OBBFHA Annual Meeting - Our 2026 annual meeting will be held on Saturday, August 1st, at the Safe Harbor Community Chapel, 50 Mill Street, Waldoboro. The meeting will commence at 9:00 AM with our customary introductions, followed by a brief business meeting. Our feature speaker this year will be OBBFHA member Joanne Richards who will give a presentation titled, “Fighting for Freedom, Fighting for Survival, the Life and Times of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 Patriots of the Tolman Cemetery”. The Tolman Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Rockland and many patriots from Waldoboro are buried there.
Lunch, desserts, coffee and lemonade will be provided. After lunch there will be time for people to chat and exchange genealogical information. A five-dollar donation will be requested at the door. Please plan on attending and bring a friend!
Old German Meeting House and Burial Grounds The Ladies Auxiliary of the German Protestant Society will host their annual church service at 3:00 PM on Sunday, August 1st, at the Old German Meeting House in Waldoboro. Refreshments and snacks will be served after the service.
The photo is of the German Church (Waldoboro Meeting House), built in 1772. Click on the
image to get a larger view.
The Waldoboro Historical Society Mission Statement: The Waldoborough Historical Society collects and preserves the history and historical artifacts of Waldoboro, maintains a facility in which to celebrate and study the history, and promotes the education of its citizens in that history so that present and future generations may build upon.
Located at 1164 Main Street, Waldoboro, the Historical Society and Museum is a must see when visiting the area. It is also a good place to visit after the OBBFHA Annual Meeting. They have genealogical files on the various families of Waldoboro.
On our Publications page is a new Every name index for Bund und Blatt and OBBFHA Newsletters. Also we have added a list of articles in the New Series of newsletters from 2004-2025. Members receive the current year's newsletters and the online versions are a year behind.
Camden Herald Online Archives, 1870-2024 - The Camden Public Library, with the assistance of funding from private donors and the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation, has successfully digitized 150 years of the Camden Herald Archives. Go to the EXPLORE, LINKS tab to access this database or click here: https://www.librarycamden.org/walsh-history-center/search-camden-herald-archives/
We have added new sections under the Explore tab on our webpage called Historic Documents & Photos. For our first document, David Putnam has transcribed the UNITED STATES DIRECT TAX LIST OF 1798, WALDOBOROUGH from The Genealogical Advertiser, Volumes III and IV, Lucy Hall Greenlaw, Palala Publishing. Please send any contributions to David - DPutnam925(at)msn.com
We now have the ability to post photos submitted by members. There is also a place for a brief genealogy of some of the people in the photos. There is a folder for photos where the name is known and they are listed alphabetically by last name, first name, married name, and name of contributor.
There is a second folder with photos where the names are unknown and they show only the name of the contributor and image number. If anyone knows the names on any of these, please contact Fred Snell, webmaster. His email is fredsnell(at)gmail.com. Also if you have photos to submit, please contact Fred.
This is a good reminder to all of us who have boxes of old photos, please write the names and dates on them so future generation will know who these handsome people are.
