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Genealogy/Maine History Newsletter November 2010
Introduction
Welcome to the latest edition of the Genealogy/Maine History newsletter -- the last of 2010!  Included are new titles recently added to the collections of the Maine State Library.  Many of these titles must be used in the Library only, so remember to use the "Check Library Catalog" link in each entry to check the status of the item.
 
Have a great holiday season and see you in 2011!
Family History
Descendants of Peter Cooper of Rowley, Massachusetts (2nd ed.) - Cooper, Delmar Frank
Publisher: self-published
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
ISBN-13: 0000000000000
Family history of Peter Cooper and descendants.  Includes an every-name index.
Trask/Traske Genealogy, vol. 1 - Cooper, Delmar F.
Publisher: self-published
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
 ISBN-13: 0000000000000
A history of a Trask family in Massachusetts and Maine.  Includes an every-name index.
 
Genealogy
Erin's Sons : Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada to 1863 - Terrence M. Punch
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/02/2010
 ISBN-13: 9780806318660
 ISBN-10: 080631866X
Volume 4 of this title, citing an additional 7000 Irish-born residents of Atlantic Canada.  Predominately records of marriages and deaths and census records.
A history of the Italians in the state of Maine - Vincent A. Lapomarda
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/30/2010
 ISBN-13: 9780773437234
 ISBN-10: 0773437231
A history of Italians in Maine including their contributions to the work force which ran the mills, built the railroads and quarried the slate and granite here.

History
The 22nd Maine Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War : a history and roster - Ned Smith
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/30/2010
 ISBN-13: 9780786448937
 ISBN-10: 0786448938
"The 22nd Maine Regiment joined General Nathaniel Banks' campaign in Louisiana, fighting at Irish Bend in two attacks on Port Hudson. Drawing on first-person accounts from soldiers, a company commander, and colonel, this military history follows the Civil War regiment from formation in 1862 to muster out in 1863"--Provided by publisher.
Togus, America's First Disabled Veterans' Home and Hospital Wooden Federal Village - Donald W. Beattie
Publisher: Mackintosh Associates
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
 ISBN-13: 0000000000000
Volume 1 of a trilogy covering the history of Togus, the first disabled veterans' home and hospital in America.  This volume covers the time period 1865-1915 -- the wooden federal village and related Civil War history.
Town History
Falmouth - Falmouth Historical Society
Publisher: Arcadia Pub
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/13/2009
 ISBN-13: 9780738562988
 ISBN-10: 073856298X
Another volume in the Images of America series, this is a history-in-pictures of the town of Falmouth, ME.
Remembering Lewiston-Auburn on the mighty Androscoggin : river views - David A. Sargent
Publisher: History Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/02/2010
 ISBN-13: 9781596293663
 ISBN-10: 1596293667
A brief history of the twin cities -- Lewiston and Auburn -- and their connection to the Androscoggin River.  A part of the American Chronicles series.
Monmouth - Bobbie M. Bowler
Publisher: Arcadia Pub
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/15/2010
 ISBN-13: 9780738573458
 ISBN-10: 0738573450
Part of the Images of America series, a pictorial history of the town of Monmouth, Maine.
Recollections of Southwest Harbor, Maine 1885-1894 - Jesse L. Parker
Publisher: Southwest Harbor Historical Society
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
 ISBN-13: 0000000000000
A narrative recorded by Jesse L. Parker over fifty years ago newly edited by John and Rebecca Burnham.
Vital Records
Vital Records of Brooksville, Maine - Wick, James H.
Publisher: Picton Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
 ISBN-13: 9780897258827
 ISBN-10: 0897258827
Birth, marriage and death records for the Hancock County town of Brooksville, ME.  Includes an every-name index.
Vital Records of Milbridge, Maine to the year 1900 - Bartlett, Diana Huckins
Publisher: Picton Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
 ISBN-13: 9780897258883
 ISBN-10: 0897258886
Birth, marriage and death information for the Washington County town of Milbridge, ME.  Includes an every-name index.
 
Vital Records of Rome, Maine  - Groves, Marlene A.
Publisher: Picton Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
 ISBN-13: 9780897258845
 ISBN-10: 0897258843
Birth, marriage and death records for the Kennebec County town of Rome, ME.  Includes an every-name index.
Vital Records of Saint Albans, Maine - Lynds, Ardell J. Parkman
Publisher: Picton Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
 ISBN-13: 9780897258800
 ISBN-10: 0897258800
Birth, marriage and death records of the Somerset County town of Saint Albans, ME.  Includes an every-name index.
Vital Records of Skowhegan, Maine (formerly Milburn and a part of Bloomfield) - Nelson, Sally Furber
Publisher: Picton Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
 ISBN-13: 9789780897253
 ISBN-10: 9780897259
Birth, marriage and death records for the Somerset County seat of Skowhegan, ME.  Includes an every-name index.

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