ROLANDRHOADES.COM

Personal Website of Roland Rhoades
Genealogist, Historian, and Time Traveler

Specializing in Maine Families

Gorham Maine - seeker@maine.rr.com

last update 06 May 2013

My Holiday Letter

GENEALOGY INDEX

of My Photos, Genealogies, Cemeteries, & Links

 

my Very Best Wishes

to the future King & Queen,

will & kate

from cousin Roland

My Royal Lineages - dating back 1500+ years - and Mayflower and Revolutionary War lineages - new Oct 2011, 3/2013 update

Roland Rhoades' family home.

CEMETERY LISTINGS around Maine
Sept 2012 update

 

 

12/31/09 - I am now on Facebook

 


DNA TESTING - WHICH COMPANY? WHICH TEST? BEST RESULTS FOR THE MONEY? - NEW PAGE Dec 2012, Feb 2013 update
 
 CODES:   P = MY PATERNAL LINE           M = MY MATERNAL LINE

LEAVITT Families links and pages
Links to webpages, genealogies, records, photos, gravestones
compiling every descendant of John Leavitt of Hingham MA 1630s
and Thomas Leavitt of Hampton NH 1630s
with MANY descendants in Maine
- free e-newsletter; email me
New Member benefits added June 2011  updates April 2013

M - Roland's LEAVITT FAMILY of Montville 1800-1829, Lincoln, Aroostook, Parkman, and Cambridge Maine 1843-, and points beyond - click above for Roland's Leavitt webpage of genealogy and photos, new May 2011

WALLS-Leavitt Family of Belfast, Montville, Searsmont, ... 1800-  click above for Roland's Leavitt webpage of genealogy and photos, new May 2011, update 7/11

After buying 2 more books at a genealogy fair that I found I already had when I got home, I made time  to create a book inventory of MY GENEALOGY LIBRARY. 4/26/2013 update - 9p

COPYRIGHT
I freely share my genealogy research, but ask that you NOT upload to any website that in turn sells that material on CD, or otherwise assumes that they have publishing rights. Thanks.

   I am now the Publications Sales Manager for
      THE MAINE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 
               (a volunteer position)               
    The Maine Genealogist back issues to 1983 - inquire  
 MAINE VITAL RECORDS & 1790 CENSUS BOOKS
       DISCOUNT BOOK LIST  w/ FREE BOOKS (Feb 2013 updates)  
  Not a member, but want these savings? Just Join us. 


MAINE STATE ARCHIVES Marriage Index 1892-2009 & Death Index 1960-2009 - more complete than outside websites who copied it years ago.

MAINE & NH DATABASES ON NEHGS AmericanAncestors.org new 4/13

Transcribed Maine LEAVITT Births thru 1959, Marriages including "the missing years" thru 2009, and Deaths thru 2013 - available as a NALF member benefit.
- see Leavitt link above.
 


CAMBRIDGE MAINE webpage 1834-2009  175 years & Cemeteries  8/12 update
 

P Lordy Lordy - Looks Who's 140:  ROLAND RHOADES (1867- )
 

P&M ROBERT & MARY REYNOLDS of Boston 1630, to Maine  New 2/2013 60p
 

P RHOADES Family of Winslow, Troy, Gardiner ME  8/11 update
HAPPY 400th BIRTHDAY - HENRY RHODES of Lynn b 1608

 P IN MEMORIAM
 MARION BOUDWAY RHOADES 1911-2008

P BOARDWAY-Boudway-Boadway-Budway Family of Orono ME 1852- 
Now with it's own webpages with photos and newsletter
5/3/11 update with  printout on John Boudway page
 

P MY SWEDEN FAMILIES

PETERSON family of Marstrand Sweden 5/3/11 update with  printout on John Boudway page.

Photos and own webpage coming soon.
 

M STINNEFORD FAMILY of Wells ME 1800-  12/2011 update

P FLAGG Family of Northport & Belmont ME 1800 major update 5/2012

P BRIGGS Family of Northport & Belmont ME 1800-  new 11/10

P FRENCH Family of Belfast Maine 1790-  new 11/10

P My HALLOWELL Family of Kennebec Co Maine 1780-  new 12/2012 17p

M MORGRAGE-MORGRIDGE Family of Kittery ME 1600s  new 9/09 which was 23p; 7/2011 update is 65p plus index. Lots more to input, but check it out.

M SAFFORD Family of Dexter ME 1800  new 9/09 which was 7p; expanded 7/2011 to 21p; expanded 2/2013 to 45p.

And my wife's families:

HARRIS & BUCKNAM Family of Groveton NH - 8/2012 update
OAKES Family of Nova Scotia -
12/09 update
POIRIER Family of PEI to Ipswich MA -
4/2011 update 8p

A Memorial to Our Little Boy
GRISWOLD POIRIER 1996-2009
 

Photos, Cemeteries of above families coming soon. See Cemetery listings above.

 

History & Listing of Universalist & Unitarian Ministers in Maine
Universalism was once Maine's largest denomination in the 1800s, with a church in nearly every town, based on their good news of Universal Salvation, and God was too good to create a hell for his children (except for what they create themselves). Then other churches stopped preaching the bad news of hellfire and damnation, and took up the Universalist message. Take note of ministers on old marriage records and see what churches your ancestors belonged to.  5/11 update is now over 800.

 

IDENTITY SAFETY for Genealogists

TIME TRAVELERS: Visit the olden days of Maine

Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

ROLAND RHOADES - Links to my favorite groups
(Life memberships, if offered, make life easier, not having to remember to mail dues every year)
Member: Maine Genealogical Society #1151 & various chapters
especially Taconnett Falls Library chapter with their annual FREE Genealogy Fair
and Greater Portland Chapter

Maine Mayflower Society #49125 Life Member
- Pilgrim Edward Doty Society #1878 Life Member
- Pilgrim Stephen Hopkins Society #263 Life Member
- Pilgrim Isaac Allerton Society  Charter Member #17

Maine Old Cemeteries Association Life Member
Maine Historical Society
Dexter Maine Historical Society
Essex Society of Genealogists (MA)
#412
Sons & Daughters of the First Settlers of Newbury MA
Life member
New England Historic Genealogical Society free e-newsletter
National Association of Leavitt Families
see above, Life Member & Genealogist
Reynolds Family Association
#2069 - new website,
re-established in 2013.
French Family Association - [the surname] founding member
Godfrey Memorial Library - genealogy internet research
Ancestry.com -  sign up for their FREE e-newsletter
GenealogyBank.com - old newspapers & more
FAMILYSEARCH.ORG - FREE site for research

 

Other links of interest:

INTERNET & OTHER FREEBIES

Political Ramblings updated Spring 2008 (too busy)
"War is a violent response to complex issues, by simple minds."

 


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