Subj:	 Maine Town/County resource books
Date:	98-03-29 12:40:16 EST
From:	dmaynar@BGNet.bgsu.edu (Douglas C. Maynard)

As promised here is the compiled list of Maine town/county resource books
that have been recommended by members of this list.  Thanks to Lorelei
Gustafson, Roger Barnes, Janice Whitaker, Dana Edgecomb, Audrey Catassi,
Charlene Fox Clemons, Fred Harmon Sr., Libbie Davis, and Richard Hart for
their contributions. Many of these entries were mentioned by more than one
person.

1. "Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research" (1st ed - 1981)
	Publisher: NEHGS
2. "The Maine Atlas and Gazeteer" (latest ed is in print)
	Publisher: DeLorme
3. "Maine Bicentennial Atlas: An Historical Survey"
	Publisher: Maine Historical Society
4. "Counties, Cities, Towns, and Plantations of Maine"
5. "What was What, Where and "When" (3rd ed - 1993)
	Author: Michael J. Dennis
6. "Maine Place Names and the Peopling of its Towns" (mult. vols. - 1955)
	Author: Ava Harriet Chadbourne
	Publisher: Bond Wheelwright Co.
7. "The Maine Register" (published annually)
	Publisher: Tower Publishing
8. "The Length and Breadth of Maine" (1977)
	Author: Stanley Bearce Attwood
9. "A Gazeteer of the State of Maine" (orig. pub 1881)
	Author: George J. Varney
	Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc.

Hope this list is as helpful to others as it is to me!

Doug.

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