Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Alfred Mills (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Alfred Mills. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Alfred Mills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Alfred Mills: Alfred Mls. (or less commonly used: Alfred Mlls.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Alfred Mills is located in York County.
To see how the shape of Maine's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of York County: Cumberland, Oxford, Carroll (NH), Rockingham (NH) & Strafford (NH).
Below are the counties that are near Alfred Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alfred Mills:
- York County (The home county of Alfred Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfred Mills, with the one closest to Alfred Mills listed first.
- Alfred
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lyman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyman is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,536 people
- Sanford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Days Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Days Mill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Mill
- Waterboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Sanford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Sanford is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sanford
- Springvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Waterboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Kennebunk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Kennebunk is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kennebunk
- Dayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Hollis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hollis
- Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfred Mills, with the one closest to Alfred Mills listed first.
- West Scarborough
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
- Grand Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Grand Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
- Prouts Neck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Danish Village ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Danish Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Village
- Gorham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Scarborough
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scarborough
- Standish
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Scarborough
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Steep Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lone Creek Village ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Creek Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Creek Village
- Sebago Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sebago Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebago Lake
- Cash Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfred Mills, with the one closest to Alfred Mills listed first.
- Durgintown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- Kezar Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Porter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Porter is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Rankins Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rankins Mill is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankins Mill
- East Hiram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Hiram is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hiram
- Hiram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Belknap County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfred Mills, with the one closest to Alfred Mills listed first.
- Alton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alton is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,364 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
- Alton Bay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Barnstead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Carroll County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfred Mills, with the one closest to Alfred Mills listed first.
- East Wakefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wakefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woodman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Brookfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- South Effingham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Wolfeboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Effingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fernald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- North Wolfeboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- Ossipee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfeboro Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Wolfeboro Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rockingham County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfred Mills, with the one closest to Alfred Mills listed first.
- Newington Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Newington Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington Station
- Newington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Seacrest Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Seacrest Village is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacrest Village
- New Castle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Portsmouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Newmarket
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northwood Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Northwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stratham Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stratham Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratham Station
- Strafford County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfred Mills, with the one closest to Alfred Mills listed first.
- East Rochester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Milton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
- North Rochester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Rollinsford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Somersworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Somersworth is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,286 people
- Former names for Somersworth:
- Great Falls
- Summersworth
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somersworth <1>
- Rochester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Place is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Farmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Middleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- Pickering
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Dover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,443 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
- Davis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Davis is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alfred Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Alfred Mills.
Cemeteries Near Alfred Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alfred Mills.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Alfred Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alfred Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alfred Mills, with the one closest to Alfred Mills listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Alfred.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89862 <3>
- Chadbourne Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Notre Dame Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notre Dame Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Notre Dame Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Springvale.
- Springvale Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Springvale Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Springvale.
- The Springvale Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90456 <3>
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Russell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mitchell - Hatch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Littlefield Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bear Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Alfred Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Alfred Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alfred Mills, with the one closest to Alfred Mills listed first.
- Alfred
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sanford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Sanford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Sanford is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sanford
- Waterboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Springvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Goodwins Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goodwins Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Mills
- West Kennebunk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Kennebunk is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kennebunk
- East Waterboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wells Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Branch is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Branch
- Waterboro Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Waterboro Center is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterboro Center
- South Hollis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Hollis is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hollis
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- North Lebanon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Lebanon is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lebanon
- East Lebanon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Lebanon is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lebanon
- Kennebunk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alfred Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alfred Mills.
Newspapers Published in Alfred Mills ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alfred Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alfred Mills, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alfred Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Alfred Mills:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alfred Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Alfred Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |