Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"May jobs and stores that families worked and bought food didn’t get enough money and went out of business."

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"He was the first in the family attend, even though he was not the oldest child. He came home for the summers and sometimes on the weekends."

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"This was a very upsetting time for the people in my family. Without the people from Lincoln and the United States going and fighting in the war, I…"

Androscoggin Historical Society

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"… Goodwin alone delivered notice to several hundred families between 1749 and 1751, in nineteen communities from North Yarmouth to Newcastle that…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"Hudson, the Hilton Family, Drake Family and Cummings Family. In 1986, it was owned and operated as a bed & breakfast operation by John and Pat…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… members relate that James sent Luther’s body home along with his sword, which was treasured by the Lawrence family. James Lawrence, ca."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… Yarmouth Historical Society Dolloff Family Era: 1876 – 1970 Abbie and Oscar Dolloff raised a family of six daughters and one son at Skyline Farm…"

Blue Hill Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"Here, at the home of Civil War veteran Isaiah Welch, the group attending poses for a photograph. Strong Historical Society After the Civil War…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The John Ruggles House

"… designed and built his federal-style home for his family in 1827. The house is impressive in size and fine detail both inside and out."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Individuals and families were issued rationing stamps and tokens that represented certain goods. Blue tokens were for canned goods and red tokens…"

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"After a few years of looking for John's family they gave the suitcase to the Mexico Historical Society for its Museum."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"The Porter family owned and operated wood turning and matchstick mills, built iconic buildings in the downtown area and served the community in the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"On its books in 1764, North Yarmouth listed 188 families living in 154 houses, for a total of 1,097 inhabitants, including 18 African Americans."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Some were able to return to the island on weekends. Mohler-Dewsnap family, Swan's Island, ca. 1950Swan's Island Historical Society This period…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… recollections of Penobscots camping near her family home (documents in the collection of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society)."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"After Montpelier was sold out of the Knox family in 1855, his descendants had Knox and the other family members that were buried in the tomb moved to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"The following two clips discuss his family history, his experiences during the Great Depression, and his enrollment in the Navy."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… number about 4,000, consisting of a mixture of families and individuals, a few who trace lineage to early settlers in the late 18th century, some…"

Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society

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