Summary
Good for the Maine Genealogical Society for publishing "Family Records of Sumner, Maine" in the February issue of The Maine Genealogist, available at some libraries. Originally known as West Butterfield, the Oxford County town was incorporated June 13, 1798.
These records are not "contemporary" - in other words, they were recorded by family rather than chronologically, as they happened.See the full content of this document
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Genealogical Society Prints Sumner Records
However, it's helpful that the clerk included family information from before the town was settled, and it's wonderful that the records usually include the mother's maiden name. Families lis...
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