Downeast Ancestry Issues are Available at Family Search
Downeast Ancestry was a wonderful publication published six times a year between 1977 and 1992 that focused on Maine Genealogy. You will find articles, such as “Jonathan Berry Sr. and Jr. of Scarborough, Maine,” (October-November 1990). Scarboro is mentioned in virtually every issue, so it becomes necessary to focus your searches. For example, Downeast Ancestry mentions “Dunstan” in five different issues. Another feature was that subscribers asked questions about genealogical research areas. Looking at those queries may provide a contact person who was researching the same people you are.
The issues are copyrighted, so I can’t present them here, however, all of the issues are available online at Family Search. Log into Family Search (an account is free), then search in the catalog for Downeast Ancestry. Volumes of the publication had five issues then a sixth issue was an Index both by surname and location. We have a CD at the museum with all the issues of Downeast Ancestry available for use.
If you prefer paper, we have copies of many (but not all) of the issues at the Museum which you can view and use. If you like electronic versions, below is a list, with a hot link, to all of the index issues. Just log into Family Search (an account is free), then click the links below to view the indexes.
Downeast Ancestry – v. 1-2 (1977-1979) – v. 1, no. 6 (Apr. 1978)
Downeast Ancestry – v. 1-2 (1977-1979) – v. 2, no. 6 (Apr. 1979)
Downeast Ancestry – v. 3 1979-1980 – v. 3, no. 6 (Apr. 1980)
Downeast Ancestry – v. 4-5 (1980-1982) – v. 4, no. 6 (Apr. 1981)
Downeast Ancestry – v. 4-5 (1980-1982) – v. 5, no. 6 (Apr. 1982)
Downeast Ancestry – v. 6 (1982-1983) – v. 6, no. 6 (Apr. 1983)
Downeast Ancestry – v. 7 1983-1984 – v. 7, no. 6 (Apr. 1984)
Downeast Ancestry – v. 8 1984-1986 – v. 8, no. 6 (Apr. 1985)
Downeast Ancestry – v. 9 1984-1986 – v. 9, no. 6 (Apr. 1986)
Downeast Ancestry – v. 10 1986-1987 – v. 10, no. 6 (Apr. 1987)
Downeast Ancestry – v. 11 1987-1988 – v. 11, no. 6 (Apr. 1988)
Downeast Ancestry – v. 12 1988-1989 – v. 12, no. 6 (Apr. 1989)
Downeast Ancestry – v. 13 1989-1990 – v. 13, no. 6 (Apr. 1990)
Downeast Ancestry – v. 14 (1990-1991) – v. 14, no. 6 (Apr. 1991)
Downeast Ancestry – v. 15 1991-1992 – v. 15, no. 6 (Apr. 1992)
Note: Downeast Ancestry Volume 16 had 2 issues and did not have an index.
On April 18, 2019, four “old timers,” Roger Delaware, Bert Cox, Clay Skillings and Wayne Chick talked about the neighborhood and people who lived in the Coal Kiln Corner area of Scarborough, Maine during the 1960s. Roger both lived in the area and delivered heating fuel to the people of the area.
