So you think you know Maine? The Maine Families in 1790 series may well be just what you need. These volumes contain comprehensive 3-generation studies of families resident in Maine at the time of the 1790 census, complete with meticulous documentation and the addresses of the researchers who compiled the material. Ruth Gray has gained great acclaim for her skillful editing and ...
By focusing on patterns of immigration and acculturation in a small industrial city in the northeastern United States, Mark Paul Richard offers a noteworthy look at the ways in which French-Canadians negotiated their identity in the United States and provides new insights into the ways in which immigrants 'Americanize'.Richard's work challenges prevailing notions of 'assimilation'. As he shows, ...
"Leamon brings an impressive clarity to his narration of the war's diverse and often chaotic events, interweaving the social, political, cultural, and the military into a compelling picture". -- New England Quarterly
With the story of one American family--the Vickerys of Unity, Maine--Andrea Hawkes tells the history of our country and explores the power of connections, beginning with the first generation of Vickerys from England who founded Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634, then following the fifth generation to the District of Maine just before the American Revolution as they extended the family network ...
Maine Genealogical Society Special Pub No. 12. John Eldridge Frost & Joseph Crook Anderson II, eds. 862 pp. 41,830 entry Every Name Index.. Illus., printed endsheets. 2000 (1993). #1337 $62.50 The Kittery, Maine area, which then included all three of the Berwicks, was first settled in 1630 and incorporated in 1652. In succeeding decades the Berwicks split off and their vital records, which ...