Resources

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• Wikipedia
• FamilySearch
• DigitalMaine Repository
• Internet Archive
  • 1880 History of Piscataquis County, Maine: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1880 by Amasa Loring
  • 1887 Agriculture of Maine just one of many Annual Reports
  • 1897 Men of Progress; Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders ... of the State of Maine
  • 1898 Maine at Gettysburg by Maine Gettysburg Commission
  • 1898 Biographical Review containing life sketches of leading citizens of Somerset, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington, and Aroostook Counties, Maine
  • 1903 A Statement of the Financial Condition of the County of Piscataquis
  • 1909 Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine by George T. Little
  • 1910 Historical Collections of Piscataquis County, Maine by Piscataquis County Historical Society
  • 1913-26 Sprague's Journal of Maine History Volume 4
  • 1915 Joseph Bradford Peaks
  • 1919 Maine, A History by Maine Historical Society, (Volume 1 of many)
  • 1928 Maine, Resources, Attractions, and Its People; A History by Harrie B. Coe Volume 1   Volume 2   Volume 3   Volume 4
  • 1976 Profiles of Maine by Lynn Franklin - biographies
  • 1977 The Length and Breadth of Maine by Stanley B. Attwood
  • 1977 Maine, a Bibliography of Its History
  • 1979 The Sawyer Family of Elliotsville by Fred E. Sawyer
  • 1982 Names in Cemeteries in Guilford, Maine by Francis C. Prescott
  • 1988 Maine Families in 1790 by Maine Genealogical Society
  • 1995 Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863-1994 by George Lang
  • 1997 His Window on the World: The Piscataqua and the Days of Hopley Yeaton by Barbara L. DiFrancesco
• Sprague's Journal of Maine History (many volumes are available online) 1918 Vol. 6 No. 1  1921 Vol. 9 No. 1
• Cornell University's Making of America Journal Collection has hundreds of journal articles to browse, for example:
  • Smyth, Newman. “The Lake Country of New England.” Scribner’s Magazine VIII, 1890, pages 493-506.
  • Stillman, W. J. “Recreation and Solitude.” Atlantic Monthly, July 1877, Volume XL, pages 10-21.
  • Ward, Julius Hammon. “Moosehead Lake.” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 51, 1875, pages 350-365.
• FindAGrave
• Maine Old Cemetery Association
• Chronicling America - Library of Congress free online newspaper collection
• National Register of Historic Places
• Bureau of Land Management - land patents
• Maps of US - interactive map of Maine county formation history
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
• The Eagle Lake & West Branch Railroad: A pair of steam locomotives "lost" in the middle of a forested wilderness
• Maine Genealogical Society
• Maine State Historical Society
• GenealogyTrails

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Local Contacts

• Register of Deeds, 51 East Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426, phone (207) 564-4408
• Probate Courts, 51 East Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426, phone (207) 564-4408
• Clerks of Superior Court, Piscataquis County Courthouse 51 East Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426, phone (207) 564-8419
• Town of Abbot, PO Box 120, Abbot, ME 04406, phone (207) 876-3340
• Town of Atkinson, 102 North Stagecoach Rd, Atkinson, ME 04426, phone (207) 564-7273

Libraries and Museums

• Children's Museum at The Playmill - Stagecoach Road, phone (207) 564-8122
• Guilford Memorial Library - Water St, PO Box 177, phone (207) 876-4547
• Guilford Museum - North Main Street
• Harriman School Museum - North Road
• Milo Free Public Library - 4 Pleasant Street, phone (207) 943-2612
• Milo Historical Society - High Street Milo, Maine 04463
• Monson Historical Museum - Main Street, phone (207) 997-3792
• Moosehead Historical Society - Post Office Box 1116, Greenville, ME 04441-1116
• Moosehead Marine Museum - PO Box 1151, phone (207) 695-2716
• Shaw Public Library - PO Box C, phone (207) 695-3579
• The Blacksmith Shop - 88 Lincoln St, phone (207) 564-2549
• Thompson Free Library - East Main Street, phone (207) 564-3350

Churches

• Abbot Evangelical Free Church - Rt. 15, PO Box 131, Abbot Village, ME 04406
• St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church - Front St. PO Box 385, Brownville Junction, ME 04415
• Brownville Communtiy Church - Main Street, PO Box A, Brownville Junction, ME 04415
• Brownville Junction United Methodist Church - Main and Front Streets, PO Box A, Brownville Junction, ME 04415
• Advent Christian Church - Pleasant Street, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
• United Baptist Church - 22 East Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
• Assembly of God - 66 East Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
• Landmark Missionary Baptist - Rt 7, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
• Christian Science Society - Lincoln St, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
• Church of the Nazarene - 88 North Street, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
• St. Augustine's Episcopal Mission - Park St, 252 Orchard Rd RFD 2, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
• United Pentecostal Church - RR 3 Box 4, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
• St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church - 45 High St, PO Box 141, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
• Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church - 10 West Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
• United Methodist Church - 38 East Main Street, PO Box 62, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
• Greenville Baptist Church - Rt 15, Shirley Road, Greenville, ME 04441
• Church of the Open Bible - Rte 15, PO Box 635, Greenville, ME 04441
• Holy Family Roman Catholic Church - 72 Prithnam Rd, PO Box 478, Greenville, ME 04441
• People's United Methodist Church - Pritham & Wiggins Sts, PO Box 91, Greenville Junction, ME 04442
• Guilford Assembly of God - High St, PO Box 326, Guilford, ME 04443
• Parkman Baptist Church - Rt 150, RR 1, Box 223, Guilford, ME 04443
• Guilford Assembly of God - High St, PO Box 223, Guilford, ME 04443
• Parkman Baptist Church - Rt 150, RR 1 Box 223, Guilford, Me 04443
• Guilford Center Baptist Church - Guilford Center, Guilford, ME 04443
• Guilford United Methodist Church - School St, PO Box 267, Guilford, ME 04443
• United Baptist Church - 8 Pleasant St, Milo, ME 04463
• Gospel Lighthouse - Outer Park St, PO Box 246, Milo, ME 04463
• St. Joseph's Episcopal Mission - High St, PO Box 661, Milford, ME 04463
• Pentecostal Church - Derby Hill, Milo, ME 04463
• St. Paul's Roman Catholic Misson - C/O St Francis Xavier, PO Box 385, Brownville Junction, ME 04415
• Park Street United Methodist Church - Park St, RR 1, Box 19, Milo, ME 04463
• Monson Community Church - PO Box 162, Monson, ME 04464
• Monson United Church of Christ - No. Guilford Rd, PO Box 204, Monson, ME 04464
• Parkman Baptist Church - PO Box 223, Guilford, ME 04443
• Grace Bible Church - High Sangerville Street, PO Box 157, Sangerville, ME 04479
• Holy Family Roman Catholic Mission - C/O St. Thomas' Church, PO Box 171, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
• First Universalist Church - Church St, PO Box 9, Sangerville, ME 04479
• Sebec Corner Christian Church - RR 2, Brownville, ME 04414
• Sebec Community Church - Main Road, Sebec Village, ME 04414
• South Sebec Christian Church - Rte 15, Sebec, ME 04414
• Shirley Mills United Methodist Church - Rte 15, Box 91, Greenville Junction, ME 04442

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