Links

You can always find our sale merchandise, books, pottery and such at the Leeds Town Office

Here is a link to our some of our most recent merchandise offerings: https://dreamsmiths.me/index.php/product-category/leeds-historical-society/ 

Our town's history books are searchable:

History of the Town of Leeds, Androscoggin County, from its settlement June 10, 1780  by John C. Stinchfield, 1901

Taken From the Ground: Leeds, Maine in the Twentieth Century  by Elizabeth M. Lynn, 1987

Historical documents:

The History of Androscoggin County Maine edited by Georgia Drew Merrill, 1891 -

 Chapter 30, "Leeds Boundaries, Formation"   Chapter 31, "Excerpts from Town Records",  Chapter32, Leeds, First Baptist Church– Universalism – Methodism – The First Freewill Baptist Church – The Quakers – Schools – Temperance – Mills Other Industries – Sketches

“History of Leeds” from The Town Register of Wayne, Wales, Monmouth, Leeds & Green, Maine compiled by Mitchell and Gott, 1905

O.O. Howard Papers Online - digitization project at Bowdoin College

Maine Historical Maps including Leeds

Interesting links:

Maine Memory Network  and Maine Memory Network search for "Leeds"

A short video of Nat Bell, an independent logger in town beautifully produced by Phoebe Parker

A news story about the new Farmers' Gate Market in Leeds Center run by Aaron and Becky Buckley.

Help with Researching Property History

Genealogy for Beginners - from our friends at the Poland Historical Society

2001 Bicentennial Celebration news article

The Stinchfield-Stanchfield  Family Genealogy