History of Boothbay, Southport and Boothbay Harbor, Maine: 1623-1905, With Family Genealogies (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Gowdy, Mahlon M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332296068 ISBN 13: 9781332296064

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2016

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Excerpt from History of Boothbay, Southport and Boothbay Harbor, Maine: 1623-1905, With Family Genealogies

In the fall of 1888 it fell to my lot to do considerable work on the town records, as a member of the petitioner's committee on the town division case. I then noted the fact that, though in worn and tattered condition, they contained the basis for a history of the town and a genealogy of many of its old families.

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Excerpt from History of Boothbay, Southport and Boothbay Harbor, Maine: 1623-1905, With Family Genealogies

From time immemorial it has been the custom of authors, when the volume was completed, to write an apology for its infliction upon the public and place it at the beginning of the book, calling it the preface. I submit to the custom to a certain extent, but not in an apologetic sense. If such a work as this is correct and trustworthy no apology is needed for its presence. It simply collects, compiles and preserves in print the essence of a town's past records and the relationship of its families. It is a plodding task for any one to undertake, particularly the genealogical work. It is compiling rather than composing. It does not require a high order of ability to perform the kind of work necessary, but it does require labor, patience and system. In unraveling some of the knotty problems the keen scent of a detective and the accuracy of an accountant, combined, would be desirable qualifications. Some experience in the every-day affairs of a municipality and a knowledge of how town records are produced are matters of inestimable value.

When I settled in Boothbay, in 1886, I had collected a small library on local Maine history. My traveling occupation had given, and continued to do so, some opportunities in this direction. My interest as well as my library on this subject has increased from year to year. In 1887 and 1888 I contributed several articles to the Lewiston Journal upon the early history of Lincoln County. At that time I first learned something of how important a part was played upon these shores in the early history of the District of Maine. At the same time I noted how fast the sources of information were fading and fleeting from us by the loss or defacement of both public and private records and the decease of aged persons in the community.

The first year and a half in town I lived at Boothbay Center, in a part of the residence of William Kenniston. He was a man of rare conversational powers and had a very retentive memory. Scarcely a day passed, when associated with him, but he would recall some of the early occurences of his life, or repeat some of the traditions of the locality.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1332296068
• ISBN 13: 9781332296064
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 782