I'm looking for ancestry and info about Joseph Welch (and his wife Betsy Chadbourne). Joseph was b 20 Jul 1786, m 19 Jan 1817 at S Berwick ME, Nancy (Leighton) b 1805. m 2nd c1833 Betsy (Chadbourne).In 1840 they were in Harmony ME, in 1850 Newburgh, in 1870 Hampden, and he d 1873 at Newburgh. Children: Elvira, Josephus b 1818, John N. b 1820, Susan, 1820-1891 m William Moody Smith, Gilman b 1831, Ann b 1835, Lydia b 1837 m John Emerson. - Jeanne

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------EEDACB7C2A698B1C0A947760 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There is an effort by RootsWeb and I think the URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgw/census/info/ All the info is there. How to get the census, the best way to view it and transcription info. Good luck, a noble effort! Ruth Stewart Rowe wrote: > This sound somewhat like what Ray Sears <lrsears@capecod.net> is trying > to do. Someone has to find and buy a printed copy of whatever you want > to digitize. Then his procedure (just getting started) is to scan > pages, OCR the scanned pages, send the OCR'd page(s) to volunteers for > proof-reading and making best possible accurate file from the copy. > > Some obvious complications are the relative skills of various > volunteers, their time commitments, aggrement on a single computer > format for output, etc. > > If you get something like this started, count me in! > > Stewart Rowe > > Donna Gene Tyler Cummings wrote: > > > > Greetings, > > I am sending this to the Maine lists I belong to. I hope someone > > who is really "in the know" will have an answer or a good idea. > > > > There is something I have long thought about wanting to do, and it > > may or may not be utterly crazy. Or, maybe it has already been > > done. Or, maybe it shouldn't be done at all. So here it is: I would > > like to be part of transcribing the 1850 census for the State of > > Maine so that it would be online. I would like to do it at my own > > pace, with no pressure, as my plate is so full now I feel like I never > > finish anything. So why would I want to add one more thing? Well, > > believe it or not, I know that this type of word processing would > > replace tv-viewing or the like as something that would give me > > pleasure. How would anyone go about doing this? Has it been > > done... half-done ... attempted... started?? I welcome > > knowledgeable answers but if you're only guessing, please respond > > privately so we don't bother anyone on the lists. > > > > Donna > > Donna Tyler Cummings > > School of Business > > University of Southern Maine > > donnac@usm.maine.edu > > Voice 207 780-4032 > > Fax 207 780-4662 > > **************************** > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ --------------EEDACB7C2A698B1C0A947760 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="lewin.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Ruth Lewin Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="lewin.vcf" begin:vcard n:Lewin;Ruth x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:lewin@mediaone.net x-mozilla-cpt:;-11216 fn:Ruth Lewin end:vcard --------------EEDACB7C2A698B1C0A947760--

This sound somewhat like what Ray Sears <lrsears@capecod.net> is trying to do. Someone has to find and buy a printed copy of whatever you want to digitize. Then his procedure (just getting started) is to scan pages, OCR the scanned pages, send the OCR'd page(s) to volunteers for proof-reading and making best possible accurate file from the copy. Some obvious complications are the relative skills of various volunteers, their time commitments, aggrement on a single computer format for output, etc. If you get something like this started, count me in! Stewart Rowe Donna Gene Tyler Cummings wrote: > > Greetings, > I am sending this to the Maine lists I belong to. I hope someone > who is really "in the know" will have an answer or a good idea. > > There is something I have long thought about wanting to do, and it > may or may not be utterly crazy. Or, maybe it has already been > done. Or, maybe it shouldn't be done at all. So here it is: I would > like to be part of transcribing the 1850 census for the State of > Maine so that it would be online. I would like to do it at my own > pace, with no pressure, as my plate is so full now I feel like I never > finish anything. So why would I want to add one more thing? Well, > believe it or not, I know that this type of word processing would > replace tv-viewing or the like as something that would give me > pleasure. How would anyone go about doing this? Has it been > done... half-done ... attempted... started?? I welcome > knowledgeable answers but if you're only guessing, please respond > privately so we don't bother anyone on the lists. > > Donna > Donna Tyler Cummings > School of Business > University of Southern Maine > donnac@usm.maine.edu > Voice 207 780-4032 > Fax 207 780-4662 > **************************** > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

This database is located at: http://ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4518.htm Free until 4/28/2000! Description: In the spring of 1839 the simmering border dispute between the United States and Britain in northern Maine erupted into armed conflict. This database is a brief history of the war and listing of American men who served in the Aroostook War. Each entry provides the volunteer's name, rank, enlistment date, and date of discharge. Additionally, locations of enlistment and discharge are included. Originally published in 1903, it contains the names of over 3,000 men. For researchers of early Maine history and ancestors, this can be an illuminating and interesting database. Hope some of you find it useful! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Greetings, I am sending this to the Maine lists I belong to. I hope someone who is really "in the know" will have an answer or a good idea. There is something I have long thought about wanting to do, and it may or may not be utterly crazy. Or, maybe it has already been done. Or, maybe it shouldn't be done at all. So here it is: I would like to be part of transcribing the 1850 census for the State of Maine so that it would be online. I would like to do it at my own pace, with no pressure, as my plate is so full now I feel like I never finish anything. So why would I want to add one more thing? Well, believe it or not, I know that this type of word processing would replace tv-viewing or the like as something that would give me pleasure. How would anyone go about doing this? Has it been done... half-done ... attempted... started?? I welcome knowledgeable answers but if you're only guessing, please respond privately so we don't bother anyone on the lists. Donna Donna Tyler Cummings School of Business University of Southern Maine donnac@usm.maine.edu Voice 207 780-4032 Fax 207 780-4662 **************************** ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Hello. I am still trying to track down this brick wall. In the obit of Charles E. Laughton, it says, "Mr. Laughton was born in Bangor, ME, where his father still lives." Charles died March 13, 1895, in Tacoma, WA. He had been Lt. Gov. of NV and then the first Lt. Gov. of WA. I would very much appreciate information about who his father was. If anyone has access to the Bangor paper for back then, I would guess perhaps there would have been an article in it about the death of Charles because of his political background. One more thing, Charles E. Laughton's father may have also been named Charles E. Laughton. Any help in finding Charles' father would be wonderful. Thank you. Stephanie

Hey, many thanks for the tip. I found my grandfather, greatgrandmother, and some other relatives; information about their occupations, including things I didn't know about my grandfather; and interesting to me were the number of people listed as "boarding" at the house my grandfather apparently owned: his elderly mother, of course, but several brothers and sisters. An uncle also had a relative living with him. Stewart Rowe rspnh@juno.com wrote: > > Bangor City Directories , 1882-1892, were posted on the following site on > 4/14/00 > > ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4522.htm > > Access is free for a while. > > Muriel S. Parker > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/

Bangor City Directories , 1882-1892, were posted on the following site on 4/14/00 ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4522.htm Access is free for a while. Muriel S. Parker ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Does anyone know if there are tax records, head & poll tax, for the years 1898-1900 in Old Town, Maine? Thanks Lew

1. WILLARD JACOB2 SMART (JACOB1) died January 25, 1922. He married ETTA H. DICKEY September 01, 1892 in ME. She died October 04, 1953. Marriage Notes for WILLARD SMART and ETTA DICKEY: He of Greenbush, ME; she of Easton, ME Would like to know more about this couple: parents, children, etc. Duane Crabtree

Laura, Contact the specific town where he was born. They may have his birth record. Tim King LJADVENTUR@aol.com wrote: > How far back did registration of births go back for Penobscot County? I am > at a brick wall with my Lewis Hemingway Jones. He was born Setember 17, > 1854. Is it possible to locate his birth certificate? If so, how? If not, > how else might I find out who his parents were? > > Laura > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi -- ?_

How far back did registration of births go back for Penobscot County? I am at a brick wall with my Lewis Hemingway Jones. He was born Setember 17, 1854. Is it possible to locate his birth certificate? If so, how? If not, how else might I find out who his parents were? Laura

Hello Everyone, I'm currently researching the following individuals from Penobscot County, Maine: Robert SAMPSON (b. Abt. 1795; d. 15 Mar 1862 in Dexter, Penobscot Co.., ME) m. Nancy ___? and they had *at least* the following children: Darius SAMPSON (b. Abt. 1820 in Dexter, ME) and William SAMPSON (b. 1817 in Dexter, ME). Darius SAMPSON married Nancy Ann STOCKBRIDGE, of the Revolutionary War STOCKBRIDGE family, on 25 Nov 1839 in Civil, Corinth, Penobscot Co., ME. I do not know who William SAMPSON married. Darius and Nancy [Stockbridge] SAMPSON had 6 children in total, 4 boys and 2 girls (those who survived to adulthood). I only know three of these children, and they are as follows: Frank Augustus SAMPSON (birthdate/place unknown) m. Rowena M. SHAFFSTALL (b. Jan 1854), daughter of Solomon SHAFFSTALL and Zilpha Lurana MARSH, on 11 May 1872 in Dexter, Penobscot Co., ME. Charles Melvin SAMPSON (b. 1862 in Dexter, Penobscot Co., ME; d. 1933 in Sturgeon Bay, Door Co., WI) married Josephine HOULE (b. 1862 in DePere, Brown Co., WI; d. 1953 in Sturgeon Bay, Door Co., WI). I am connected through Charles and Josephine [Houle] SAMPSON, who had the following children: Bernard Francis SAMPSON (b. 29 Feb 1892 in Sturgeon Bay, Door Co., WI; d. 6 Nov 1962 in Los Angeles Co., CA), Marie SAMPSON (b. 11 Sep 1899 in Door Co., WI; d. Orange Co., CA), Ruby SAMPSON (b. 1885; d. 1886), Edward J. SAMPSON (b. 1 Dec 1897 in WI; d. Jul 1970 in WI), and Nancy Ida SAMPSON (b. 13 Jun 1905 in WI; d. ?). This is where the Maine connection ends for me, however I do not know if any of Charles Melvin SAMPSON's siblings remained in Penobscot County, or if their descendants remain there today. I am also interested in the parental family of Darius SAMPSON, also of Maine, and whether he had any other siblings besides William. Thanks a lot. Any help would be appreciated. -Stephanie Sampson Los Angeles, CA FamilyTresearch@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi Listers - I sure hope you can help. I have searched in vain for the parents of my ggrandmother, CLARINDA VANELE WILLIAMS, and for her birth records. She was born June 25, 1843 in either Patten, Penobscot Co. ME or Patten, Aroostook Co. ME, or Littleton, Aroostook Co. ME. I have conflicting records. Clarinda married WILLIAM FRANK DE LAITTRE in Monticello Dec. 19, 1862. Does anyone have any suggestions or any books they can do lookups for me? Thanks so much, Susan

Hi, Forgive me if I missed something. I have never before heard of the Bangor Whig & Courier. I assume it is an old newspaper. When was it in operation and did it contain births, marriages and/or deaths? TIA, Donna On 5 Apr 2000, at 9:21, Donald Wright <genes@ici.net> wrote: Date forwarded: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 06:25:01 -0700 (PDT) Date sent: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 09:21:53 -0400 From: Donald Wright <genes@ici.net> Subject: Re: [MEPENOBS-L] Bangor Whig & Courier To: MEPENOBS-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: MEPENOBS-L@rootsweb.com The Bangor Whig & Courier is available in the Augusta State Library in Augusta and also in the Bangor Public Library on Harlow Street. You might also want to check with the "microtext section" of the Boston Public Library (closer to North Easton) where old newspapers are on microfilm. They have quite an impressive collection of historical newspapers. See the Penobscot USGENWEB page for links to both sites at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mepenobs/mepenobs.htm Good luck Don Wright - Penobscot and Lincoln County Maine USGENWEB Coordinator At 04:59 PM 4/1/00 EST, H7140@aol.com wrote: >Hi everyone, > >Who would I contact for a copy of the following item from the Bangor Whig & >Courier? >Rebecca [Webster], m 8 Jul 1839 Isaac Webber (Bangor Whig & Courier, July 10, >1839) > >Gerry Hammond >North Easton, Mass. > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi Donna Tyler Cummings School of Business University of Southern Maine donnac@usm.maine.edu Voice 207 780-4032 Fax 207 780-4662 **************************** ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The Bangor Whig & Courier is available in the Augusta State Library in Augusta and also in the Bangor Public Library on Harlow Street. You might also want to check with the "microtext section" of the Boston Public Library (closer to North Easton) where old newspapers are on microfilm. They have quite an impressive collection of historical newspapers. See the Penobscot USGENWEB page for links to both sites at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mepenobs/mepenobs.htm Good luck Don Wright - Penobscot and Lincoln County Maine USGENWEB Coordinator At 04:59 PM 4/1/00 EST, H7140@aol.com wrote: >Hi everyone, > >Who would I contact for a copy of the following item from the Bangor Whig & >Courier? >Rebecca [Webster], m 8 Jul 1839 Isaac Webber (Bangor Whig & Courier, July 10, >1839) > >Gerry Hammond >North Easton, Mass. > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >

Hi everyone, I am hoping someone can help with an idea or a scrap of information. This is an old, old search of mine -- a very well-constructed brick wall.... SAMUEL DICKEY and his wife MARGARET CURTIS, my g-g-g-grandparents, were married in 1834 at Prospect, Maine. He was b. Vassalboro 1810 and she was b. Monroe 1812. They had four daughters -- Mary Hellen Dickey and Ruth Horton Dickey, b. 1836 and 1838 respectively, in Monroe, followed by Arianna Horton Dickey and Elizabeth Ann Dickey. I think the family was living in Frankfort at the 1840 census; they were definitely in Orono for the 1850 census, when the family ages were given as 40, 38, 14, 13, 11 and 8. In the 1860 census, Samuel and Margaret, "Anna" and "Lizzie," were still in Orono together. In the 1870 census, Samuel and Margaret were living in Corinna with "Anna," now a widow, her young son Abbott P. Coan, and "Liza." After this, my g-g-g-grandparents disappear. I have no records of death for them. Years ago I wrote Town Clerks of all the above-named towns and none found any records of death or burial for Samuel and/or Margaret. I also went to the Maine State Archives and searched the records. My grandmother's notes in her Bible state that Samuel died at the age of 64 and Margaret at the age of 71. This means that Samuel died before the 1880 census, but Margaret did not. Yet, I cannot find her in the 1880 census. (She was not living with daughter Mary Hellen/Helen Mary, my g-g-grandmother). Even more than where she was at the 1880 census, I long to know where Samuel and Margaret are buried. I just can't seem to figure out how to 'crack' this, even after 25 years! Maybe someone with a fresh slant on it could come up with a new avenue to explore... Thanks for listening. Donna

Hello, I'm looking for information on the Ireland families of Lincoln. I am descendent of Obediah W. Ireland born 1848, son of Temple E. Ireland born about 1806. Thank you, Scott

If you find out, please post the information. I think my grandfather was editor there in the 1860-1880 period. Stewart Rowe H7140@aol.com wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Who would I contact for a copy of the following item from the Bangor Whig & > Courier? > Rebecca [Webster], m 8 Jul 1839 Isaac Webber (Bangor Whig & Courier, July 10, > 1839) > > Gerry Hammond > North Easton, Mass. > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

I believe the Bangor Public Library has the Whig & Courier on microfilm. Tim King H7140@aol.com wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Who would I contact for a copy of the following item from the Bangor Whig & > Courier? > Rebecca [Webster], m 8 Jul 1839 Isaac Webber (Bangor Whig & Courier, July 10, > 1839) > > Gerry Hammond > North Easton, Mass. > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ -- ?_