New Roof!

Posted on July 4, 2024 by Don Taylor

Thanks to a grant from the Linwood Dyer Endowment, we were able to replace the aging roof on the museum’s addition. It looks really great and the shingles match those of the nearby Alger Hall.

Photo of the side of the museum showing a new roof.
View of the new roof from the southwest side of the museum. Photo by Karlene Osborne
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Pages Updated – June 2024

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Don Taylor

Library – People – Surname Files

I added links to the Willard (Clippings)

Library – People – Genealogy

I added links to the Willard Genealogy.

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Pages Updated – May 2024

Posted on June 1, 2024 by Don Taylor

Library – People – Genealogy

Family Files Folders

Added links to the SHS Family File Folders Collection

Library – Surname Files

Added: R — Roberts

Research

Books Available Online

Maine Historical Society – Collections and Proceedings 

Finding Aids

Coast Watch

I updated the Coast Watch page and the table to 27 April 2024 data.

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Pages Updated – April 2024

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Don Taylor

About Page

ByLaws

A copy of our current (2024) bylaws are available here.

Education

Early Scarborough High Schools

Added Page: Index to “A High School Comes to Scarborough” by Linda Snow McLoon.

Grammar Schools

Bessey School – Grade 6 – [1965]

Genealogy – Linwood Dyer Collection

Added: Stone Genealogy Folder (3 Parts)

Library – People – Surname Files

Added: – Auger

Library – Videos

Added:

Prominent Diseases in the 17th, 18th, & 19th Century Scarborough, Maine – By Dr. Stephen Spalding

Links

Added: Historical Societies – Cape Elizabeth Historical Society

To the Internet Archive, I added “Saco, Maine, Engine Company No. 2, logbook 1839-1842” which includes 1841 Bylaws, Subscribers, & Meeting Minutes from 1839 to 1845.

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Bessey School – Grade 6 – [1965]

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Don Taylor
Back Row: Peter Libby – Fred Merry – Norman Russell – David Fancy – Everett Quimby – Russ Hagis – David Moulton John Pence – Gary Balzano – Walter Jordan – John Cott.
Middle Row: Midge Link – Dee Dee Briggs – Janet Capron – _???_ – Lib Greenleaf – Darlene Kimball –_???_ – Kathleen Friel – Sharon Cunningham – Ann LeGacy.
Front Row: Mike Milliken – Kathie Hodgdon – _???_ – Linda Robinson – Jo Coulthard – _???_ – Ronnie Howes.
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