Venila Lovina Shores

As far as town histories go, this one is fairly well done. I purchased it for a summer trip that our choir was taking to this town. The trip has now been cancelled, but since I had nearly finished reading the book, I decided to complete it. It will be more meaningful to those who have lived there, but I enjoyed seeing some of the New England surnames that are in my own family history listed in the book. I'm fairly sure that they are probably distantly related to me, although I have not done research to verify it. There are some things that could have used a bit more documentation. There were other things that really seemed of marginal importance that could have probably been eliminated, cutting down on the overall number of pages. Those things may or may not have interested even those living there. My biggest criticism came during the part discussing the town's military involvement. There was a single sentence describing the Korean and Vietnam wars: "Although men from Lyndon served in both the above wars, few records exist telling of Lyndon's involvement." This book was completed in 1986. I have difficulty believing that there were not living veterans who could have supplied oral histories. I have difficulty believing that there were no newspaper accounts reporting servicemen leaving for those conflicts. I'm happy that I read this book, and I hope that I can visit the area sometime in the future.… (meer)