Seeking parents of Mary Crabtee, b. ca. 1804 [Vinalhaven, Maine?], d. Jan. 29, 1887, Deer Isle, Maine. She married 1829 Joshua H. SADLER.
Thank you.
Helene Whitehouse, PO Box 703, Searsport ME 04974
E-Mail: knighthawk5@myfairpoint.net
This query was posted at our Annual Conference held in Bangor, Maine, on September 26, 2009.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Query: Hannah Noble
Seeking parents of Hannah NOBLE. She was b. abt. 1770, Waterboro, Maine; d. Aug. 15, 1805. She married Oct. 16, 1793 in Lyman Twp., York co., Maine, Thomas KNIGHT.
Thank you.
Helene Whitehouse, PO Box 703, Searsport ME 04974
E-Mail: knighthawk5@myfairpoint.net
This query was posted at our Annual Conference held in Bangor, Maine, on September 26, 2009.
Thank you.
Helene Whitehouse, PO Box 703, Searsport ME 04974
E-Mail: knighthawk5@myfairpoint.net
This query was posted at our Annual Conference held in Bangor, Maine, on September 26, 2009.
Query: Gammon family
I have been working on the GAMMON family for a little over a year and have searched every which way with no ancestors found beyond what I will list.
The last Gammon in my family was Lois Emmer GAMMON (5 Jan 1855 Portland, ME - 1923 WI). Her parents were William Whitney GAMMON (23 Apr 1812 Paris, ME) and Phebe Ann CHAMBERLAIN (6 Apr 1823 Waterford, ME). William's parents were Moses GAMMON Jr (1780 Paris, ME) and Abigail GOSS (1783 MA). Moses Jr.'s parents were Moses GAMMON Sr (abt 1750 MA) and Silence. I have no other information about her. I know that Moses Sr. was in the Revolutionary War and received a pension.
I am hoping to find Moses GAMMON Sr's parents and possibly the maiden name of his wife Silence.
Thank you for your time and help.
Kim Slaughter
E-Mail: kslaughter68@yahoo.com
The last Gammon in my family was Lois Emmer GAMMON (5 Jan 1855 Portland, ME - 1923 WI). Her parents were William Whitney GAMMON (23 Apr 1812 Paris, ME) and Phebe Ann CHAMBERLAIN (6 Apr 1823 Waterford, ME). William's parents were Moses GAMMON Jr (1780 Paris, ME) and Abigail GOSS (1783 MA). Moses Jr.'s parents were Moses GAMMON Sr (abt 1750 MA) and Silence. I have no other information about her. I know that Moses Sr. was in the Revolutionary War and received a pension.
I am hoping to find Moses GAMMON Sr's parents and possibly the maiden name of his wife Silence.
Thank you for your time and help.
Kim Slaughter
E-Mail: kslaughter68@yahoo.com
Pejepscot Genealogy Society's November Meeting
Pejepscot Genealogy Society will meet on Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 2 p.m. at the Curtis Memorial Library (Middle Street entrance), Brunswick.
Dave Barber, a resident of Bath, will give a presentation that traces the travels of a piece of his grandfather's furniture back to England.
Please come early for a social time with your relatives and friends!
For more information, please call 207.833.7371.
Dave Barber, a resident of Bath, will give a presentation that traces the travels of a piece of his grandfather's furniture back to England.
Please come early for a social time with your relatives and friends!
For more information, please call 207.833.7371.
Vital Records of Cape Elizabeth
Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication #63 is now available. The Vital Records of Cape Elizabeth, Maine has been compiled by Anne M. Diehm, edited by Joseph Crook Anderson II, FASG, and Marlene A. Groves.
Cape Elizabeth is located in the county of Cumberland and is five miles from the county seat of Portland. The original town formed a part of ancient Falmouth and was settled about 1630. Cape Elizabeth was incorporated as a district in Maine on 1 November 1765. It was later incorporated as the 34th town on 23 August 1776. In 1852 part of the town was set off to form a new town called Westbrook, and on 15 March 1895 the southern portion of the town was set off to form a new town called South Portland.
The Cape Elizabeth vital records include births, deaths, marriage intentions and marriages recorded by town clerks with this transcription containing those prior to the year 1892. Some of the early volumes of town records are located in the town of Cape Elizabeth and other volumes are located in the town of South Portland.
640 pages, hard cover, 28,235 entry Every Name Index. 2009
The book sells for $79.50, but MGS members pay only $69.50! For more information or to place an order, please visit Picton Press, official publisher of Maine Genealogical Society Special Publications at www.pictonpress.com.
To learn about other MGS Special Publications visit our website at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~megs.
Membership number required to receive the MGS member discount.
Cape Elizabeth is located in the county of Cumberland and is five miles from the county seat of Portland. The original town formed a part of ancient Falmouth and was settled about 1630. Cape Elizabeth was incorporated as a district in Maine on 1 November 1765. It was later incorporated as the 34th town on 23 August 1776. In 1852 part of the town was set off to form a new town called Westbrook, and on 15 March 1895 the southern portion of the town was set off to form a new town called South Portland.
The Cape Elizabeth vital records include births, deaths, marriage intentions and marriages recorded by town clerks with this transcription containing those prior to the year 1892. Some of the early volumes of town records are located in the town of Cape Elizabeth and other volumes are located in the town of South Portland.
640 pages, hard cover, 28,235 entry Every Name Index. 2009
The book sells for $79.50, but MGS members pay only $69.50! For more information or to place an order, please visit Picton Press, official publisher of Maine Genealogical Society Special Publications at www.pictonpress.com.
To learn about other MGS Special Publications visit our website at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~megs.
Membership number required to receive the MGS member discount.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
MGS Honors Gerald & Janice Gower
Maine Genealogical Society announced at its annual conference held in Bangor on September 26, 2009, that Gerald F. & Janice D. Gower were the recipients of its Award of Excellence in Genealogical Research.
Joe Anderson, chair of the MGS Awards Committee, reported that consideration was given to presenting it to just one of them, but the Gowers very much work as a team and honoring one and not the other would be a bit of an injustice.
Jerry and Janice have been invaluable in their support of the Maine Families in 1790 series, having contributed 215 families for the last 6 volumes and many more for the upcoming Volume 11. Not only have they contributed families, they have led workshops encouraging and teaching various genealogical groups around the state about the 1790 project and they have taken a number of individuals under their wing to help them work up their first submissions to the project. Both have also contributed over the years numerous articles and source material for publication in The Maine Genealogist and have served as Contributing Editors of the journal for several years.
Congratulations to Jerry & Janice!
Joe Anderson, chair of the MGS Awards Committee, reported that consideration was given to presenting it to just one of them, but the Gowers very much work as a team and honoring one and not the other would be a bit of an injustice.
Jerry and Janice have been invaluable in their support of the Maine Families in 1790 series, having contributed 215 families for the last 6 volumes and many more for the upcoming Volume 11. Not only have they contributed families, they have led workshops encouraging and teaching various genealogical groups around the state about the 1790 project and they have taken a number of individuals under their wing to help them work up their first submissions to the project. Both have also contributed over the years numerous articles and source material for publication in The Maine Genealogist and have served as Contributing Editors of the journal for several years.
Congratulations to Jerry & Janice!
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
presented to
GERALD F. AND JANICE D. GOWER
In recognition of their outstanding efforts and scholarship in support of the Maine Families in 1790 project and The Maine Genealogist, and for tirelessly helping and encouraging others to contribute to MGS publications.
The Maine Genealogical Society honors their extraordinary contributions to the field of genealogy in the State of Maine.
September 26, 2009
presented to
GERALD F. AND JANICE D. GOWER
In recognition of their outstanding efforts and scholarship in support of the Maine Families in 1790 project and The Maine Genealogist, and for tirelessly helping and encouraging others to contribute to MGS publications.
The Maine Genealogical Society honors their extraordinary contributions to the field of genealogy in the State of Maine.
September 26, 2009
MGS Honors Valdine Chalmers Atwood
At the 2009 Annual Conference held in Bangor on September 26, 2009, Maine Genealogical Society presented Valdine Chalmers Atwood with its Award of Excellence in Genealogical Service.
Valdine Chalmers Atwood has long been recognized as the authority on the history and genealogy of the families of the Machias area specifically and Washington County generally. She has been a member of the Washington County Genealogical Society since 1993, in which year it was established, and has served as its Secretary since 1995, its Program chair since 1995 and as its Newsletter editor since 2005.
Val is indefatigable in sharing her knowledge and resources with others. She has participated as a lecturer at two week-long and one day-long genealogical workshops held in Washington County, was a speaker at the MGS 10th anniversary conference in Augusta and at the annual meeting /fall conference held in Ellsworth, was a presenter in the research room at the MGS conference in Machias, has participated in most of the 17 annual genealogy fairs hosted by the Alexander-Crawford Historical Society and the more recent annual fairs of the Charlotte Historical Society, and will be a participant in the genealogy fair to be held in August in conjunction with the bicentennial celebration of Calais. Val has contributed four sketches to the Maine Families in 1790 series, was co-compiler of the vital records of East Machias, which appear as a printed volume in the Maine DAR Miscellaneous Records series, and has made an informal transcription of the Machias vital records.
Val is a long term member of MGS and of NEHGS. In Washington County she is a member of the Machias, Machiasport, Pembroke and Dennysville historical societies.
In 1999 Val was appointed by the Washington County Commissioners as a member of the Washington County Archives Preservation Committee and has served as chairman of this committee since 2002. The committee was charged by the Commissioners to oversee the preservation of the large collection of Washington County newspapers dating back to 1818 to present day, over 600 volumes, stored in the attic of the court house. The committee has overseen either the purchase or microfilming of over half the collection, which microfilming continues as funds become available. Additionally during her time as committee chairman various boxes containing documents of all kinds dating back to the 1830s were "unearthed" from various nooks and crannies of the attic and other locations in the court house, including such items as coroner's jury reports, county tax and expenditure records, road records, etc. The committee has overseen the inventorying of these records, which in the near future will be available to the public for research.
Val has been a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution for 55 years. She has served as Regent of the Hannah Western Chapter DAR of Machias for 3 years and has served as chapter Secretary for 41 years. In addition, she has been Registrar of the chapter, officially for 2 years and unofficially for 12 years, and has served as chairman of many chapter committees and Chair of the Burnham Tavern Museum, a committee of the chapter, for 38 years.
Val has also served in Maine State Organization, DAR, serving as State Regent 1980-83. In addition, she has served as State Vice-Regent, State Chaplain, and as State Recording Secretary. She has also served as State Chairman of five committees, including Genealogical Records. On the national level DAR Val has served as National Vice Chairman of six committees, as a National Marshall and as National Page.
Val has a large personal library of genealogical materials relating to Washington County which she readily shares with others at the various fairs and at her home. The library was begun by her mother and continues to grow. It contains 17 file draws of data relating to Washington County families, plus 60 lineal feet of notebooks containing vital records, cemetery and historical data for Washington County towns. In addition she has a large collection of published books relating to Washington County, Maine and other New England states, and Canada. Val assists people all over the United States who inquire about their Washington County families. Locally the library, town office and the court house direct researchers to her door so that she can assist them with their family research.
Valdine Chalmers Atwood has long been recognized as the authority on the history and genealogy of the families of the Machias area specifically and Washington County generally. She has been a member of the Washington County Genealogical Society since 1993, in which year it was established, and has served as its Secretary since 1995, its Program chair since 1995 and as its Newsletter editor since 2005.
Val is indefatigable in sharing her knowledge and resources with others. She has participated as a lecturer at two week-long and one day-long genealogical workshops held in Washington County, was a speaker at the MGS 10th anniversary conference in Augusta and at the annual meeting /fall conference held in Ellsworth, was a presenter in the research room at the MGS conference in Machias, has participated in most of the 17 annual genealogy fairs hosted by the Alexander-Crawford Historical Society and the more recent annual fairs of the Charlotte Historical Society, and will be a participant in the genealogy fair to be held in August in conjunction with the bicentennial celebration of Calais. Val has contributed four sketches to the Maine Families in 1790 series, was co-compiler of the vital records of East Machias, which appear as a printed volume in the Maine DAR Miscellaneous Records series, and has made an informal transcription of the Machias vital records.
Val is a long term member of MGS and of NEHGS. In Washington County she is a member of the Machias, Machiasport, Pembroke and Dennysville historical societies.
In 1999 Val was appointed by the Washington County Commissioners as a member of the Washington County Archives Preservation Committee and has served as chairman of this committee since 2002. The committee was charged by the Commissioners to oversee the preservation of the large collection of Washington County newspapers dating back to 1818 to present day, over 600 volumes, stored in the attic of the court house. The committee has overseen either the purchase or microfilming of over half the collection, which microfilming continues as funds become available. Additionally during her time as committee chairman various boxes containing documents of all kinds dating back to the 1830s were "unearthed" from various nooks and crannies of the attic and other locations in the court house, including such items as coroner's jury reports, county tax and expenditure records, road records, etc. The committee has overseen the inventorying of these records, which in the near future will be available to the public for research.
Val has been a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution for 55 years. She has served as Regent of the Hannah Western Chapter DAR of Machias for 3 years and has served as chapter Secretary for 41 years. In addition, she has been Registrar of the chapter, officially for 2 years and unofficially for 12 years, and has served as chairman of many chapter committees and Chair of the Burnham Tavern Museum, a committee of the chapter, for 38 years.
Val has also served in Maine State Organization, DAR, serving as State Regent 1980-83. In addition, she has served as State Vice-Regent, State Chaplain, and as State Recording Secretary. She has also served as State Chairman of five committees, including Genealogical Records. On the national level DAR Val has served as National Vice Chairman of six committees, as a National Marshall and as National Page.
Val has a large personal library of genealogical materials relating to Washington County which she readily shares with others at the various fairs and at her home. The library was begun by her mother and continues to grow. It contains 17 file draws of data relating to Washington County families, plus 60 lineal feet of notebooks containing vital records, cemetery and historical data for Washington County towns. In addition she has a large collection of published books relating to Washington County, Maine and other New England states, and Canada. Val assists people all over the United States who inquire about their Washington County families. Locally the library, town office and the court house direct researchers to her door so that she can assist them with their family research.
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN GENEALOGICAL SERVICE
presented to
VALDINE CHALMERS ATWOOD
In recognition of her years of service in the area of society volunteerism, lecturing and writing,
and her tireless efforts to preserve the old records of Washington County.
Maine Genealogical Society honors her extraordinary contributions in advancing the field of genealogy in the State of Maine.
September 26, 2009
presented to
VALDINE CHALMERS ATWOOD
In recognition of her years of service in the area of society volunteerism, lecturing and writing,
and her tireless efforts to preserve the old records of Washington County.
Maine Genealogical Society honors her extraordinary contributions in advancing the field of genealogy in the State of Maine.
September 26, 2009
October meeting of Penobscot County Genealogical Society
The next meeting of the Penobscot County Genealogical Society will be on October 21, 2009, at the Bangor Public Library in the Lecture Room.
The society is proud to have Mr. Gerry Palmer as their guest speaker. Gerry, being a lifelong city resident and respected historian of Bangor and Mayor, plans to talk about the famous guess at the Bangor House. In addition, some history of Mount Hope Cemetery along with some of the famous people buried there. Also, the story of Seth Noble, how Bangor received its name and Al Brady. If time permits a question and answer period will follow. Overall, a quick snapshot of some of the famous people who have lived and were buried in Bangor.
As always, everyone is welcome and refreshments will be served. We hope to see a large turnout for this historical perspective.
To learn more about the Penobscot County Genealogical Society, please visit their website at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mepcgs.
The society is proud to have Mr. Gerry Palmer as their guest speaker. Gerry, being a lifelong city resident and respected historian of Bangor and Mayor, plans to talk about the famous guess at the Bangor House. In addition, some history of Mount Hope Cemetery along with some of the famous people buried there. Also, the story of Seth Noble, how Bangor received its name and Al Brady. If time permits a question and answer period will follow. Overall, a quick snapshot of some of the famous people who have lived and were buried in Bangor.
As always, everyone is welcome and refreshments will be served. We hope to see a large turnout for this historical perspective.
To learn more about the Penobscot County Genealogical Society, please visit their website at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mepcgs.
News from Wassebec Genealogical Society
Wassebec Genealogical Society in Dover-Foxcroft recently held elections. Congratulations go out to the new officers:
President - Jane M. Macomber
Vice-President - Wayne Bennet
Secretary - Estella Bennett
Treasurer & Membership - David Dean
Directors - Linda Tozier (outgoing President) Jack Battick (2012) and Deanne Merrill (2013)
Upcoming meetings planned include a tour of the Piscataquis Register of Deeds & Register of Probate on November 12, 2009 and a discussion on how to access information at LDS Centers on January 14, 2010.
For more information, meeting locations and/or directions, contact Jane M. Macomber at janem@wildblue.net or visit the Wassebec website at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mewgs.
President - Jane M. Macomber
Vice-President - Wayne Bennet
Secretary - Estella Bennett
Treasurer & Membership - David Dean
Directors - Linda Tozier (outgoing President) Jack Battick (2012) and Deanne Merrill (2013)
Upcoming meetings planned include a tour of the Piscataquis Register of Deeds & Register of Probate on November 12, 2009 and a discussion on how to access information at LDS Centers on January 14, 2010.
For more information, meeting locations and/or directions, contact Jane M. Macomber at janem@wildblue.net or visit the Wassebec website at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mewgs.
Pejepscot Genealogy Society to Meet
Pejepscot Genealogy Society will meet on Sunday, October 11, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. in the Morrill Meeting Room at the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick, Maine.
Christine Olmstead and Teresa Draves will present programs emphasizing the importance of restoring and preserving photographs. Please feel free to bring a photo in need of restoration.
Come early and chat with friends about summer discoveries and new relatives.
For more information, phone 207.833.7371.
Christine Olmstead and Teresa Draves will present programs emphasizing the importance of restoring and preserving photographs. Please feel free to bring a photo in need of restoration.
Come early and chat with friends about summer discoveries and new relatives.
For more information, phone 207.833.7371.
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