Sherrie, May I ask for another lookup in the 1900 census of Westbrook? I would be interested in the family of ISAAC LAVERTY. There may be two listings for father and son. Thanks in advance. Dawn Laverty Matheson

Many thanks to Sherrie and Rae for their help. It appears that Jennie married Augustus BLANCHARD 26 Sep 1895 and died 1 June 1896, age 19. The ME Archives lists marriage of Augustus BLANCHARD and Agnes M. Alexander 22 Feb 1899. I will phone on Monday and order Jennie's death certificate. I have one from ME for another family member and it gives information on the parents. Rae's information on the death date and Sherrie's census listing seems to confirm that this is the right Augustus. Your help is much appreciated. Dawn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rae Robertson" <Geogre-Rae@worldnet.att.net> To: <MECUMBER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 5:30 AM Subject: RE: [MECUMBER] Cemetery Lookup Westbrook > Hi Dawn; > Jennie and Augustus are both buried in Woodlawn cemetery on Stroudwater > Street in Westbrook. They are list on page 160 of Westbrook Cemeteries. > Augustus B. 2 Apr 1950 age 77 > Jennie A. 1 June 1896 age 19 w/o A.B. > There are more Blanchards listed as well as a number of Laverty's if you > need them. > Hope you find this helpful. > Rae Robertson > Westbrook, Maine > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dawn Matheson [mailto:laverty@kos.net] > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 8:52 PM > To: MECUMBER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MECUMBER] Cemetery Lookup Westbrook > > > I was told by some helpful members of this list that there is a book listing > graves in Westbrook cemeteries. I would very much appreciate a lookup for: > BLANCHARD, Jennie. According to the ME Archives Marriage List, her maiden > name was LAVERTY and she married Augustus BLANCHARD 26 Sep 1895. She is one > of those unsolved mysteries in my LAVERTY family tree and if I had her date > of death I could order her death certificate and hope to make the > connection. > Thanks in advance. > Dawn Laverty Matheson > Belleville, Ontario > > > ==== MECUMBER Mailing List ==== > Used MECUMBERLAND mailing list for QUERIES? > > ==============================

Hi Dawn; Jennie and Augustus are both buried in Woodlawn cemetery on Stroudwater Street in Westbrook. They are list on page 160 of Westbrook Cemeteries. Augustus B. 2 Apr 1950 age 77 Jennie A. 1 June 1896 age 19 w/o A.B. There are more Blanchards listed as well as a number of Laverty's if you need them. Hope you find this helpful. Rae Robertson Westbrook, Maine -----Original Message----- From: Dawn Matheson [mailto:laverty@kos.net] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 8:52 PM To: MECUMBER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MECUMBER] Cemetery Lookup Westbrook I was told by some helpful members of this list that there is a book listing graves in Westbrook cemeteries. I would very much appreciate a lookup for: BLANCHARD, Jennie. According to the ME Archives Marriage List, her maiden name was LAVERTY and she married Augustus BLANCHARD 26 Sep 1895. She is one of those unsolved mysteries in my LAVERTY family tree and if I had her date of death I could order her death certificate and hope to make the connection. Thanks in advance. Dawn Laverty Matheson Belleville, Ontario ==== MECUMBER Mailing List ==== Used MECUMBERLAND mailing list for QUERIES? ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Dawn, Well I have found a couple in the 1900 census with a husband Augustus, if you can verify that this is him from the LDS site than that would confirm him in the 1900 census, the reason I say confirm as his wife's name in the census is Agnes. This from the LDS site: AUGUSTUS BELA BLANCHARD Male Event(s): Birth: 28 JUL 1872 Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine Death: 02 APR 1950 Parents: Father: SOLOMON BLANCHARD Family Mother: FRANCENA FIELDS The 1900 census of Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine, ED #83, Series T623, Roll 591, page 303B Has the following people: Blanchard, Augustus, head, b. July 1872, age 27, married 1 year, born in Maine as were his parents, works as pulp digger? Agnes, wife b. Mar. 1875, 25, mother of 1 still living, born in Canada (French) as were her parents, immigrated in 1897 They are at the bottom of the page, there is no child with them or on the next page. Maybe Jennie died? or is this the wrong Augustus? ~ Sherrie

I was told by some helpful members of this list that there is a book listing graves in Westbrook cemeteries. I would very much appreciate a lookup for: BLANCHARD, Jennie. According to the ME Archives Marriage List, her maiden name was LAVERTY and she married Augustus BLANCHARD 26 Sep 1895. She is one of those unsolved mysteries in my LAVERTY family tree and if I had her date of death I could order her death certificate and hope to make the connection. Thanks in advance. Dawn Laverty Matheson Belleville, Ontario

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hamilton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JEB.2ACE/374.1.1 Message Board Post: That sounds great! Here is my email address and I will send you the info. I already have. lornadoone666@webtv.net

I have just added the 1790 census for Freeport Maine to the census section of my web site. Hope that this is of help to some of you. http://www.rays-place.com/ Cheers Ray Brown

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JEB.2ACE/374.1 Message Board Post: Lorna, I am familiar with some of these names my great great grandparents were Mary J Rideout and John Hamilton. I believe that they are brother and sister to your 3 G Grandparents Helen Rideout and Benjamin Hamilton.

From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <LoganCty@mindspring.com> The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2003 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.RootsForum.com. - Were You Victimized by This Genealogy Scam Artist? I have written a number of times about GenSeekers. This site is owned and operated by Mr. Elias Abodeely of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. Abodeely is a 21-year-old who has operated a number of Web sites, using various business names, including genealogydevelopments.com, familydiscovery.com, genealogyfinders.net, genlocator.com, genseeker.com, genseekers.com, genealogy-express.com, and probably many others. Most of these are Web sites that remain online for a few weeks while the owner collects money from would-be customers. The sites then get shut down as the complaints mount, but new ones appear with similar wording. Elias Abodeely has advertised his Web sites with thousands of spam e-mails. These messages claim to offer access to millions of online genealogy records for about $60.00 a year. (The price varies a bit from one ad to another.) Once signed up for this "service," the hapless victim is given access to a few pages of menus that point to other Web sites, all of which are free of charge for everyone. The links on Abodeely's sites point to FamilySearch.org, RootsWeb, and lots of other sites that you can access right now at no charge. Your sixty dollars buys access to a list of links, nothing else. And those links are not nearly as complete as those on Cyndi's List, a free site. Elias Abodeely has accepted credit cards and checks by various means. For a while, he used a PayPal account. However, clicking on the link in an old spam mail from GenSeekers now displays a PayPal page that says, "This recipient is currently unable to receive money." PayPal apparently shut down that account. In the spam mail ads, GenSeekers and the other names being used all offer a five-day, money-back guarantee. GenSeekers' online check acceptance form at https://fs6.formsite.com/genseekers/form093061282/secure_index.html says, "The 5 Day Trial is 100 % Free for the First 5 Days Cancel Before End of Trial and Nothing will ever be billed." (That is an exact quote with the original grammar errors left intact.) A customer service e-mail address to be used for cancellations is supplied when you subscribe. However, e-mails sent to that address bounce back as "addressee unknown" Or "mailbox full." Once charged, there is no method for the victim to cancel or obtain a refund. To read my past articles about this scam, look at: http://www.rootsforum.com/archives/news0310.htm, http://www.rootsforum.com/archives/news0320.htm, http://www.rootsforum.com/archives/news0237.htm and at http://www.rootsforum.com/archives/news0129.htm. The Better Business Bureau's report is particularly strong. The BBB is usually rather conservative in its reports, but this time says, "It has come to the bureau's attention that consumers are unable to unsubscribe through web site and email correspondences are not returned by company. Credit card users who have been unable to obtain a refund from the company may wish to contact their credit card company." You can find many more references on Google. You can also find quite a few messages about this on the Discussion Board for this newsletter. When I started writing this article, the Web page at http://www.GenSeekers.com was in operation. However, before I finished the article a few days later, that Web page seemed to have disappeared. An attempt to go to that page now generates the common error message, "The page you are looking for is currently unavailable." In the meantime, you can see Google's cached copy. Copies of other now-defunct Web sites operated by Elias Abodeely are also available at: http://www.archive.org. Some months ago, the spam mail messages listed a telephone number, but later e-mail ads do not. That number was disconnected and later re-assigned to someone else (who reportedly is really angry at all the phone calls they have received from unhappy people looking for GenSeekers.com!). When looking at the domain registrations for Abodeely's Web sites, I found several addresses and telephone numbers used. The registration for FamilyDiscovery.com lists a Technical Contact of Elias Abodeely at 9843 Cambridge Drive, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 and a different telephone number. I called the number but was connected to an answering machine that gave no clue as to the current owner's name. I searched several online telephone directories for a current address and telephone number. Most of the searches came up empty, except for AnyWho at http://www.anywho.com. That online service does show a listing for a Mr. Elias A Abodeely at still a different address in Cedar Rapids and with a different phone number. There is no way to tell if this is the same person or not. A search on USSearch.com turned up references to two men of the same name in Cedar Rapids. One is listed as being 92 years old, obviously not the same person. By the way, you can see a five-year-old partially obscured picture of then 16-year-old Elias Abodeely. Look at the Cedar Rapids GazetteOnline at: http://www.gazetteonline.com/special/neighbor/mmhp/mmhpp003.htm. Have you been a victim of one of these scams? You may be able to get your money back. Even better, you may be able to help stop this operation now before others become victims. If you have been victimized by GenSeekers or any of the other names being used in this operation, please do several things: If you paid by credit card, contact your credit card company now! Your credit card is insured against online fraud. The phone number to call probably is on the back of the credit card. Ask for a refund. Credit card companies are very experienced at these scams and are quick to refund a victim's money if they receive such a request promptly. The credit card companies then go after the business owners for reimbursement. (Sadly, many people paid by checks, at the suggestion of Mr. Abodeely's various spam mails. Personal checks should never be used for online purchases as they do not have fraud protection. Credit cards are fully insured against online fraud, but personal checks carry no protection at all. If you paid by credit card, you can get your money back! If you paid by check or money order, you probably are out of luck.) File a complaint with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). You can easily do this at http://www1.ifccfbi.gov. File a consumer complaint form with the Federal Trade Commission. Selling on the Internet constitutes interstate commerce, so the FTC has jurisdiction. You can do this easily at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_SUBMIT_FLAG=Y. Download and fill out an Iowa Attorney General Consumer Complaint Form. You can obtain this form at http://www.state.ia.us/government/ag/forminfo.htm. You can also send e-mail complaints to consumer@ag.state.ia.us. However, I suspect that a written complaint form sent via regular mail will be more effective. Contact the Cedar Rapids Police Department. The department's Web page at http://www.cedar-rapids.org/police/ and the department's Financial Crimes division page at http://www.cedar-rapids.org/police/financial_crimes.asp lists Lieutenant Ken Washburn as the contact person for any financial crimes. You can reach him at (319) 286-5413 or at k.washburn@cedar-rapids.org. The time to act is now. If victims do not take speedy action to shut down this operation, how many more people will be victimized? ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stuart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JEB.2ACE/395 Message Board Post: Hello My name is Mr. Francis M. Stuart. I am seeking information about Hiram Stuart b. Abt. 1799 MA. His place of birth is listed as Massachusetts, but since Maine was a part of Massachusetts until 1820, he could have been born in what is now Maine. Hiram moved to the Cortland Co., New York area about the mid 1820s and then in 1843 moved to Ohio with his family. If you have any information or suggestions please contact me at: fstuart@bright.net Thank you Mr. Francis M. Stuart Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JEB.2ACE/371.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for the information and if you could give me any other info that you might know, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: currier Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JEB.2ACE/280.1.1 Message Board Post: I would like to thank you very much.Lunetta Currier Small,dauther of Alonzo and Melissa could not have been born that late has she had her frist child 1884.1880 census has her age 19.I really do thank you.Pam

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JEB.2ACE/280.1 Message Board Post: Lunetta Currier was b. Oct. 13, 1890 Brighton, Vt. daughter of Alonzo and Melissa B. Strout.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JEB.2ACE/371.1 Message Board Post: Jonas Austin settled in Windham after the Revolutionary War. He was b. 8 Aug. 1753 in MA. He married Hannah Merrill, then he married Sarah Fairbanks, Jan 29, 1784. 3 children by Hannah wer Jonah, Stephen Elsie. 2nd wife they had Wm., Jonah, Sarah, Hannah, Charlotte, Alice. Jonah Jr. had 3 child, Wm. had 5 children, Stephen had 3 children. I know the wives and dates if you wish them.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JEB.2ACE/392.1 Message Board Post: There is one located beside the Baptist Church on Route 100, just before you get to the road to Opportunity Farm. Another one, Lower Corner Cemetery is located on the road to Opportunity Farm, at the bottom of the hill. A third cemetery is located on RT. 26 across from Sabbathday Lake, called Pond Cemetery.

Hello, folks, My name is Ron Hamilton and I live in Woodley, Cheshire, England. I am part of a team researching our RADCLIFFE family. We are having problems identifying the above named JAMES RADCLIFFE, and we are seeking help to rectify that anomaly. James married Margaret on the 28th January, 1811 in Cumberland County, Maine. This was Margaret's second marriage. James may have been living in a town called GRAY at the time. I understand that the records for this marriage can be found at the Family History Library under Town records. I have a reference number #0010932 items 4 & 6-7. Is it possible for anyone who is situated close to this area to transcribe for me the full details as recorded in the records. I am hoping that James will have given his father's details. His place of birth, and age. The year he arrived from Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England. Occupation, etc. Also, that we might get lucky and find out Margaret's maiden name. If my request cannot be done, is there an address or e-mail contact for this Library where I could request a transcription that could be e-mailed to me or sent to England? Thank you, Regards, Ron Hamilton.

Hello "SL" The following was found on www.familysearch.org : This was the only Charles McIntosh in Maine in the 1880 census, based on info below I don't believe he's yours. Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Wm. H. MCINTOSH Self M Male W 42 NEW BRUNSWICK Laborer NB SCOT Mary J. MCINTOSH Wife M Female W 29 NEW BRUNSWICK Keeping House PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND CAN Charles E. MCINTOSH Son S Male W 6 ME NEW BRUNSWICK NB Herbert F. MCINTOSH Son S Male W 4 ME NEW BRINSWICK NB Ella M. MCINTOSH Dau S Female W 2 ME NEW BRUNSWICK NB Source Information: Census Place Portland, Cumberland, Maine Family History Library Film 1254478 NA Film Number T9-0478 Page Number 46B ______________________________________________________________________________ Charlotte Sawtelle does not show up in a search in the 1880 census of Maine. I did find this birth of a Lottie Sawtelle in Rockland, I believe Lottie was another form for Charlotte: LOTTIE M. SAWTELLE Female Event(s): Birth: 11 MAY 1872 Rockland, Knox, Maine Parents: Father: F. C. SAWTELLE Family Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: C503621 1783 - 1875 0012045 Film 1001815 Film Sheet: 00 I also found: EMMA C. SAWTELLE Female Event(s): Birth: 05 OCT 1873 Rockland, Knox, Maine Parents: Father: F. C. SAWTELLE Family WILLIE F. SAWTELLE Male Event(s): Birth: 01 NOV 1874 Rockland, Knox, Maine Parents: Father: F. C. SAWTELLE Town records also have: Lizzie "E?" Oct. 28 , 1875 Ella Oct. 17, 1885 No Mother listed on any of these I found Charles and Charlotte on the 1900 census in Rockland, Knox County, ED. No. 150: Charles born Apr. 1871, married 7 years, born in Maine as were both his parents, job is something to do with freight, rents his home. Charlotte, wife born May 1872 (makes the one above seem right) in Maine as were her parents. Luci (definitely an "i" not sure, may be "e" after) S. born Nov. 1893 Charles W. Jr. born April 1895 In 1920 they are still living in Rockland, their son Charles who is now 25 is living with them and is single. Charles Sr. works as a skipper for a fish plant, Charles Jr. working as a Commercial ? The marriage of Ella, Charlotte's sister is as follows: Bride Name: SAWTELLE ELLA L Bride Town/State: AUBURN, ME Groom Name: BIRD SIDNEY M Groom Town/State: ROCKLAND, ME Date of Marriage: Monday June 1, 1908 Rockland clerk (207) 594-0304 states Ella's parents are: Francis C. Sawtelle and Louise Mills of Vinal Haven For the Marriage of Charles and Charlotte: Charlotte's father is deceased (you now know he died between 1885-1892) Charles's parents are Henry McIntosh from Rockland Nellie Howard from Union This should get you going, good luck with your research. ~ Sherrie ----- Original Message ----- From: "S L" <leggs_1986@yahoo.com> To: <MECUMBER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 1:01 PM Subject: [MECUMBER] McIntosh > > I greatly need your help with the following family: > > Charles McIntosh b.abt 1875 in Maine, married on 27 Dec 1892 in Rockland to Charlotte Sawtelle b. abt 1873 in Maine. > > The only children that I know of are: > > Lucy b. 1893 in Rockland, d. abt 1940 in Portland > > Charles Jr. b. 1895 in Maine, d. 1965 > > The above info is all that I have. I would love to know who the parents of Charles & Charlotte are and more accurate dates and places. I believe they may have resided in Rockland and Portland. I appreciate any info that you may be willing to share or to direct me in the correct direction. Have a good one:)

I greatly need your help with the following family: Charles McIntosh b.abt 1875 in Maine, married on 27 Dec 1892 in Rockland to Charlotte Sawtelle b. abt 1873 in Maine. The only children that I know of are: Lucy b. 1893 in Rockland, d. abt 1940 in Portland Charles Jr. b. 1895 in Maine, d. 1965 The above info is all that I have. I would love to know who the parents of Charles & Charlotte are and more accurate dates and places. I believe they may have resided in Rockland and Portland. I appreciate any info that you may be willing to share or to direct me in the correct direction. Have a good one:) --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JEB.2ACE/394 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on my great-grandmother - Esther P Stanford Hannigan. Esther was the daughter of Fred and Augusta /Dickins/ Stanford and was born on July 31, 1899. I found a listing in the 1900 Census to confirm her birth in Westbrook ME and I found a listing - without a certificate number of Fred and Augusta's marriage. I would like to learn more of her ancestors and immediate family. Around 1938 she married my great-grandfather - John Joseph Hannigan - and they settled in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. My GGF died in 1947 and sometime after that she moved from Watertown to Waltham. Sometime later, her sister Vivian Stanford DeVoid moved to Waltham. Vivian preceeded Esther in death. They were buried in Woodland Cemetery in Keene, NH next to their mother, her final name - Augusta A Newman. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated - in finding out about her immediate and extended family and her ancestors. John Clark Hannigan 13700 Richmond Park Dr N #604 Jacksonville, Florida 32224-4276

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dolloff, Blake, Nason Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JEB.2ACE/392 Message Board Post: I know there are 6 cemeteries in New Gloucester--all marked with new signs. I know where the Upper Cemetery is and would like names and addresses with brief directions for the others. I have checked on-line with no results. Thank you.