Introduction

Welcome to the latest edition of the NextReads newsletter highlighting Maine History and Genealogy-related titles recently added to the collection of the Maine State Library.

As always, the titles listed below are new additions to the collection and are available at the Library.

If a title you are interested in is already checked out, use the "request" button in URSUS to reserve it, or contact the Reference Department for assistance: reference.desk@maine.gov or 287-5600.

**Due to the current economic crisis, the Maine State Library's book budget has been cut to the point of nonexistence. We will not be buying many new books; what we do buy will be Maine-related titles only. As a result, this newsletter will be coming out less often.**

In This Issue

Genealogy
Maine History
Town Histories
Vital Records

Genealogy

Histoire et Genealogie de la Famille Busque, Carey, Cary, Carie et Bearce/History and Genealogy of the Gusque, Carey, Cary, Carie and Bearce Family - Busque, Maurice

Publisher: La Plume D'Oie
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
ISBN-13: 9782895391746
ISBN-10: 2895391742

A family history (written in both French and English) of the named families.

The Descendants of John McKusick and Mary Barker, 1739-2007. - McKusick, Charles E.

Publisher: McKusick Family Association
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2007
ISBN-13: 0000000000000

This is a revised edition of The Descendants of John McKusick and Mary Barker, 1739-1993 to which the author has made additions and corrections based on new research and input from family members.

The Founding Fathers of Woolwich, Maine and their Families - Wills, Connie J.

Publisher: Woolwich Historical Society
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
ISBN-13: 0000000000000

A genealogical history of the families of the 38 signers of the original Woolwich petition.

Maine History

The Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad and Predecessors, Equipment Manufacturers and the Equipment volume 2 - De Vos, Jerry

Publisher: Stonybrook Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
ISBN-13: 9781615841127
ISBN-10: 1615841121

From the flyleaf: Provides a comprehensive look at the rolling stock, locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars, and non-revenue equipment manufactured for or by the narrow gauge lines in Franklin county. Volume 2 includes Hinkley Locomotive Works, Jackson & Sharp Company, Laconia Car company Works (Ranlet Car Company), Maine Central Railroad, Miller's Platform & Couplers, New York Air Brake Company (Eames Vacuum Brake Company), H. K. Porter Company and Portland Company (Part 1).

King Pine, Queen Spruce, and Jack Tar, an Intimate Hisotry of Lumbering on the Union River, 1762-1929 - Honey, Mark E.

Publisher: Snowman Printing
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
ISBN-13: 0000000000000

The first volume in a history of lumbering in Hancock County, ME.

Town Histories

New Gloucester - Blake, Thomas P.

Publisher: Arcadia Pub
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/21/2009
ISBN-13: 9780738565835
ISBN-10: 0738565830

A photographic history of New Gloucester, Maine. A part of the Images of America series.

Dixmont Maine, 1807-2007, vol. 1 - Dixmont Historical Society Committee

Publisher: The Committee
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2007
ISBN-13: 0000000000000

A bicentennial history of the town of Dixmont, ME.

Supplement, Every Name Index to Vol. 1, Dixmont, Maine, 1807-2007 - Dixmonth Historical Society Committee

Publisher: The Committee
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2007
ISBN-13: 0000000000000

An every-name index to the bicentennial history of Dixmont, ME, vol. 1.

Saco Revisited - Dyer Library

Publisher: Arcadia Pub
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/13/2010
ISBN-13: 9780738572130
ISBN-10: 0738572136

The history in pictures of Saco, Maine. Part of the Images of America series.

Bethel, Maine : a brief history - Howe, Stanley Russell

Publisher: History Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/30/2009
ISBN-13: 9781596297104
ISBN-10: 1596297107

A history of the town of Bethel, Maine.

Learning is an Ornament: Education in Kennebunk from its Earliest Settlements to the Formation of SAD #71 - Magnuson, Rosalind

Publisher: The Brick Store Museum
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
ISBN-13: 9780961757632
ISBN-10: 0961757639

A history of education in Kennebunk, ME.

Remembering the Kennebunks - Ostrander, Kathleen

Publisher: History Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/24/2009
ISBN-13: 9781596297074
ISBN-10: 1596297077

A collection of vignettes relating the rich and varied past of the Kennebunk area. Part of the American Chronicles series.

Table of Contents

Portage Lake, History and Hearsay: Early Years to 2009

Publisher: Portage Lake Centennial Book Committee
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
ISBN-13: 9780578014616
ISBN-10: 0578014610

A history of Portage Lake, ME from 1909 to 2009.

The Gilded Age of Rangeley Maine - Priest, Gary

Publisher: Gary Priest
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
ISBN-13: 9780972684521
ISBN-10: 0972684522

From the cover: Back when Rangeley Lake was still known as Oquossoc Lake, the glorious camps of The Gilded Age began to rise on the shores of mid-Maine. The livving presence -- as well as the ghosts -- of these magnificent camps can still be seen in Rangeley. Let Gary Priest be your guide on a tour of the camps as they were then and are now.

Vital Records

Vital Records of Cape Elizabeth, Maine - Diehm, Anne M.

Publisher: Picton Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
ISBN-13: 9780897258692
ISBN-10: 089725869X

Consists of birth, marriage and death records for Cape Elizabeth, ME prior to 1892.

Vital Records of Cumberland Maine, 1701-1892 - Bennett, Thomas C. (ed.)

Publisher: Islandport Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
ISBN-13: 9781934031292
ISBN-10: 1934031291

Births, marriages and deaths for Cumberland ME including the records when it was a part of North Yarmouth (prior to 1821) up to 1892.