Photo: Meetinghouse, New Gloucester, Maine. Credit: Gerda Peterich; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

1790 Arson in New Gloucester, Maine

By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 2, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about his ancestor William Widgery, whose house in New Gloucester, Maine, was burned by arsonists in 1790... (Read More)

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Tips on How to Search for Your Ancestors’ Hometowns & Townships

By Duncan Kuehn on April 17, 2014

In this article, Duncan Kuehn shows how to find information about your ancestral hometown using GenealogyBank’s historical documents and old newspapers... (Read More)

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