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From: Dana Edgecomb <>
Subject: Re: [MAINE] Maine & Nova Scotia proximity
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:03:28 -0500
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Hi Maryellen;
The record could be in either place. In the past,
Eastport was a booming shipping port. There was a customs
house there and in Machias. It may be worthwhile to check
those. I know that Maine Historical Soc has a copy of the
Machias ship enrollments. Also, online are the vital records from the Eastport
Sentinal. I have lost the URL, but you should be able to find
them on Google.
Dana


At 09:18 AM 2/27/2008, you wrote:
>Maryellen,
>
>It's not so far fetched.....
>My ancestors were Loyalists from Pennsylvania/New Jersey. They were
>"run out of the states" after the Revolutionary War and spent their
>first winter in Shelbourne, Nova Scotia. Shortly after the arrival of
>the Loyalist in 1783, the province of New Brunswick was formed out of
>two Counties of Nova Scotia. These were the entire County of Sunbury and
>most of the northern section of the County of Cumberland. Cumberland
>County Nova Scotia is now Westmorland {and Albert} County. Sunbury
>County, Nova Scotia took in most of the rest of the area now known as
>New Brunswick.

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