Maine Genealogical Society
Announcements
June 2025
Announcing MGS Special Publication #100
VITAL RECORDS OF LIVERMORE AND EAST LIVERMORE, MAINE
Compiled by Gregory S. Childs
We are proud to announce an exciting milestone in the history of MGS: our 100th Special Publication. Such an occasion warranted a groundbreaking work of genealogical value, and Vital Records of Livermore and East Livermore, Maine, is exactly that. This 864-page book contains an extraordinary collection of valuable source material, carefully transcribed with complete name and place indexes, presented together in one volume. 62% of the records contained in this publication have never been microfilmed, including the vital records of East Livermore, now Livermore Falls, which appear here in print for the very first time. The vital records of Livermore, available online as digitized microfilm, are unindexed and notoriously difficult to decipher, and finding an ancestor in these records inevitably required time-consuming, page-by-page searches. Not anymore. Mr. Childs amassed an impressive collection of original vital, military, and pauper records, one family Bible register, as well as documents and diaries relating to the area’s early history, found only at local repositories. Considering the historical importance of both towns, these records include individuals and families in transit to other destinations, both in Maine and other states: all 16 counties in Maine, 28 US states/districts (not including Maine), and 7 foreign countries are represented in the place index! This publication is a must-have for researchers of not only Livermore and East Livermore, but the entire area comprising Oxford, Androscoggin, Franklin, and Kennebec counties.
MGS Special Publication #99
Lincoln County, Maine, Master Index to Deeds in Volumes 101–189 (1818–1848)
Compiled by Marline A. Groves, edited by Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG, and Gregory S. Childs
This volume is an essential companion to the earlier master index published by MGS in 2021 covering deed volumes 1–100 and the years 1760–1818. This massive new book (860 pages, double-columned) is an index of over 100,000 grantor and grantee deeds, sorted by last name, first name, name of the counterparty, and volume and page number. The master index provides an easy overview of an individual’s transactions spanning multiple deed volumes, which heretofore have been indexed only semi-alphabetically by volume. With this book, researchers can now effortlessly locate deeds and bypass the tedious volume-by-volume searches that were necessary until now. In addition to land deeds, the index includes depositions, affidavits, powers of attorney, and other types of transactions, all of which are typically rich in genealogical clues and unexpected genealogical treasures, making these documents a crucial part of any genealogist’s research.
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MGS 2025 Annual Conference
Saturday, August 23rd, 2025
At the Randall Student Technology Center University of Maine at Augusta
Meet us in the Fireplace Lounge for
“A Day wit
h Judy Russell” The Legal Genealogist!
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18th New England Regional Genealogical Conference!
Join us in Manchester, NH from October 29th through November 1st, 2025.18th New England Regional Genealogical Conference!
Join us in Manchester, NH from October 29th through November 1st, 2025.
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Announcing Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 98
Vital Records of Leeds, Maine
Compiled by Marlene A. Groves
The area that now incorporates the town of Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine, was first called Littleborough Plantation and was settled as early as 1779. In 1801 the town was incorporated as the 127th town in Maine, then a part of Kennebec County. The records in this book were transcribed from both the digital images found on FamilySearch.org and from the surviving original volumes located in the Leeds town office.
June 2024
Announcing Updated and Expanded Edition of the Littlefield Genealogy
Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 97
The Littlefield Genealogy: Descendants of Edmund Littlefield of Wells, Maine, Through Six Generations
Updated and Revised Edition
Compiled by Priscilla Eaton, FASG
The original edition of The Littlefield Genealogy was compiled by Priscilla Eaton and published by the Maine Genealogical Society in 2020. The book was highly acclaimed and was the recipient of the prestigious Donald Lines Jacobus Award from the American Society of Genealogists. This new and expanded edition includes one hundred pages of additional information on various branches of the family and incorporates additions and corrections contributed by readers.
The Maine Genealogist Retrospective (1994-2023)
This new 250-page softcover book looks back over the last thirty years of The Maine Genealogist. Containing a selection of twenty-five of the best problem-solving articles published in the journal over that time period, the authors show how they solved difficult brick-wall problems and offer useful techniques to readers for solving their own research enigmas. Each article is its own detective story, providing entertaining, stimulating and educational reading to genealogists of all levels.