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Vital statistics - including the following complied from town records:

Buxton - Index to Births 1892-1978, Index to Deaths 1892-1978, Index to Marriages 1777-1994

Buxton Vitals, Dr. AKP Meserve, Charles Meserve, Burton Pease

Hollis - Births & Deaths, Burton Pease, 2004

Hollis - Vital Statistics from town reports 1887-1951, Rita Bradbury

Cemetery records and locations featuring:

Buxton Cemetery Records, John Frost, 1968

Hollis Cemetery Records, John Frost 1967

Maine Cemetery Inscriptions, York County, Maine Old Cemetery Assoc, 1995

Houses and Local Historic Sites

Buxton and Hollis roadside surveys of buildings over 50 years old

Local buildings on the National Historic Register

Census – 1790, 1860, 1880,1900,1910,1920,1930,1940 census information indexed for Buxton & Hollis

Obituary collection

Town Reports - Buxton and Hollis

Town Register - 1905 town register with families and occupations for Buxton and Hollis

Family genealogies and histories featuring:

Heard-Hurd genealogy, Jewetts of America, Leavitt Decendents, Libby, Nada Ardelle, Milliken Family, Small, Edward & associated families, Usher Family, Woodman Family

Biographies featuring

A Deaf Artist in Early America, by Harlan Lane 2004

The Work of John Brewster Jr, Fenimore Art Museum, 2006

Legend of Lazarus Rowe, by Mary Palmer

Maine History/Genealogy, including:

Maine Families in 1790, Vol 1-8, Maine Genealogical Assoc.

Piscatequa Pioneers, by Piscatequa Pioneers Assoc, 200

Saco Valley Settlements and Families, GT Ridlon, 1905

Genealogy Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire

School information, including:

Buxton High School, Hollis High School and Bonny Eagle High School yearbooks

Hollis Rural Schools, The Early Days, Dana Smith, 1989

One-Room School House information

Photo Collection – 1300 images digitized

Scrapbook collection

includes donation from families of George E. Jack, Ronelda Berry, Margarete Waterman and others.

Newspaper

Narragansett Sun, 1892-1916, local clippings compiled by Donna Conley

Maps

Daniel Dennett Buxton 1800 map showing first settlers and lots

Daniel Dennett Buxton map of 1852/53 showing houses and families

Robert Yarumian 1800 map of Hollis with early land owners and lots

1872 Atlas maps of Buxton, Hollis and surrounding communities

Book Collections:

Dana Smith’s school book collection, Joan Dixon collection, Mary Dole Jackson collection

Kate Douglas Wiggin collection

Town History Books, including:

Records of Narraganset No. 1 (Buxton), Goodwin

Buxton Centennial, 1872

Buxton Postcard Images, Jim Libby

Recollections of Old Buxton, Cousins & Hannaford

Buxton, Hollis & Limington Images, Frank Sleeper

History of Hollis, Jewett & Hannaford

Hollis Bicentennial, 1998

Surrounding Town/City History information.

Our two Museum Exhibits are about the villages of Bar Mills and West Buxton. We track about 100 years of history with photographs, text and local artifacts to describe our villages and their people.