Official Bio

Faith Lane (she/her/they/them) is a work in progress: a late blooming Druid who started talking with trees and stars at age three, reading at age four, writing poetry at age eight, and studying genealogy at age nine.

Born in Farmington, Maine, Faith grew up wild and rebellious in Wilton, Maine and Chester, New Hampshire. She is a poet, author, adventurer, librarian, researcher, and genealogist.

She graduated from Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire and earned degrees from The University of Montana and San Jose State University.

For more than twenty years, she traveled in the United States and Europe as a military spouse, working in a wide variety of fields while raising and educating three beautiful children (now grown and with children of their own).

Faith now resides in Downeast Maine with her husband. Their herb gardens and meadows are home to birds, bees, butterflies, and other wild and rebellious creatures.

Her first two poetry chapbooks, zen(ish) and toxic & tonic, were published in 2021. She has also published a family history Descendants of Emery Orson Lane & Rose Mabel Haskell of Fayette, Maine and is one of the caretakers of The Lane Farm in Fayette, as well as archivist of the personal papers and artifacts of that extensive Lane family.

Her newest nonfiction book, Rural Librarianship: From Surviving to Thriving will be published in January 2024.

Her first work of fiction, a mixed genre work titled Veleda’s Vision is scheduled for publication in December 2024.

Coming December 2024! Veleda’s Vision, a novel. Mixed genre speculative fiction.

Coming January 2024! Rural Librarianship: From Surviving to Thriving. Information Leadership for the 21st Century. Available at FaithLaneBooks.com.

October 2021: Published a second poetry chapbook, Toxic & Tonic. Click on title to purchase.

May 2021: Published first family history and lineage book. Descendants of Emery Orson Lane (1860-1940) & Rose Mabel Haskell (1878-1950) of Fayette, Maine. Click on title to request. Available to family members by direct inquiry to the author.

January 2021: Published first poetry chapbook, Zen(ish). Click on title to purchase. 10% of author proceeds will be donated to Dorcas Library.

2019-2020: Trained and prepared to hike the Appalachian Trail as a fundraiser for the Dorcas Library. Cancelled due to pandemic. Further delayed by injury. [See blog posts.] Yes. We still hike. We intend to complete the trail by doing section hikes over several years.

May 2015-Dec 2019: Served as Library Director, Dorcas Library & Learning Center.

March 2019: Completed the Master of Library and Information Sciences [MLIS] online from San Jose State University.

The Poet Genealogist

 GENEALOGY EXPERIENCE

1970-Present My interest in family history and genealogical research began when I was nine years old. I have been digging up old records ever since.

I am primarily an online researcher these days. I began doing online research and shifting family trees to the computer in 1999.

CURRENT PROJECTS

James Lane & Eunice Chase of Kent’s Hill, Readfield, Maine

Grace Anthea Shelton White of Calloway County, Kentucky

Moses Alvin Clark of Perry, Maine

William F. Keys:  A Tough Nut to Crack

Women of Joshua Tree: A Genealogical Study

SURNAMES

Barth, Bean, Bogardus, Bowen, Boyd, Briscoe, Burrows, Clark, Denslow, Doherty, Eames, Furches, Glavin, Halverston, Haskell, Heaward, Hensley, Johnston, Keys, Knight, Lane, LaRosee, Lidstone, Lovejoy, MacBean, MacDonald, MacLellan, MacMillan, Mansfield, Merrill, Morse, Pursell, Quimby, Roffe, Rogers, Shelton, Slaughter, Thomas, Tufts, VanSchaik, Walton, White, Wilkerson, Wilkins, Wing

EDUCATION

2019 Master Library & Information Sciences (MLIS), San Jose State University

2012 Genealogy I & II, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California

1993 Graduate Courses (24 credit hours), Teaching Drama, University of Montana
1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drama, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
1992 UM Presidential Scholar, School of Fine Arts, Department of Drama/Dance

Jobs I Have Known & Loved (or Hated)

Housekeeper and nanny, plastic bottle line operator & inspector, retail sales, retail warehousing, retail filing clerk, civilian employee of US Army, theater box office manager, custodial worker, administrative assistant, book store associate manager, executive assistant at a bank, church custodian, office manager at a mortgage company, graphic designer, resume & curriculum vita consultant, library aide at two university libraries, costume shop worker, tutor, high school speech & drama coach, actor, director, stage manager, entrepreneur, nonprofit business consultant, technical director, events coordinator, assistant scoutmaster Boy Scouts of America, military family representative, entrepreneur, business & sales trainer, private school technical director, long haul truck driver, corporate trainer, hotel front desk clerk, hotel housekeeping & maintenance manager, caretaker of a remote ranch, genealogical researcher for private clients, genealogy teacher, library director, published author and entrepreneur.