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Maine History/Genealogy October 2010
Introduction
Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter that highlights titles recently added to the Maine State Library's Maine history/Genealogy collections.
 
Click the "Check Library Catalog" link in each record to check on availability.  REMEMBER:  nearly all genealogical materials are for use in the Library only and may not be borrowed.
 
If you have questions, please contact Reference Services at reference.desk@maine.gov or 207-287-5608.
 
 
Events
Don't forget our free genealogy classes held here at the Maine State Library by our resident expert, Emily Schroeder!  Contact Emily at emily.schroeder@maine.gov for more information.
Biography
Rev. Seth Noble: a Revolutionary War Soldier's Promise of America and the Founding of Bangor, Maine and Columbus, Ohio - Carol B. Smith Fisher
Publisher: Heritage Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
 ISBN-13: 9780788450495
 ISBN-10: 0788450492
From the cover:  This is the comprehensive biography of reverend Seth Noble -- famous preacher, patriot and pioneer founding father.
Jonathan Fisher of Blue Hill, Maine : commerce, culture, and community on the Eastern frontier - Kevin D. Murphy
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/31/2010
 ISBN-13: 9781558497436
 ISBN-10: 1558497439
From the flyleaf:  This book examines the life of Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847), a native of Braintree, Massachusetts, and graduate of Harvard College who moved in his late twenties to Blue Hill, Maine, where he embarked on a multifaceted career as a pioneer minister, farmer, entrepreneur, and artist.
Family Histories
The Descendants of Cornelius Cursonwhit of Dover, New Hampshire - Stanton Darnbrook Colson and Kim Colson
Publisher: Booksurge Llc
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/23/2010
 ISBN-13: 9781451581911
 ISBN-10: 1451581912
Family history of the Cursonwhit/Corson/Colson Family.  Includes index of sources.
The Ancestry of Emma Madora Sellars: a Mayflower Descendant - Elizabeth Ann Moore
Publisher: self-published
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
 ISBN-13: 0000000000000
Family history of Emma Madora Sellars.  Includes an every-name index.
 
Descendants of Robert Morgan of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1601-2010 - Thomas and Jeanne Morgan
Publisher: Penobscot Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
 ISBN-13: 9780897258878
 ISBN-10: 0897258878
A  history of the Morgan Family.  Includes endnotes and an every-name index.
Genealogy
Mt. Shiloh Cemetery, Easton, Aroostook County, Maine - Linda J. Zapatka and Brenda Bourgoine
Publisher: self-published
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
 ISBN-13: 0000000000000
Cemetery records of Mt. Shiloh Cemetery in Easton, ME including maps and a surname index.
 
 
History
Bound for Munsungun: the History of the Early sporting Camps of Northern Maine - Jack Ahern
Publisher: Pear Tree Publishing
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
 ISBN-13: 9780974929194
 ISBN-10: 0974929190
A history in words and photos of the early sporting camps of Northern Maine.
The People's Book: a Pictorial History of the Randolph United Methodist Church - Marjorie Gilman
Publisher: Self-published
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
 ISBN-13: 0000000000000
A history in words and photographs of the Randolph United Methodist Church.
Hidden history of Maine - Harry Gratwick
Publisher: History Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/19/2010
 ISBN-13: 9781596298156
 ISBN-10: 1596298154
From the cover:  Discover four hundred years of Maine's history through the tales of its unique residents, from soprano Lillian Nordica, who left Farmington to become the most glamorous American opera singer of her day, to slugger George "Piano Legs" Gore, the only Mainer to have ever won a Major League batting championship.
Lost Maine coastal schooners : from glory days to ghost ships - Ingrid Grenon
Publisher: History Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/03/2010
 ISBN-13: 9781596299566
 ISBN-10: 1596299568
From the cover:  In this testament to the beauty of the Maine coastal region, maritime history enthusiast Ingrid Grenon tells the story of [the] magnificent relics of the bygone Age of Sail and celebrates the people who devoted their lives to the sea.
 
Franco-Americans of Maine - Dyke Hendrickson
Publisher: Arcadia Pub
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/16/2010
 ISBN-13: 9780738572802
 ISBN-10: 0738572802
A photographic history of Maine's Franco-American population and its many contributions to the state.
 
The Brownville Junction Railroad Y.M.C.A. (1917-1966) - William Sawtell
Publisher: Moosehead Communications
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
 ISBN-13: 9781890454613
 ISBN-10: 1890454613
Memories and photographs of the Brownville Junction Railroad "Y."
Beckets and Hinges - Arnold Sturtevant
Publisher: Textstream
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/19/2010
 ISBN-13: 9781426918391
 ISBN-10: 1426918399
A collection of sea tales of old North Yarmouth, ME.
Town Histories
It's Time to Tell Our Stories: 1858-2008 - Rayle Reed Ainsworth & Sarah Ulman, eds.
Publisher: Fort Fairfield Sesquicentennial Committee
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
 ISBN-13: 0000000000000
A history in recollections of residents of Fort Fairfield, ME.
Popham Papers - Jeffrey Phipps Brain, ed.
Publisher: Peabody Essex Museum
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
 ISBN-13: 9780984397914
 ISBN-10: 0984397914
Recollections in words and photos of the team that excavated Ft. St. George, the 1607 Popham Colony Settlement on the Kennebec River.
For the Love of Peaks, Island Portraits & Stories: a Collection - Fran Houston
Publisher: Dale Rand Printing
 Check Library Catalog ISBN-13: 9780615358833
 ISBN-10: 0615358837
Interviews and photographic portraits of long-time residents of Peak's Island, ME.
Life & Times on Pleasant Pond, Island Falls, Aroostook County, Maine - Sandra Newman
Publisher: Van De Bogart Publishing
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2010
 ISBN-13: 9780615366104
 ISBN-10: 0615366104
From the cover:  this delightful book chronicles the lives of families who settled in Maine's northernmost county, Aroostook, and developed one of the area's most treasured bodies of water, Pleasant Pond, in Island Falls. 
I Remember When in Mars Hill, Maine: Golden Oldies - Mars Hill Rotary Club
Publisher: Mars Hill Rotary Club
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
 ISBN-13: 0000000000000
A history of Mars Hill, ME in vignettes and pictures.
Remembering Westbrook : the people of the paper city - Andrea M.P Vasquez
Publisher: History Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/17/2010
 ISBN-13: 9781596299603
 ISBN-10: 1596299606
A collection of Andrea Vasquez's "History Matters" columns from the American Journal related to Westbrook, ME.

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