Taconnett Falls Library
Taconnett Falls Library
DIRECTIONS TO OUR LIBRARY
10 Lithgow Street, Winslow, Maine 04901
LIBRARY HOURS
WED & SAT 1 to 4 PM
WINTER HOURS
(mid December to mid-March)
12 to 3 PM SAT only
MEETINGS
3rd Sunday of each month
2 PM
e-mail: taconnettfalls@yahoo.com
Fireplace in the Maine Room
Members & visitors researching during one of our
Gen. Fairs
View in the Middle Room
The Canada Room
The New England Room
Helping researchers at a Genealogy Fair
A sample of some of the family genealogies available
Genealogy Fair exhibitors in the church hall nextdoor
Genealogy Fair in June 2006
OUR MAJOR CURRENT ASSETS
EQUIPMENT
•5 computers (both Mac & Windows)
• microfilm viewer
• microfiche viewer
• overhead projector
• VCR & DVD players
• TV sets
• large projector screen
• two photocopiers
• coffee makers
• stereo system
• microwave oven
COMPUTERS - PRINTERS - MICROFILM VIEWER - TV SET - VCR PLAYER - FILING
CABINETS
BOOKS & REFERENCE MATERIALS
We have over 438 linear feet of books and records
and 40 files drawers of records and materials.
In the Maine Room:
•town and county vital records and histories
• Maine genealogy books
• Maine families of 1790 set of volumes
• thousands of obituaries in file drawers
• family genealogies
• bible records
• research tools on "how to"
• newsletters from various societies
In the New England Room:
• a fairly complete set of the NEHGS publications
• books and records on each of the New England states
• the microfilm records of the Maine Old Cemetery Association
(MOCA)
• file cards on the Sons of Union Veterans of Maine
(Civil War)
In the Middle Room:
•printed copies of the MOCA records
(gravestone records of most Maine cemeteries - by county)
• books and duplicates for sale
•town reports
In the Canada Room:
(includes Europe)
•New Brunswick records
Quebec records include the following major resources:
•Talbot's Beauce-Dorchester-Frontenac series
•Talbot's Bellechasse-Islet-Montmagny series
•Talbot's Saguenay-Charlevoix series
• Stephen White's volume on Acadian genealogy
• Drouin's Red volumes
• many of Drouin's Blue volumes
• several of the early PRDH volumes
• numerous Quebec family genealogies
• some Quebec parish index volumes
•a computer with Bob Chenard's genealogy containing
all of Beauce county parish records from 1738 to 1876/1900
• the family trees of Maine Franco-American families
• Numerous CDs and DVDs on Quebec genealogy
• Dictionnaire Genealogique de Madawaska diocese
which covers northern Maine's French/Acadian families
• census records
and many other helpful genealogy records
Do come and visit us - we
welcome visitors at any time we are open
and encourage you to join and help us keep this wonderful
library open and running. Without the support of the members
this fabulous asset would not be available.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Taconnett Falls Officers
- 2010
President Fred Clark
Vice President Robert Chenard
Secretary Kay Marsh
Treasurer Herb Brock
Membership Enola Couture
Board of Directors -
2010
Barbara Gundvaldsen
Thelma Brooks
Janet Boynton
Kay Marsh (librarian)
Janet Weymouth as Past President
Newsletter Editor:
Fred Clark
Internet webmaster: Bob Chenard
Snail-Mail issues by: Enola Couture
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HELPFUL GENEALOGY LINKS
Maine genealogy
Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society
Waterville
families
(our own Cindy Spaulding's site)
Franco-American
Genealogy
(our own Bob Chenard's French Connection web site)
MOCA (Maine Old Cemetery Association)
Maine Catholic Cemeteries (incl. Waterville)
Canada & Quebec
Soc. Gen. Canadienne-Francaise
- Montreal
US census records, Canada (includes many Quebec parish registers)
(you will need Flash Player to view this FREE LDS web site)
Browse US census records, state records, etc.
Quebec parish register genealogy pages
Isle of Orleans, Quebec
marriages
Acadian genealogy
Madawaska county (NB) Genealogy
Other useful web sites
IGI (International Genealogical Index