I have had many persons write to me saying that they did not know about my genealogy column. I write the genealogy column, "What's in a name" which runs weekly in the "Maine Sunday Telegram." This paper is the largest Sunday newspaper in Maine and reaches to the far corners of the state, so it is actually accessible to every person in Maine. And the column is possibly the oldest of its kind still being published in this country. It is in its forty-eighth year--started in 1952. I have edited the column now for seventeen years.

Queries that deal with Maine families are accepted and will be printed as soon as space allows. I only ask that persons include dates and places if they have them. No recent dates will be included in the column. Also, I ask that they include their U.S. mail address (for the benefit of my many readers who don't have computer access). Since many older people don't have computers, newspaper columns such as mine may be the only way of reaching them and retrieving their memories and their many years of saved memorabilia. You might like to mention my column in your newsletter.

Regards,
Erlene Huntress Davis
Genealogy Columnist, Maine Sunday Telegram

You can send your queries to Erlene at:
"What's in a name?"
Maine Sunday Telegram
P.O. Box 1460
Portland, ME 04104
or e-mail mailto:Brucegen@ewol.com