1 year ago
Filles du Roi
Is there a Fille du Roi in your family tree? If you have French-Canadian ancestry, the odds are strong that there is at least one or more of these Daughters of the King in your family.
Editorials
1 year ago
Maine cannot afford to not invest now in its public university infrastructure
For decades, the University of Maine System has seriously underinvested in its statewide physical plant. More than half of academic spaces and three-quarters of residence halls have not undergone real renovation since students used slide rules.
1 year ago
Volunteers: the good and the bad
Recently several Canopy Crew members assessed what needs to be done to give the landscaping in front of the museum/chamber building on Main Street a facelift.
1 year ago
Ya pu grand monde
Le monde change sous nos yeux, tu sais. Quand j’t’ais un jeune homme a Grand Isle j’me r’semble que l’monde étais plusse débrouillard qu’asteur, you know?
1 year ago
Passenger ship lists are useful
In the past I’ve debunked the claim that names were changed at Ellis Island. You still hear this story but it never, ever happened. Whatever name was on the passenger ship list was the name the passenger gave when they embarked.
1 year ago
Missing death notices
Recently I chanced upon what I call the Case of the Missing Death Certificate. In Maine it’s not unusual to be unable to find a death record prior to 1892. Town clerks usually recorded marriages, but death records were normally left to family Bibles and tombstones.
1 year ago
Henry Rolfe, early Aroostook potato farmer
There is no denying the importance of the potato as an agricultural crop to the economy of Aroostook County. Did you know that Maine produces 4 percent of the national potato crop with Aroostook County producing 96 percent of that?
1 year ago
The story of Presque Isle’s airport
In 1930, Presque Isle Merchants’ Association (which is now the Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce) put together a subcommittee to explore establishing an air service.
1 year ago
Consider offers carefully
Genealogy is a hobby, but for many of us it’s an obsession. It’s a pursuit where you can spend as much or as little time and money as you like.
1 year ago
The ‘gracious lady’ of Aroostook
Augusta Kalloch was born in Ashland on Oct. 28, 1887. Her family had already played a role in local history as her grandfather, Rufus Kalloch, was the elderly sheriff at the time of the Jim Cullen lynching.
