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Maine Pioneers, 1623-60
Biographical sketches of early pioneers in Maine and New Hampshire
Description
An integral part of Massachusetts until 1820, Maine was granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges by the English crown in 1622. This database is a compilation of names and biographical sketches of pioneers to the province between 1623 and 1660. Collected from a variety of contemporary sources, it was originally published in 1908 and contains over 1000 records. Each record provides the pioneer's name and biographical sketch. It includes spelling variations of the pioneer's surname and cross-referencing aids to help the researcher. In a few entries, information regarding New Hampshire pioneers from the same period is also included. For Ancestry.com patrons seeking information regarding early New England ancestors, this can be a useful database.
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William Folsom, Fifty Years in the Northwest Autobiography of a state legislator and pioneer from Maine
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Maine Marriages to 1875 Marriage records from various towns in Maine up to 1875.
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California Pioneers, 1542-1848 California inhabitants, pioneers, and a pioneer register
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Warwickshire, England: Parish and Probate Records A collection of parish and probate records in England and Wales, from the 1500s to the 1800s.
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Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, Vols. 1-2
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Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire Biographical entries of prominent citizens of Maine and New Hampshire
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Maine Pensioners, 1835 List of Maine soldiers covered under various pension acts in 1835
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Franklin Buck, Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush Collection of letters written by a trader in California to his sister in Maine
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Lilian Cross, Life in California Narrative of the life of a Maine transplant who came to the West in 1852
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Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Applications, 1835-36 Bounty land records for veterans of the Revolutionary War in Maine
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