While I never had a chance to meet my uncle, as he passed before he was even two years old, I felt the need this year to commemorate his birthday. If all goes well, this summer I’ll go out to the cemetery where he, his brother, and my grandparents lie and replace the gravel around the stones.
When I first started looking into the Judkins side of my family, I realized that a lot of the family members were from Weld, so, naturally, I stared looking for the vital record for Weld, Maine, online. They were there, but they weren’t tagged, transcribed, or quickly searchable by any means. I decided if I was going to have to look through reams of images, I might as well transcribe them. I started making headway with the process, but somewhere along the way, I lost my link for the digital images I was working from.
Damn.
Well, I didn’t have the best form going into the Weld records, so let’s start again with a different town that I knew I’d have to dive into the vital records of someday. I decided to work on the records for Carthage, Maine, a little town right next door to Weld.
I am forever grateful that I did!
So far I have found intentions of marriage for:
My 4th great-grandparents, Reuben Hutchinson and Isabella Pratt;
Another pair of 4th great-grandparents, Willard Judkins and Melissa Mitchell;
And yet another set of 4th great-grandparents, Ira White and Anna Noyes.
I’m no where close to done and can’t wait to see what other gems I might be able to snag!
