maine: Related on Paper but Not by Blood or Marriage by Glenn D. Nasman * Bible Record of Jesse Hinks of Brewer, Maine contributed by Leslie D. Sanders * The Descendants of Nathan Lord of Kittery and Berwick, Maine (continued) by Priscilla Eaton, CG * Family Records of Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine (continued) transcribed by Sally Furber Nelson

Volume 33, Number 1 [February 2011]
The Descendants of Nathan Lord of Kittery and Berwick, Maine by Priscilla Eaton, CG * Elisha Small, Jr. of Provincetown and Truro, Massachusetts, and Cape Elizabeth and Gray, Maine by Thomas W. Frank * Hatherly Foster Throughout Four Generations (continued) by Glenn D. Nasman * Family Records of Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine transcribed by Sally Furber Nelson

Volume 32, Number 4 [November 2010]
Nancy Clark, Wife of Roland Smith of Hallowell, Maine by Priscilla Blount * Hatherly Foster Through Four Generations by Glenn D. Nasman * Oliver Mayberry Bible Record contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders * Lucy Besse: To Maine and Back? by Michael F. Dwyer * The Maxwell Family of Scotch Hill, Ogunquit, and Wells, Maine (concluded) by Priscilla Eaton, CG * Portland, Maine, Marriage Intentions, Volume 4, 1814-1837 (concluded) copied by Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG

Volume 32, Number 3 [August 2010]
Mr. Joseph Day of China, Maine, and Mrs. Lydia Nichols of Monmouth, Maine by Kathleen M. Kirby * Philatelic Genealogy: Civil War Envelopes Sent to Maine by James R. Miller * Artemas Moody Bible Record contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders * The Maxwell Family of Scotch Hill, Ogunquit, and Wells, Maine (continued) by Priscilla Eaton, CG * Samuel Gould (1688-c1779) of Amesbury, Massachusetts, and Berwick, Maine: Addendum by Robert R. King * Portland, Maine, Marriage Intentions, Volume 4, 1814-1837 (continued) copied by Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG

Volume 32, Number 2 [May 2010]
The Family of John Reed of Topsham, Maine by Glenn D. Nasman * Stampless Letter: Loring Plummer Family of Maine contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders * Charles C. McKim: Brush'un of Portland, Maine, and Impressionist of Portland, Oregon by Elizabeth S. Oatley, MLS * Bible Record of Joseph H. Wardwell of Rumford, Maine contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders * The Maxwell Family of Scotch Hill, Ogunquit, and Wells, Maine by Priscilla Eaton, CG * Portland, Maine, Marriage Intentions, Volume 4, 1814-1837 (continued) copied by Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG

Volume 32, Number 1 [February 2010]
Samuel Gould (1698-c1779) of Amesbury, Massachusetts, and Berwick, Maine by Robert R. King * The Will of Bryce McLellan of Skowhegan, Maine contributed by Jeanne Arnold Jeffries * Stampless Letter to Overseers of the Poor, Dexter, Maine contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders * Perils and Pitfalls in Genealogical Research: The Case of Susan (Frank) Frank of Gray, Maine by Thomas W. Frank * Serving the President in the Pine Tree State: Senate Nomination Files for Federal Employment in Maine 1820-1946 by John P. Deben * Portland, Maine, Marriage Intentions, Volume 4, 1814-1837 copied by Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG

Volume 31, Number 4 [November 2009]
The Return of Reverend Silas Hall by Michael F. Dwyer * Woodman Family Letter contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders * Origins of the Colby Family of Litchfield, Maine by Glenn D. Nasman * Portland, Maine, Marriage Intentions, Volume 4, 1814-1837 copied by Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG

Volume 31, Number 3 [August 2009]
Four Jonathan Nuttings of Cushing, Maine by William T. Ruddock * Marriages Performed by Reverend Thomas Gilmore Mitchell in Auburn, West Minot, and Madison, Maine contributed by Cheryl Willis Patten * John and Mercy (Michener) Dennison of Cutler, Maine by Brent M. Owen * Destitute and Sick contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders * Holding his Feet to the Fire! contributed by Janice D. Gower * Lemuel Rich Family Letter, Standish, Maine contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders * Portland, Maine, Marriage Intentions, Volume 4, 1814-1837 copied by Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG

Volume 31, Number 2 [May 2009]
The First Family of Dr. Jonah Spaulding of Franklin and Somerset Counties, Maine by Linda Longley * The Death of "Mountain Mack" McKenney contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders * Children Without Parents: A Puzzling Entry in the Wells, Maine, Town Records by Priscilla Eaton, CG * Emerging from the Shadows: The Surprising Case of Elisha Thing of Waterboro, Maine by Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG * Bigamist Riverius Hooker and His Three Families, First Husband of Mehitable Baker of Pownalborough, Maine by Glenn D. Nasman * The Family of Captain John Bourne of Wells and Kennebunk, Maine: Ships and Shipwrights (concluded) by Priscilla Eaton, CG * Portland, Maine, Marriage Intentions, Volume 4, 1814-1837 copied by Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG

Volume 31, Number 1 [February 2009]
Clayton Rand Adams (1925-2008) * Sarah S. Wood, Wife of Bethuel Pierce Dean of Boston, Massachusetts, and Vassalboro, Maine by Priscilla Blount * Samuel Butman Bible Record contributed by Leslie D. Sanders * Samuel Butman Family Summary * The Sturtevant Family of Sumner, Maine, Revisited * The Family of Captain John Bourne of Wells and Kennebunk, Maine: Ships and Shipwrights by Priscilla Eaton, CG * Portland, Maine, Marriage Intentions, Volume 4, 1814-1837 copied by Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG

Volume 30, Number 4 [November 2008]
Some Descendants of Robert Mills of York, Maine by Helen Schatvet Ullman, CG, FASG * From New Orleans to Bremerhaven: The Voyage, Cargo, and Crew of the Barque Nimrod, June-September 1941 by Kenneth W. Heger * Allen Family Bible Record: Robbinston, Maine contributed by Stephen L. Robbins * Barnabas Baker of Litchfield, Maine, Patriot or Loyalist? by Glenn D. Nasman * Bible and Family Records: William Bassett Bible Record, Winslow, Maine Record of John Ward Family of Gorham, Maine by Leslie D. Sanders * Portland, Maine, Marriage Intentions, Volume 4, 1814-1837 copied by Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG

Volume 30, Number 3 [August 2008]
Nathan Barlow (1776-1816) of Freedom, Maine by Ellen J. O'Flaherty * The Crew of the Barque Edinburgh: April-June 1841 by Kenneth W. Heger * Finding Hidden Gold in Divorce Records: The Search for Emily Woodman of Newport, Maine by Peter M. Smith and Nancy C. Battick * Bible Records of the Smiley Family of Sidney, Maine contributed by Stephen L. Robbins * Portland, Maine, Marriage Intentions, Volume 4, 1814-1837 copied by Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG

Volume 30, Number 2 [May 2008]
Samuel Cates of Falmouth and Harrington, Maine by Brent M. Owen, Wilfred A. Cote and Frank C. Morrone * The Parentage of Young Booker of Bowdoin and Gardiner, Maine by Priscilla Blount * Jacob Waldron Swett Bible Record contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders * Jacob Waldron Swett Family Summary * Portland, Maine, Marriage Intentions, Volume 4, 1814-1837 copied by Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG

Volume 30, Number 1 [February 2008]
Doctor's Bills, 1774-1788: Asa Philip's Accounts with Dr. Stephen Baron of Vassalboro, Maine by Stephen L. Robbins * Samuel Gibson Bible Record contributed by Janice D. Gower * The Origin of the Lincolnlue Sisters of Bowdoin, Maine by Glenn d. Nasman * Portland, Maine, Marriage Intentions, Volume 4, 1814-1837 copied by Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG

Volume 29, Number 4 [November 2007]
The Parentage of George W. Langley of Somerset County, Maine by Linda Longley * Indentifying Sophia (Ridley) Peacock, First Wife of Aaron Peacock of Litchfield, Maine by Glenn D. Nasman * The William H. Black Family of Ellsworth, Maine contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders, research by Joseph C. Anderson * The Family of Joseph Hobbs of Berwick and Wells, Maine by Priscilla Eaton, CG * Marriage Records of Sumner, Maine, 1799-1853 * Marriage Intentions of Sumner, Maine, 1852-1853

Volume 29, Number 3 [August 2007]
Gershom Rogers of Falmouth and Windham, Maine by Muriel K. Jackson * A Capital Education for the Deaf: Mainers in the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, 1868-1928 by Katherine W. Heger, Ph.D. * Genealogical Information from Ear Marks: The Abbott-Pool Family of Woolwich, Maine and Gloucester, Mass contributed by Janice D. Gower * The Family of Joseph Hobbs of Berwick and Wells, Maine by Priscilla Eaton, CG * Turner Family Bible Records contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders * Marriage Intentions of Sumner, Maine, 1799-1853

Volume 29, Number 2 [May 2007]
The Nathaniel Willis Family of Maine and Essex County, Mass by David C. Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud * Moses Pattee, Bastard Son of Benjamin Pattee and Catherine Kilgore by Marie Lollo Scalisi and Virginia M. Ryan * Isabella Austin, Wife of Isaac Savage of Woolwich and Hallowell * Strout Family Bible Record contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders * John Sanders of Ipswich, Massachusetts; Hampton and Exeter, New Hampshire; Wells and Cape Porpoise, Maine (Part 2) by Barbara Brett Sanders * Marriage Intentions of Sumner, Maine, 1799-1853

 Volume 29, Number 1 [February 2007]
The Parentage of Nathaniel Phinney of Sandwich, Massachusetts, and Machias, Maine by Brent M. Owen * John Sanders of Ipswich, Massachusetts; Hampton and Exeter, New Hampshire; Wells and Cape Porpoise, Maine (Part 1) by Barbara Brett Sanders * Coombs Family Bible Record contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders * Llewellyn Maddocks: A Postscript by Ed Payne * Marriage Intentions of Sumner, Maine, 1799-1853

Volume 28, Number 4 [November 2006]
From Maine to Mississippi: The Odyssey of Civil War Veteran Llewellyn M. Maddocks by Ed Payne * Finding Family in Congressional Private Claims: The Pension Case of Nathaniel L. Greer of Morrill, Maine by John P. Deeben * The Unexpected Parentage of Rosanna Black of Sedgwick, Maine by Leslie Dow Sanders * Refugees, Deserters, Prisoners on H.M.S. Albany During the Siege at Penobscot, July-August 1779 by Robert Carver Brooks * Descendents of Captain Joshua Bragdon (1743-1792) of Wells, Maine by Priscilla Eaton * Marriage Intentions of Sumner, Maine, 1792-1852

Volume 28, Number 3 [August 2006]
Descendents of Captain Joshua Bragdon (1743-1792) of Wells, Maine by Priscilla Eaton * The Search for Olive, Amanda, and Mary: Daughters of Isaac Sturtevant of Sumner, Maine by Joseph C. Anderson, CG, FASG * Bible and Family Records: Samuel Sevey Jr. Stampless Letter Elijah Young Family Bible Record contributed by Leslie D. Sanders * Solomon Heald of Maine and Michigan by Ralph E. Hillman, CG * Marriage Intentions of Sumner, Maine, 1792-1852

Volume 28, Number 2 [May 2006]
Solomon Heald of Maine and Michigan by Ralph E. Hillman, CG * A Shortage of Women and Boats contributed by Patricia Law Hatcher, FASG * Probate and Miscellaneous Notices from the Eastern Herald and Gazette of Maine of Portland: Notices for 1800 compiled by James L. Hansen, FASG * The Mystery of our "Yankee" Grandfather: Harrison A. Tripp of Maine and Mary Kolb Meigs of South Carolina by William S. Fischer * Bible and Family Records: Jewell Family Records Emery Stampless Letter contributed by Leslie D. Sanders * Marriage Intentions of Sumner, Maine, 1798-1852

Volume 28, Number 1 [February 2006]
Anna (Andrews) (Milliken) (Milliken) Elden of Scarborough and Buxton: Her Three Husbands, Seven Children and Twenty Stepchildren by Joseph C. Anderson II, CG, FASG * Joseph Smith of York, Maine: Stampless Letter contributed by Leslie D. Sanders * Probate and Miscellaneous Notices from the Eastern Herald and Gazette of Maine of Portland: Notices for 1799 compiled by James L. Hansen, FASG * Paying Maine's Veterans: Pension Agents in Maine 1849-1907 by Kenneth W. Heger, Ph.D. * Bible and Family Records: Wilkins Family Bible Record Aaron and Hannah Brown Family Record Low Family Bible Record contributed by Leslie D. Sanders * Family Records of Sumner, Maine * Marriage Intentions of Sumner, Maine, 1798-1852

Volume 27, Number 4 [November 2005]
The Hinckleys and the Olivers: Georgetown and the Penobscot Expedition by Doris J. Woodward * Small Matters contributed by James L. Hansen, FASG * Probate and Miscellaneous Notices from the Eastern Herald and Gazette of Maine of Portland: Notices for 1798 compiled by James L. Hansen, FASG * Sisters Martha (---) (Stevens) Stackpole and Judith (---) Downes of Somersworth, New Hampshire: Were They Daughters of Moses and Martha (Lord) Littlefield? by Kenneth Freeman Mosman and Beverly Ruth Frerichs * Wing Family Bible contributed by Leslie D. Sanders * Family Records of Sumner, Maine

Volume 27, Number 3 [August 2005]
Martha, The Wife of Zetham French (1745-1830) of Sandy Point by Robert Carver Brooks * Probate and Miscellaneous Notices from the Eastern Herald and Gazette of Maine of Portland: September 1796-December 1797 compiled by James L. Hansen, FASG * Suffering Spouses! * Small Family Bible: Daniel Small Family of Unity, Maine contributed by Sue C. Patterson-Butler * Abraham Savage of Woolwich, Maine: One Man or Two? One Wife or Two? by Joseph C. Anderson II, CG, FASG * Family Records of Sumner, Maine

Volume 27, Number 2 [May 2005]
Foxcroft Academy Student Records: August-December 1825 contributed by Nancy C. Battick * Family Records of Sumner, Maine * Probate and Miscellaneous Notices from the Eastern Herald of Maine of Portland: January-August 1796 compiled by James L. Hansen, FASG * Two Cape Elizabeth Sampler Records: Jordan Family Sampler Dyer Family Sampler contributed by Norman Jordan * An Underused Northern Resource: The 1838-1893 Index of Saint Bruno Births by George L. Findlen, Ph.D., CRGS * The Winn Family of Wells, Maine by Joseph C. Anderson II, CG, FASG

Volume 27, Number 1 [February 2005]
Family Records of Sumner, Maine * A Lady Never Tells Her Age: The Strange Case of the Blair Twins of Woolwich and Bath, Maine by Joseph C. Anderson II, CG, FASG * Probate and Miscellaneous Notices from The Eastern Herald of Portland, 1795 compiled by James L. Hanson, FASG * Well, Well, Well! * Bible Records: Ebenezer Thompson Bible Record Grover-Tyler-Barrows Bible Record John Jones Bible Record contributed by Leslie Dow Sanders * The Winn Family of Wells, Maine by Joseph C. Anderson II, CG, FASG