Brunswick History

links to Brunswick history projects published online by Curtis Memorial Library

Snow Index to Brunswick Newspapers

William A. Wheeler Works Brunswick Yesterdays transcribed from the Brunswick Record and annotated by Richard Snow

J. C. Humphreys and his Merrymeeting Bay Shipyard by Chris Gutscher (16.9 MB pdf)

1790 Census for Brunswick, Maine transcribed by library volunteer Judy Husman

A History of the Public Library in Brunswick, Maine, by Louise R. Helmreich (online version of the 84-page book published in 1976)

Facts About Brunswick, Maine by John Furbish 1862 – 1879 (electronic rendering of the facsimile edition published in 1976)

Facts and Legends Concerning the Underground Railroad in Topsham and Brunswick by Mark Cheetham

Cemeteries of Brunswick Brunswick and Topsham Cemetery transcriptions and maps prepared by father and son team, Don and Mark Cheetham.

Franco-Americans played a large role in Brunswick history. Quebecois and Acadian connections may be traced in this compilation of Franco web links.

Index of where to find local town directories
from 1867 to 1983

Merrymeeting Park, Brunswick, Maine, by Chris Gutscher (online version of the 1985 booklet)

Search the Library Catalog for printed material on Brunswick History

Wheeler & Wheeler’s History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell (online version of the 959-page book first published in 1878)

Historical maps

Brunswick & Topsham in 1887 (map in pdf)

Downtown Brunswick in 1887 (map in gif )

Maine Street in 1923 (Maine Street maps courtesy of Mark Cheetham)

Maine Street in 1940

Maine Street in 1960