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Look-ups

Please note: I am no longer able to do lookups. If you are interested in looking at these books, I would suggest that you try to borrow them through interlibrary loan. Check with your local public library for details on this.


Books 

Ties of Common Blood: A History of Maine's Northeast Boundary Dispute with Great Britain 1783-1842 by Geraldine Tidd Scott.

One Hundred & Fifteen Years in Woodland Aroostook County Maine 1861-1976

They Went From Caribou -- from the Civil War Papers of George Whitneck, publication of The Caribou Historical Society 1995

Early History of Caribou, Maine by Stella King White. It covers the period 1842-1895.

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Aroostook War -- A roster of commissioned officers and enlisted men from February to May of 1839

Census 

Fortunately most of the censuses of Aroostook are now online and include name indexes. Here are the links:

1830 Census for "Aroostook" (not yet online)

1840 Census for Ashland, Caribou, Castle Hill, Fort Fairfield, Mapleton, Masardis, Presque Isle, Washburn, Woodland: available online at http://www.upperstjohn.com/1840/

1850 Census for Ashland, Caribou, Castle Hill, Fort Fairfield, Mapleton, Masardis, Presque Isle, Washburn, Woodland: available online at http://www.upperstjohn.com/1850/

1860 Census for Ashland, Caribou, Castle Hill, Fort Fairfield, Mapleton, Masardis, Presque Isle, Washburn, Woodland: available online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/me/aroostook/census/1860/0000read.htm

 

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