Category Archives: Genealogy Research

Faces from the Past – Bessey Graduates 1954, Dunstan Students, c.1952, Libby, & Wood.

Explore the Scarborough Historical Society’s photo collection featuring Scarborough High School graduates of 1954, early 1950s Dunstan School students, and portraits of Perley Britt Wood and Carol Libby. Join family historian Don Taylor in uncovering these faces from Maine’s past and connecting them with their descendants. Continue reading

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Faces from the Past – Hodgkins, Howatt, Hurd, Johnson, & Sullivan

Explore five portraits from the Scarborough Historical Society’s photo collection, featuring Frank Hodgkins, Helene Howatt, Niels Johnson, Van or William Hurd, and Robert Leland Sullivan. Each image reveals fascinating insights into Maine’s people—from Civil War officers to 1938 Scarborough High graduates—and invites descendants to reconnect with their family history. Continue reading

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Faces from the Past – Bridges, Brown, Fielding, Harrison, Pedneault, and Four Jack Jr. HS Students

Explore this installment of “Faces from the Past,” which features Annie B. Harrison, William Fielding, Mable Evelyn Bridges, Marie Louise Brown & Charles Pedneault, and Jack Junior High students from 1957. Reuniting these portraits with descendants keeps local history alive. Continue reading

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Faces from the Past – Allen, Blaine, Bragdon, & Varney

Explore four remarkable photos from the Scarborough Historical Society collection, featuring Eugene Allen (SHS Class of 1938), Caroline J. Blaine of Taunton, Massachusetts, John & Georgianna Bragdon with young Orville Varney, and a house in Portland, Maine. This post uncovers the stories behind the faces and connects them with family history records. Continue reading

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A Case of Mistaken Identity? Mrs. Montran (or Montrose?) in Vicksburg, 1901.

Montran MondayBy Don Taylor As part of my ongoing Montran Monday series, I search historical newspapers for any mention of individuals bearing the Montran surname. Each brief reference is another clue in the larger puzzle of my maternal grandmother’s elusive … Continue reading

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