Chuting the Androscoggin, Brunswick, Maine
painting by John "Jack" Gable ow Woolwich, Maine
"Pejepscot - that portion of the Androscoggin River extending from Brunswick to Merrymeeting Bay, and the adjacent land upon the south, was called Pejepscot. The word originally applied to the water, and meant "crooked, like a diving snake."¹
Join us at our next meeting on Nocvember 8, 2009.
Join us from 2pm until 4pm at the Morrell Meeting Room in Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick as we listen to Bath resident, Dave Barber tell of his efforts to learn more about a chest of drawers belonging to his grandfather which he resurrected from the basement of a neighbor's house in Chicago, brought to Maine and had restored. His search for information took to him to a grave in upstate New York, a garrison house in Harvard Massachusetts, and park and a pond in Milton, Massachusetts and eventually to a fortified palace in England. Come join us for an interesting story, and think about where your genealogy adventure may bring you.
Meetings are held on the second Sunday of each month
at the Curtis Memorial Library's Morrill Meeting Room in Brunswick at
2:00 p.m.
Purpose
The purposes of the Chapter are to collect, exchange and preserve written and oral genealogical records and related historical information and to encourage and assist the study of study of genealogy and family history.
Membership
Membership is open to all those interested in genealogy and family history who have paid the appropriate dues.
Annual dues are $5.00 per person or $7.00 for a household of two.
Meetings
Meetings are held on the second Sunday of each month at the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, Maine, at 2:00 p.m. unless otherwise designated. We do not meet during the months of July and August.
Guests are always welcome!
Projects
Pejepscot Genealogical Society is a contributor of books to the Family History Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Topsham.
A
special thank you goes out to RootsWeb for the support they generously
give to the genealogical and historical communities. Free web
hosting is provided for this website to help you further your research
endeavors. Please be sure to make RootsWeb a regular stop for
exploring your ancestry.
¹ Wheeler, George Augustus and Henry Warren Wheeler, Alfred Mudge & Sons, Printers: Boston, 1878; Facsimile Reprint, Published 1989 Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland
