September 2018 Website Activity

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Don Taylor

Main Room

Surname Files – I added an Alger Family Page, Scanned and OCRed 5 files, Linked 3 Known Internet Resources.

I added a Walker Surname Page. Added a letter from Maynard E. Walker to Miss Libby dated 7 Mar 1959 – Surnames mentioned include Alger, Plummer, Roberts, & Walker.

Maps – I improved the contrast and moved the image of Plat – Pillsbury Shores – Pine Point, Maine. Moved image from SHS to Digital Maine.

I scanned, stitched, and uploaded “Scarborough, Maine – Past and Present” map to Digital Maine. I created a link to it from the Maps Page. I also added a pointer to it from the Alger Surname Post.

Middle-Room

I added the Obituary Index & Finding Aid.

Rear Room

I added:

Ephemera Finding Aid

Display Room

 

Archive (Upstairs)

 

Internet

On the Books Available Online page, I added links to Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts and York Deeds, Volume XIII

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Surname – Walker

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Don Taylor

Surname File – Walker

 

 

Item

Accession#

Comments
Letters – Maynard E. Walker to Miss Libby 89-9-465a 7 Mar 1959 – Alger, Plummer, Roberts, Walker

 

Maps:

(N/A)

Known Internet Resources

The pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660; a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns, churches, courts and other contemporary sources
by Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918

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Surname – Alger

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Don Taylor

Alger Family of Dunstan, Scarborough Town, Cumberland County, Maine.

 

Surname File – Alger

Item

Accession#

Comments
Descendancy Chart: Descendants of Arthur Alger 03.59.2 (8 Jun 2005)
Family History:
Alger Angle, The – 1618-1754		 06.74.1
Family History: Alger Family 95.40.19B
Letters – Author Unk, Date Unk Unk.
Letters – Libbey to Milliken 89.9.195 (1976)

See Maps: Scarborough Maine – Past & Present for Alger homestead locations.

 

Known Internet Resources

Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts.
Author: Essex County (Mass.). Quarterly Courts, Essex Institute, Dow, George Francis, 1868-1936.
See: https://archive.org/stream/recordsfilesofqu06esse#page/182/search/Alger

History of the Families Millingas and Millanges of Saxony and Normandy, comprising genealogies and biographies of their posterity surnamed Milliken, Millikin, Millikan, Millican, Milligan, Mulliken, and Mullikin, A. D. 800-A. D. 1907; containing names of thirty thousand persons, with copious notes on intermarried and collateral families, and abstracts of early land grants, wills, and other documents.
Author: Ridlon, G. T. (Gideon Tibbetts), 1841-
See: https://archive.org/stream/historyoffamilie00ridl#page/n5/search/Alger

York deeds [ Volume XIII ]
Author: Maine Historical Society, Maine Genealogical Society (1884-), York County (Me.). Register of Deeds.
See: https://archive.org/stream/yorkdeeds13main#page/142/search/Alger 

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August 2018 Website Activity

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Don Taylor

Main Room

Created a new Main Room Page and reorganized the links appropriate to the Main Room Page.

Created a new “Surname Files” page.

I created a product page for “Dear Mrs. Libbey” book sales.

I updated the Shop Page to highlight the “Dear Mrs. Libbey” book.

I added a scanned, OCRed, Whitten file to the Surname Files Page.

Middle-Room

The 1841 Scarborough Tax Valuation Record Book was scanned at the Maine State Library, a PDF was created then uploaded to the Scarborough Books Collection at Digital Maine. A blog post was created to highlight the new material available online.

The 1875 Scarborough Tax Valuation Record Book was scanned at the Maine State Library, a PDF was created then uploaded to the Scarborough Books Collection at Digital Maine. A blog post was created to highlight the new material available online.

Back Room

Photo Box 1 – Businesses – Hotels

Be Witch Inn, West Scarborough

Internet

On the Books Available Online page, I added links to The Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder.

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1875 Scarborough Tax Valuation Book

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Don Taylor

1875 Scarborough Tax Valuation Book

The 1875 Tax Valuation Record was scanned at the Maine State Library using their Zeutschel OS 12002 multi-camera book scanner that creates high-resolution images. The scanned images were then combined and compressed into a PDF file. The resulting file was uploaded to Digital Maine along with some metadata information.

The 1875 Valuation Books provide information about property owners in two major sections.

Pages 1-28 (as numbered at the top left corner of a page) are 1875 Scarborough residents and are generally arranged alphabetically by surname. That is to say, all people whose surname begins with a “C” are together, etc.

In the second section are non-residents who owned property in Scarborough. These pages are unnumbered and are organized by the towns the individual lived in and then semi-alphabetically by surname. The towns include:

  • Buxton
  • Cape Elizabeth
  • Deering
  • Gorham
  • Portland
  • Saco
  • Westbrook
  • Miscellaneous [All other locations]

A third, unnumbered, section indicates residents and non-residents that live in Scarborough but do not own property.

If you have ancestors who lived in Scarborough in 1875, this book may provide information of great interest. It includes information on real estate values, personal property (horses, oxen, cows, swine, sheep, carriages, and furniture.  Also included are stocks and bonds, money lent at interest, and logs and timber held.

The 1875 Scarborough Tax Valuation Book is a great resource to add texture to your family history and genealogical research.

The download from Digital Maine is here.

Also available: The 1841 Scarborough Tax Valuation Book.

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