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NEW AT
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Jan '08
There are fourteen new
inquiries for the month of January 2008! I believe that is
close to a record. Thank all of you for your input. If
anyone can these researchers, please take a moment to review
the new post here. 31 Jan 08
Dec 07'
There is two historical
documents pertaining to the foundation of the Town of Belmont as
submitted by Bill Wing. They are the description of the
boundaries of the town and the
petition for incorporation at
dated 28 April 1813. Thank you, Bill
17 Dec 07
June '07
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The Thomas Family
file has been painstakingly updated by Bill Wing. Great job,
Bill. 2 June 07
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The Mark Perry inquiry has been updated in the
new queries page. Please look here
if you have any Perry connections. 2
June 07
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Great news! There is a new volunteer for
the City of Belfast. Her name is Betsy Paradis and she is the
reference/special collection librarian for the Belfast Free Library.
If anyone any questions regarding the City of Belfast, please
contact her, gives her a thank you for joining us and ask your
questions. You can fin her e-mail listed with Belfast on this
page.
23 Jun 07
May '07
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Patty Marr has informed me that she is willing to
share her time and talents regarding Blanchard and Marr Families of
Searsport. Have anyone with those names in your research?
Have any questions that might be solved through either of these
lines? Please write to Patty and thank her for sharing her
time and knowledge before you inquire of these families. You
may find her address in the Families
table under respective names mentioned. Thank you, Patty.
19 May 07
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We are starting the new inquiries for May.
As the longest journey begins with the first step, there is one new
query that this moment with more on the
way. Thank you for your patience. Tom
15 Apr 07
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As of April 2007, Bill Wing has agreed to help me
out with the maintenance of this web site. He has already
updated the links page which hadn't been touched for
over ten years. From 30 January 1997 until now, 27 April
2007!
Please take a moment to look at the page and to welcome him. He is a good friend and a
welcome relief for me. Please examine the page and give Bill
the complements and any suggestions for further link references.
He can be contacted here:
Bill Wing. He is also the volunteer for the Town of
Morrill. 26 April 07
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We have added three more Waldo County families
thanks to the generosity of an old friend of mine, Sandra
Whittier. Her families are the Lamson, Wood, Blethen of the
Freedom, Knox, Palermo and Thorndike area. If you have
information or need information on any of these three families
please go to the Families page to locate
Sandra's e-mail address. Thank you very much, Sandra.
28 Apr 07
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Isabel Morse Maresh has provided a nice vignette
about the Montville Meeting
House located in the Halldale section of Montville. Please
take time to brush up on your local history.
25 Mar 07
April '07
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As of April 2007, Bill Wing has agreed to help me
out with the maintenance of this web site. He has already
updated the links page which hadn't been touched for
over ten years. From 30 January 1997 until now, 27 April
2007!
Please take a moment to look at the page and to welcome him. He is a good friend and a
welcome relief for me. Please examine the page and give Bill
the complements and any suggestions for further link references.
He can be contacted here:
Bill Wing. He is also the volunteer for the Town of
Morrill. 26 April 07
January '07
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We now have the brief biographical sketches of
Anthony Maresh of Russia and a very
moving account of Isabel Morse Maresh's older sister,
Janette Mary Morse, who died at a
very early age. I hope that you enjoy these vignettes as
much as I do. Please click on the links to read of the events
in Isabel's ancestors lives.
26 Jan 07
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There is a historical sketch of the Chenery Farm
of Belmont located here. Please
take a few moments to look at it. Genealogy is not all charts
and tombstones. It is about the people who work the land and
run the villages that make this a great place to be from.
Again, thanks to Isabel Morse Maresh for her splendid article.
22 Jan 07
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Continuing to look at the people, places and
events of different Waldo County town, we have added a brief history
of the Greer's Corner School in Belmont. You may see it by clicking
on the Belmont link on either the
history page or go directly to the article
here.
23 Jan 07
December '06
The latest on the
biographical page is the story of Ada
Laura (Morse) Howard. Please read about this woman of
incredible dedication to raising a handicapped child in the face of
adversity. You can find her story by clicking on her name.
Thank you again, Isabel. 3
Dec 06
November '06
Newly added to the ever
expanding biographical section of the Waldo County USGenWeb site are
writings in the memories of
Edward
Burgess and
Austin Marriner.
The kind submitters are Joan
(Burgess) Brown for Edward and
Isabel Morse Maresh for
Austin. Thank you very much for bringing life into the names
and numbers of our genealogies.
Tom Elliott
28 Nov 06
October '06
The Church history of Searsmont is now on site
through the hard work and generosity of Isabel Morse Maresh.
You can view it here:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mewaldo/SearsmontChurch.htm . If
anyone has town histories or other vignettes about Waldo County
occasions that you would be willing to share, I'd love to post them
to this site. Tom 19 Oct 06
September '06
Stephen
Pattee has volunteered to be the point of contact for the
Waldo
County Pattee Family. Anyone have any Pattee connections?
Ask Steve. Thank you and welcome to the Waldo County GenWeb
site, Steve. 27 Sep 06
There are seven new inquiries for the month of September 2006 27 Sep 06
I have just added the towns of
Liberty and Montville to the 1859
collection of town maps. That leaves only Thorndike and Winterport
which, hopefully, will be done relatively soon.
11 Sep 06
Marguerite Witter has volunteered the point of
contact person for anyone searching the Benjamin F. Webber family
from the Weeks Mills area in Palermo or any other Webbers in Waldo
County. Be sure to contact her with any questions you might
have. 2 Sep 06
For those of you with research in Monroe, Town
Coordinator, Theo Stacey
has informed me that her e-mail address has been changed. It
is also posted to her name on the town look-ups page. Please
adjust your address books accordingly. Thank you
2 Sep 06
August 06
Please read about the ancestors and close relatives
of . This week's installments include
Jennie Marie (Levenseller) Morse;
Annie (Marriner) Lermond and
Elden Nathan Rowell.
30 Aug 06
The story of
Mary Jane (O'Neil) Lermond has been
added to the biography section by Isabel Morse Maresh.
10 Aug 06
Added the story of
Gladys Nancy Hannan Maresh to the biographical
section. Another well written account by
July 06
Millie Boynton Hannon's
epic struggles with survival in 19th and 20th century Waldo County Maine
are now available here, thanks to
Copies of the 1859 Map of
Waldo County by Kelsey and Davison are now available on line. All
town maps were posted except Liberty, Montville, Thorndike and
Winterport. Please look here for
you town. Happy hunting! 21 July 06
The story of
Francis H. Levenseller has been added to the biographical section, courtesy of . 16 July 2006
May 06
Linda Clark has generously offered to do look-ups
in the publication, "Downeast Ancestry."
Her only stipulation is that she be furnished with as much
information as possible. For those of you who aren't familiar with
"Downeast Ancestry" as I wasn't, Linda has provided the following description of that
publication. "... Downeast Ancestry was a bi-monthly genealogy
newsletter that was started in 1977 and continued through 1992.
These newsletters are such a treasure trove of information about
Maine , Maine families and from whence they came. There is
information on bibles, census records, town clerk records, early
town records , old cemeteries and so on. These newsletters came out
of Machias, Maine. Some Volumes have 50 plus pages in each issue.
Many Volumes have many more pages plus each volume has a great
index." For inquires, please contact
Linda Clark
28 May 06
January 06
There are eight new inquiries for the month of January. Please
check the New Queries page. Thank
you. 22 Jan 06
December 05
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Thanks to the efforts of Sandy Delano, we now have
a copy of the 1880 U. S. Census for Lincolnville available at this
site. Please look at the
Lincolnville page for the
specific data. 22 Dec 05
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There are only five new inquiries this so far this
month. Please
check the New Queries page. Thank
you. 16 Dec 05
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Ellen Soloven-Smith
has graciously volunteered to share her research on the descendants
of Jonathan Pendleton. Jonathan was an instigator of the
population boom of Islesboro (seventeen children born on
Islesboro!) Her e-mail address can be found on the
Waldo County Families page. Thank
you Ellen and welcome to our community.
16 Dec 05
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Sandy Delano, the Lincolnville
volunteer and genealogist, par excellence, has submitted some
pictures from his beautiful town. Please take a moment to look
at these magnificent photos. Thank you,
Sandy. 16 Dec 05
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Due to a job change, we will be losing our
wonderful Belfast volunteer. Susan Smith's last day will be 2
Dec 05. I want to personally thank Susan for a job well done.
Her replacement will not be available until sometime in January
2006. I will post the information when the time comes.
1 Dec 05
November 05
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David Wolf has generously provided the records of
Mt. Ephraim/Merrithew Cemetery in Searsport. These can be seen
on the Searsport cemetery page.
19 Nov 05.
October 05
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David Sylvester, our volunteer for Palermo,
Winterport, Frankfort and Prospect, has new addresses for the above
mentioned towns plus a new e-mail address. Please see the
chart on the volunteer's page. Thank you for the great work,
David! 15 Oct 05
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There is a new volunteer for the City of Belfast!
Please welcome Susan Smith. Susan works in the genealogical
department of the Bangor Public Library and has generously offered
her time and talents to the Waldo Count USGenWeb site. You
will find her e-mail address on volunteer's page. Thank you very much, Susan!
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Oct 05
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Please note that Sandy Delano has removed to Maine
and subsequently changed his e-mail address. Sandy is the
volunteer for Lincolnville and has several reference books that he
is willing to do look-ups in. You will find is new address
either on the Town Volunteer's page or the
Bibliography page. 3 Oct 05
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August - September 05
- There are ten (10) new inquiries for the period of August and
September. 23 Sept 05
- Bill Wing has generously agreed to be the point of contact
(volunteer) for the Town of Morrill. Welcome to the team,
Bill. 23 Sep 05.
May - June 05
- There are fifteen new inquiries for the months of May and June
2005. 21 June 2005
April 05
- Through the diligence of Laurel Coulter, there are now twelve
Winterport cemeteries on line. 26 Apr 05
- There are six new inquiries for the month of April 2005
March 05
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I overlooked a vital piece of information from January. My
apologies, but I must list these deletions from the web site. Sadly, I am in the process of removing a
substantial number of families from the USGenWeb Waldo County families
page. This has been necessitated by the presence of invalid e-mail
addresses. If anyone had a family listed on this page and now
discover that the name is missing it is because of a change in the
contact address and I have no way of contacting those who originally
volunteered to share their information. I can see this as a
simple oversight because I, too, changed my address when my original
one was hijacked for other than honorable purposes. If you were
one of those who volunteered and would like to continue to share,
please send me your new e-mail address and I will be more than happy
to put your family back on the site. The families page is
located here. The family names that I
have had to remove are Bagley, Blethen, Bragdon, Brown, Dean(2) of
Winterport, Doak, Eames, Fernald, Goodale/Goodell, Gushee, Hilt, Moses
Hollis, Hopkins, Lamson, Miller, Richards, Rivers, Josiah Segar,
Smith, Thomas, Waterhouse, Webb of Waldo, Whitaker and Wood.
19 Mar 05
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There are ten new inquiries for the month of March 2005.
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Please notice there is a new banner for this site in hopes of
"spicing" things up. This is courtesy of Rebecca Elliott-Akens.
Please bear with me as I experiment with the placement of the banner.
19 March 2005
February 05
There are five new queries for the month of February and it is only the
second of the month! Please take a moment to visit the
query page to see if anyone has a
connection with these new inquiries. Thank you.
2 Feb 05
January 05
There are two new photos
on line. One of Maple Grove School students in Thorndike, Maine,
ca 1900 with an almost complete list of students names.
Secondly, the 1930 girls basketball team from Searsport High School,
1930. Can anyone add any names to the identities in these
photos? 18 Jan 05
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Now that we have 2004 behind us, I want to issue a
proclamation of sorts. I realize that I have been quite
neglectful of my duties as the USGenWeb Waldo County Coordinator.
Therefore, I resolve that 2005 that I will make every effort to
improve, add and correct the many areas of this site. I must
admit that 2004 started out with two, not just one, two people
rear-ending my car and then to top it off I fell on the ice in my
driveway. I can, but refuse to use this and a couple of other
medical issues as excuses for my failures and short comings. I
only ask that you, my faithful partners in this project, prod me into
accomplishing the many goals that I would like to see here.
Also, it has become painfully aware to me that I cannot run this site
alone so I have requested that a couple of people be added to help me
with design, correspondence, thoughts and positive input and other
various and sundry tasks that are required to make this the best site
possible. David Sylvester has agreed to be the list owner of
mailing list, not to mention a valuable volunteer of several towns.
Also, my daughter, Rebecca, is my greatest encourager and very
talented in artwork and design. Probably most of the work that
you see from her will be photos and layout of pages (my weakest
points). If anyone wants to contact either of them, please let me
know and I will past it on.
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Also, there are many silent partners who help me
constantly by answering inquiries, correcting my grammatical errors
and most importantly, sharing innumerous hours of valuable research.
To all of you I can only say that your contributions) are vitally
important to the success of this site. If we were all local, I'd
take each one of you out a steak dinner. Thank you so very, very
much. Also, I want to thank each of you for tolerating my
various disabilities and maladies. My motto for 2005 is "Come
alive in 2005, Tom." If I find that my handicap is significantly
interfering with my position as Waldo County Coordinator, I will not
longer disappoint the fine people who visit here and deserve
professional information and attractive design, I will not hesitate to
step put of the way for someone much more qualified than I. I am
NOT resigning nor do I wish to, I just want to make all of you aware
that you come first and should not be subjected to my procrastination.
Thank you all, each and every one of you. You are a true
blessing to me. 3 Jan 05
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As of 31 Jan 05, there are seventeen new inquiries
posted. Please take a moment to visit the
query page to see if anyone has a
connection with these new inquiries. Thank you.
31 Jan 05
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There are two new photos
on line. One of Maple Grove School students in Thorndike, Maine,
ca 1900 with an almost complete list of students names.
Secondly, the 1930 girls basketball team from Searsport High School,
1930. Can anyone add any names to the identities in these
photos? 18 Jan 05
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Sadly, I am in the process of removing a
substantial number of families from the USGenWeb Waldo County families
page. This has been necessitated by the presence of invalid e-mail
addresses. If anyone had a family listed on this page and now
discover that the name is missing it is because of a change in the
contact address and I have no way of contacting those who originally
volunteered to share their information. I can see this as a
simple oversight because I, too, changed my address when my original
one was hijacked for other than honorable purposes. If you were
one of those who volunteered and would like to continue to share,
please send me your new e-mail address and I will be more than happy
to put your family back on the site. The families page is
located here. The family names that I
have had to remove are Bagley, Blethen, Bragdon, Brown, Dean(2) of
Winterport, Doak, Eames, Fernald, Goodale/Goodell, Gushee, Hilt, Moses
Hollis, Hopkins, Lamson, Miller, Richards, Rivers, Josiah Segar,
Smith, Thomas, Waterhouse, Webb of Waldo, Whitaker and Wood.
27 Jan 05
November 04
The cemetery records of East Knox Cemetery
have been added to the Waldo County USGenWeb site thanks to Clayton D.
Hutchins. He copied., typed and formatted the records and then made
them available to all of us. Please take a moment to thank him
for all of his labors. You will find him at the
Sylvester Family Tree site. Thank you very much, Hutch
27 Nov 04
October 04
There are twenty (20) new queries for the months of September - October.
Please take a moment to see if you
can help your fellow genealogists in their quests. Thank you!
31 Oct 04
We have added two books to the Bibliography
page. The Length and Breadth of Maine by Attwood and the Dolof
Family History by Henrietta Johnson. 12 Oct 04.
The Davistown (the towns of Montville & Liberty today) Museum link has
been added to our site. The link is
http://www.davistownmuseum.org/.
11 Oct 04
There is a new web site for Palermo thanks to the
efforts of David Sylvester. You can locate the site by
clicking on Towns/Lookups and selecting the
Palermo
link. 7 Oct 04
Bill Wing has done an enormous work on
the Thomas and
Wing families of Morrill. Please go to
Waldo
County Families and peruse this labor of love. Should you
encounter any mistakes, please notify Bill at
or myself,
Tom Elliott.
This compilation is unique to this site as we have tried to connect
the families via family groups AND pedigrees. All
comments will be gratefully welcomed. This continues to
be a "work in progress" as we iron out informational and format
issues. Thank you for your patience
9 Oct 04
If anyone is interested, my youngest daughter thought that I should
have a autobiographical page, just to let people know something about me.
I don't write about me, so the burden was place back on to her and it is
now a biographical page, designed and written by her. The tombstone
in the picture is real, but it's not me buried under it, regardless of the
color of my beard! If you are interested, you can find this on the
Biography page. 1 Oct 04
March 04
Burt Fuller has compiled an excellent genealogy
of the Howard family of Montville. If you have relatives in
Montville or Howard connections, please look at the
Families page for the name Howard or go
directly to the Howard page.
28 Mar 04
Please take note that Sandy Delano has
volunteered to do look ups in several books and publications that he
owns. For a list of those books, please go to the
bibliography page.
26 Mar 04
The contact person for the Colson family, Sheila,
has informed me that she has a new e-mail address. You can
find it on the Waldo County Families.
5 Mar 04
February 04
Richard Simmons, contact genealogist for the
Simmons family, has notified us that he has a new e-mail address.
Please direct your mouse to "The Simmons Family" on the Waldo County Families
web page. 17 Feb 04
Laurel Coulter has sent me more cemetery data for
Winterport. So far, I have posted the
Brown/Hurd, Chase Monument,
Clements and
Ellingwood Corner cemeteries.
11 Feb 04
June (Tower) McCormick, the Tower Family
volunteer, has notified me of a new e-mail address. You will
find it on the Waldo County Families
page. 4 Feb 04
January 04
Michael Alexander has volunteered to share
information from his extensive research on the John Alexander, Sr.
family. If you have any questions regarding that family,
please contact him. You will find Michael's e-mail address on
the Waldo County Families page. Thank
you very much, Michael, for your willingness to spend time and
effort to the cause genealogical research in Waldo County, Maine.
16 Jan 04
December 03
Betty Schmelz has sent me numerous 1790 U.S.
census records, so please bear with me as I convert them and post
them on line. 18 Dec 03
November 03
Wanda
Patterson has volunteered to do look ups for the Town of Troy.
She has several families she is researching and has access to many
sources in that area. Thank you so much, Wanda, for joining
the wonderful team of people who are dedicated sharing their time
and knowledge of this great county. Welcome to you and I hope
that your experiences here are always positive.
6 Nov 03
Betty Schmelz has started submitting census
information for display on this site. She is finishing up a
work that was started several years ago by my predecessor. The
first posting is Plantation No. 12,
west of Machias in 1790. Thank you very much, Betty.
19 Nov 03
September 03
Laurel Coulter continues to do invaluable
cemetery cataloging. Just posted is the Cole Cemetery in
Winterport. Thank you, Laurel
27 Sep 03
Thank you
very much, Laurel, for the recent additions to the Winterport
Cemetery data. Thanks to Laurel, this site now has
the cemetery records of the Grant -
Littlefield and Perkins Cemeteries in
Winterport.
7 Sep 03
December 02:
There are three new Waldo County families added
to our growing list We now have forty-eight
families on our Waldo County Families page.
Sherrie Hall is very
willing to share her information in the Rose and Trim families of
Islesboro. Thank you,
Sherrie! (6 Dec 02)
Chris Hines is actively researching the Bolan Family of
Winterport and garnered considerable information. His research
has also led to Lomard and Pettingell families as they interconnect.
Thank you so much, Chris (6 Dec 02)
October 02:
Janet Hooke has offered to share
her research on the Lincoln Family. Please see the Waldo
County Families page. We now have forty-five
families on our Waldo County Families page. Thank you,
Janet (18 Oct 02)
Scott Walker
also is offering to share the information from his research on the
Howes Family of Winterport and Frankfort. Thank you, Scott (18
Oct 02)
There are nineteen new inquiries on
the Waldo County web site. Please go to
Queries
for Apr - Oct 02 (19 Oct 02)
25 Sep 01:
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WALDO COUNTY FAMILIES
has
two families available. Susan Gagnon Wilson at hrw3@worldnet.att.net
has kindly offered to share her information on the Rich Family of
Thorndike and the Farwell Family of Unity. That brings the total number of families
available for inquiry to twenty-nine.
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Margaret Carter
now has a new e-mail address which is
mebrawn@Yahoo.com. She
requests that if anyone has tried to reach her and not received a reply
to please send the request again.
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David Sylvester has volunteered to do cemetery look-ups as time permits. He is
offering to go to specific cemeteries for the information, but has stipulated that it must be within his time frame because he travels throughout Waldo
County for his employment. If you have any questions or requests, please contact him at
http://www.mdwsweb.com/genealogyaddresses/maineroots.gif.
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Judy Perry, our volunteer for Thorndike and
Unity has a new e-mail address. It is kperry@metrocast.net
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David
Sylvester is also the new volunteer for Frankfort, Prospect
and Winterport
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As of 14 Sep 2001, there have been sixteen new
inquiries posted. Please check Queries for
April - Sep 2001
23 Dec 00:
Is there anybody
who has done research on ANY Waldo County families who would be willing to
share
that information with others? I would love to have a page of contacts (you) listing which
Waldo County families that you have information on any would enjoy the blessing of sharing
with others. Please e-mail me at tombstone.tom@verizon.net
with the word "Family" in the subject line. The ultimate goal of this site
is to be he most informative FREE site on the internet, but it can only be done with the
help of people like you. Thank you very much.
30 Nov 00
PLEASE NOTICE:
It has been brought to my attention
that at least one "volunteer" for the Waldo County USGenWeb site has attempted
to charge for services rendered. Please, if you are a volunteer, do not do this.
The purpose of this site is to provide FREE genealogical and historical information for those who have requested it. We all have invested many, many hours and
dollars in our genealogical quests, but those of us who have offered our knowledge, time
and talents, have done so with the understanding that we are sharing these things, not
selling them. I am very sorry that I have to even write this note, but feel that the
stance of this site and the policy of USGenWeb MUST be enforced. If anyone
discovers that one of our volunteers is charging money for being a volunteer, please
notify me ASAP.
- As much as I hate to address this subject
because, at this time, we have only one town without a volunteer: Should any volunteer
wish to be relieved of their responsibilities, please let me know. That being said,
I believe that we have the greatest group of volunteers in the entire USGenWeb system and
am not asking anyone to step down. My position as Waldo County coordinator is to
attempt to have volunteers for each town in the county. If one has chosen to resign
his/her position, I would appreciate a notification of your decision. Thank you for
all of your hard work and diligence.
NEW LOOKUP VOLUNTEERS:
As the year winds down, we continue to have wonderful people
who are willing to volunteer their time and resources to advancement of historical and
genealogical community of Waldo County. Please take a moment to thank the following
people for this endeavor:
For the Town of Searsport: Carol "Cookie" Mushero
is enjoying herself so much as the volunteer of Northport and Montville, she
has graciously requested and accepted yet one more town. Thank you so much, Cookie.
- Theo Stacey has stepped forward again to volunteer for yet another town. She is now
the volunteer for the Town of Monroe. Thank you, Theo
26 June 2000
- We continue to have unselfish people step forward to volunteer
for the towns of Waldo County. It is an honor to add two of these people to our list. Judy Perry,
our volunteer for Thorndike has offered to lend us her services regarding the great Town
of Unity. Thank you so much, Judy, for the sacrifice and dedication of your time to this
cause.
- The newest member of the greatest USGenWeb county team, is a
cousin of your host. Please welcome Carol
"Cookie" Mushero, the new volunteer for
the towns of Montville and Northport. Cookie has been an avid genealogist for many years
and will be an valuable asset to the Waldo County, USGenWeb site. Thank you for joining
our team.
21 May 2000
- We grow again! Theo Stacey has agreed to lend us her vast knowledge of
Town of Jackson by volunteering to do look-ups for Jackson. Thank you and welcome aboard,
Theo
9 April 2000
We have two new look-up volunteers!
- Searsmont: Debbie
Sue Berry (who is also the volunteer for the town of Waldo).
Debbie Sue is already busy cataloging cemeteries. Please take a moment to thank her for
the time and effort she is putting into organizing the records for these two towns.
- Knox:
Steven
D. Bailey is a Knox native who has done extensive research on
families in the Town of Knox and is more than willing to share his vast knowledge with our
community.
23 March 2000
- NEW LOOKUP VOLUNTEER:
We now have a look-up volunteer for the town of Waldo! We welcome Debbie Sue Berry to
our outstanding group of volunteers. If you have any questions regarding the Town of
Waldo, please contact her. Thank you Debbie Sue for your willingness to share your time
and knowledge with our genealogical community.
9 February 2000
NEW LOOKUP VOLUNTEER: We now have a look-up volunteer for the town of Lincolnville! Please take a
moment to welcome Sandy Delano
to our fantastic team of volunteers. Thank you, Sandy, for being so willing to
share your time and talents with the Waldo County historical/genealogical investigators.
8 January 2000
- Kelly Huff, the volunteer for the Town of Burnham, has generously
invited the Waldo County web site to link to her pages of Burnham cemeteries. To find this
information, go to the cemetery page of this site and click on the Burnham
links. Thank
you, Kelly
16 September 1999
- The area of SEARSPORT SEA CAPTAINS is now being responded to by
Robert Brooks. If you have any questions please continue to send them to
Tom Elliott and
I will, in turn, forwarded them to him. Bob is an extremely thorough genealogist and
historian. Please take a moment to thank Bob for volunteering his time and efforts to the
continuance of accurate Waldo County information.
- The 1860 UNITED STATES CENSUS FOR MORRILL, MAINE has been
completed and is online thanks to the efforts of Barbara Tourtillott. She has generously
invited the Waldo County web site to link to her research project. Please click on http://www.mthome.marketrends.net/census/morrill if you have any interest in Morrill research. Thank you so much, Barbara. Your
efforts are appreciated very much by the Waldo County genealogical community.
29 June 1999
- FRANKFORT CEMETERIES are now completed and on line. Thank you,
Paul Emerson.
- NEW LOOKUP VOLUNTEER:
Pia S. Nichols has volunteered to do look-up of the Vital Records for
Swanville, Maine. Thank you so much for being a vital link in this Waldo County endeavor,
Pia. (P.S. Pia is a distant cousin of the Waldo County Co-Coordinator)
21 April 1999
- NEW LOOKUP VOLUNTEER:
Valerie
Giusto has volunteered to do look-ups for
Belmont, Maine. If you have roots in the Town of Belmont, Valerie has the resources to
help you. Thank you, Valerie.
- NEW LOOKUP VOLUNTEER:
Judy Perry
has volunteered to do look-ups for Thorndike, Maine. Judy
has the vital records of Thorndike to 1892. Thanks for volunteering, Judy.
18 March 1999
- NEW LOOKUP VOLUNTEER: Linda Mears Blood
has kindly volunteered to do lookups for in the Town of Morrill as limited to "The
History and Genealogy of the Town of Morrill, Maine." Her address is
Linda Mears
Blood
- NEW LOOKUP VOLUNTEER: Margaret Carter
has graciously volunteered to host the City of Belfast. We now have a volunteer for our
county seat! Thank you so much, Margaret. She can be reached at yok2@mint.net
- NEW LOOKUP VOLUNTEER: Paul
Emerson has volunteered to add Prospect to the Waldo Co. towns for which he will do
lookups. In addition, Paul also maintains his own Web page for Frankfort and Winterport
Maine genealogy at http://members.tripod.com/~Paul_Emerson/index.html.
Thanks, Paul.
April 25, 1998
April 11, 1998
- Query Archive sorted alphabetically by family name;
A - L and M - Z
- Coming Soon! Individual Waldo County Town Pages
November 28, 1997
November 23, 1997
- WALDO CEMETERIES. As of today, 80 cemeteries are named in the Waldo County cemetery list,
many with driving directions. Again, thanks to all volunteers who have supplied
information on these cemeteries. We still need information on quite a few Waldo town
cemeteries--please see the list for the towns still missing cemetery data.
- 1790 Census Towns. Many of the town names used in the 1790 census
either no longer exist or included one or more present-day towns. In an effort to better
relate the 1790 Census data to present day towns, I am listing for each 1790 census town
the names of current towns included. Currently I have completed Hancock County, which contains most of the area which
would eventually become Waldo County.
November 16, 1997
- WALDO CEMETERIES. The beginnings of the Waldo County cemetery list are
now posted. Thank you to all volunteers who have responded to my requests for information
on cemeteries in "their town". The list is not yet complete, but I will add new
information to it as I receive it. If you have information on any Waldo County cemeteries,
please contact me. Your input is greatly appreciated!
November 7, 1997
- WALDO CEMETERIES. I am presently working on a list of all known
Waldo County cemeteries and their locations. In connection with this list I have sent
email requests to Waldo town volunteers asking for information on cemeteries in
"their town". I hope soon there will be a complete list of Waldo cemeteries on
the Waldo GenWeb site. If you are not a town volunteer and have information on any Waldo
County cemeteries, please contact me. Your input is greatly appreciated!
November 2, 1997
- NEW VOLUNTEER: Paul Emerson has volunteered to be a lookup
contact for the towns of Frankfort and Winterport. I am reproducing below part of his
email to me which lists the various records to which he has access--quite an impressive
collection. Thank you, Paul! Records of both towns including:
- WASHINGTON CO. CENSUS LISTINGS. Full 1790 Census listings have
been added for the following Washington County towns:
-
October 17, 1997
September 20, 1997
September 14, 1997
August 5, 1997
- EARLY MARRIAGES of Waldo County--Town of Prospect, 1789 to 1832
(1812 - 1818 completed)
July 20, 1997
- NEW VOLUNTEER. Lori Roming and her mother, Joan, belong to the
Unity Historical Society (UHS). Joan has agreed to be the look-up volunteer for Unity. Her
email address is pending and I will post it here as soon as possible, in the meanwhile,
please inquire by mail to the Unity Historical Society, P.O. Box 4, Unity, ME 04988.
Thanks, Lori and Joan.
- EARLY MARRIAGES of Waldo County--Town of Prospect, 1789 to 1832
(1801 - 1811 completed)
July 13, 1997
- EARLY MARRIAGES of Waldo County--Town of Prospect, 1789 to 1832
(1794 - 1800
completed)
July 10, 1997
EARLY MARRIAGES of Waldo County--Town of Prospect, 1789 to
1832
(1789 - 1793
completed)
June 30, 1997
- POPULATION of Waldo County 1830 - 1910 (graph).
- In On Board: the Newsletter of the Board for Certification of
Genealogists (May, 1997), author Carmen J. Finley's article "OnLine: US GenWeb
Project" reviews the history of the USGenWeb project, how it began and where it is
today. In addition, the author recommends several USGenWeb (county) sites to explore. I am
happy to note that Waldo County, Maine was one of the eight county sites mentioned by the
author. The others include Sonoma County, California; Cherokee County, Georgia; Macoupin
County, Illinois; Howard County, Indiana; Somerset County, Maryland; Chester County,
Pennsylvania and Augusta County, Virginia.
June 18, 1997
- NEW LOOK. In response to comments that the pages at this site
were difficult to read because of the choice of background, I have eliminated the
background graphic, and for the time being, am using a plain white background. I hope this
improves readability for those who had a problem.
May 18, 1997
- NEW VOLUNTEER. In addition to her own responsibilities as Knox
Co. Maine, GenWeb coordinator, Sena Spear Havasy has volunteered to answer lookups for
Searsmont, (formerly Quantabacook) Maine. Thanks, Sena!
- NEW QUERIES/OLD QUERIES. Queries for the period since April 16
have finally been added. Apologies to those who wondered what happened to their queries.
Since the query page is now becoming quite large (and slow to load), it may be necessary
to split it chronologically or alphabetically, or to purge older queries. If you have
strong feelings for or against any of these solutions, please let me know.
April 29, 1997
- YORK CO. CENSUS LISTINGS. Full 1790 Census listings have been
added for the following York County towns:
April 16, 1997
- CUMBERLAND CO. CENSUS LISTINGS. Full 1790 Census listings have
been added for the following Cumberland County town:
PICK-OF-THE-WEEK WEB SITE FOR GENEALOGISTS. . . . . .
Library of Congress WPA
Life Histories page [oral histories from the early 20th Century]
March 19, 1997
March 16, 1997
- NEW LOOK-UP VOLUNTEER. Ralph E. Hillman has graciously consented
to serve as a "lookup volunteer" for the town of Troy. He has a huge amount of
information on Troy, Maine where his 3rd great grandfather, Charles Hillman was the first
town clerk. In addition, he compiled Vital Records of Troy, published in 1995 by Picton
Press. He has compiled all census records through 1910 and all tax records 1820-1885; also
over 2000 land records for inhabitants of Troy. Thanks, Ralph!
February 23, 1997
- CALLING FOR LOOK-UP VOLUNTEERS. If you have special interest in a
particular Waldo County town and access to vital records or other information for that
town, I would like to encourage you to volunteer to do brief "lookups" for
families in that town. Please go to the Waldo
County towns page to see which towns need "adopting".
NOTE: I neglected to list all Waldo County towns on the towns page previously. I have now
added the those towns, however some are missing dates of incorporation. If you can supply
any of these missing dates, please contact me. Thanks.
- WALDO COUNTY AND TOWNS BIBLIOGRAPHY. A more comprehensive listing of vital records sources for Waldo County and its
towns has been added. Your contributions are welcomed.
February 13, 1996
- HANCOCK CO. CENSUS LISTINGS. The 1790 Census for Hancock County is now complete
with the addition of the last two towns:
February 9, 1997
- HANCOCK CO. CENSUS LISTINGS. Full 1790 Census listings have been
added for the following Hancock County towns:
February 2, 1997
- HANCOCK CO. CENSUS LISTINGS. Full 1790 Census listings have been
added for the following Hancock County towns:
January 27, 1997
- HANCOCK CO. CENSUS LISTINGS. Full 1790 Census listings have been
added for the following Hancock County towns:
January 19, 1997
1790 CENSUS LISTINGS. We hope to complete all
1790 Census listings for Hancock County in the next couple of weeks. Bob Bowers whose name
many of you will recognize from his helpful postings to the Northeast-Roots
newsgroup/mailing list, has graciously volunteered to provide data files for the balance
of the Hancock Co. towns not yet listed on this site. This will save much time and data
input, and the results should be a complete 1790 Census for Hancock Co. Maine (which
includes early Waldo County towns). Thanks, Bob!
November 16, 1996
WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? The 1800 Maine Census
contained a new question, "From Whence Emigrated?". Depending on how they
interpreted this question, some respondents named their place of birth, others their
previous place of residence. In either case, this is a valuable piece of information for
those researching early Maine families. Go to the 1800 Maine Census for Hancock County to find listings
for Hancock County towns later located in Waldo County.
October 28, 1996
- HANCOCK CO. CENSUS LISTINGS. Full 1790 Census listings have been
added for the following Hancock County towns:
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