Genealogy -- Maine

Abstract NA1637 Edwin Houston, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives and William “Bill” Warner, August 12 and 17, and September 24, 1982, at Houston’s home in Brewer, Maine. Houston, one of the last and best of the rod makers for F. E. Thomas Co. of Bangor, Maine, talks about his life and his rod making skills; his early years in Holden, ME; his father; his genealogy; mother’s arrival from Sweden; Swedish community in Holden; Swede Hill; bees; his first fishing rod; his first job peeling logs; how he...

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Collection contains papers collected by Allen Goodwin including historical and genealogical information about his home town of Palermo, Maine, as well as surrounding towns such as Montville and Liberty.

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Collection of notes, correspondence, and other materials used in compiling the genealogy authored by Nettie Gove Nicholson. The genealogy includes many Maine and New England families.

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1690 Raymond Fortier, interviewed by Neolia Fortier, fall 1977, Lewiston, Maine. 3 pp. Tape: 1 hr. French. No cat, or trans. Genealogy of the Fortier family by Raymond Fortier. Text: no catalog or transcript. Recording: T 1811 1 hour French.

Abstract NA3131 Robert Hartford Cram, interviewed by Alice Mary Pierce, October 15, 1986, Falmouth Foreside, Maine. Cram, born April 20, 1904, talks about his background and family; moving to Yarmouth; moving to Falmouth; taking trolley to Portland High School; working as a janitor; drafting in high school; home life growing up; his grandparents in Baldwin, ME; family genealogy burned; siblings; telephone; landscape school (Newark, New York); Jackson Perkins (nursery); working as a landscaper; built...

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Notes by Frank T. Siebert. "Grandmother's Heads of Families," a photocopy of original manuscript that describes the roles and powers of the grandmother within the tribe and family. "Penobscot Family Genealogy" is also a photocopy of original index cards and notes detailing the genealogy of several Penobscot Indian families.