Source Material
My Father's Mountain by Eugenia Orlich Hartig with contributions from Amelia Smilanich Russell. Self published in 1980. Approximately 20 copies exist. With Cousin Gena's kind permission, I hope to get it transcribed and put up on this Web site. Volunteer typists wanted!
Forget Me Nots by Marie Eldred Smilanich. Published in 1994 by Family Histories, 137 Bates Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55106. You still occasionally see copies of it in Minnesota bookstores.
-Reflections-Carving a Community Out of the Big Woods subtitled The Maple Lake, Minnesota Centennial History 1890 - -1990 Self published by the Maple Lake Centennial Book Committee in 1989. My great great grandparents on my Grandmother Marie's side, the Caouettes, are on pg. 206
The Macombers in Plymouth Colony by Robert Macomber. The online version is here.
William in Marshfield by Robert Macomber. Further analysis of one of the Macomber brothers. With pictures of the house that had unbroken Macomber occupancy and ownership from the early 1600s until 1945. The online version is here.
Macomber Geneaology by Everett S. Stackpole. Published in 1094 by Press of the Journal Company, Lewiston, Maine. Contains the genealogical charts from John and William Macomber until the beginning of the 20th century. His description of the origination of the Macomber name is here. The descendants of John are here. I hope to have the descendants of William, my ancestor, soon.