Category Archives: Research Tips

Jump Hunting and the Maine Register

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Don Taylor

  Painting by Henry Thomas Alken [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons. My foster father, Duane Olson, took me hunting when I was in high school. He liked to “jump-shoot” ducks. He knew places where there were likely to be ducks. … Continue reading →

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Newspaper Searching

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Don Taylor

I attended the Bangor Family History Fair at the Bangor Family History Center last weekend. Overall, it was a good experience and worth the two-hour drive, each way. Probably, the talk I enjoyed most was by Penobscot County GenealogicalSociety president, … Continue reading →

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Searching for a Living Individual

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Don Taylor

Searching for a living individual. A really close friend recently asked me recently if I have any special tricks to finding living people. He had tried to find a cousin of his wife, but kept running into sites that cost … Continue reading →

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