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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 Bayside (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 Bayside. 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.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Bayside is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Penobscot, Waldo & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Bayside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bayside:

  • Hancock County     (The home county of Bayside)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
    • West Trenton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • West Trenton is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton
    • Trenton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Surry
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Surry is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,504 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Surry <1>
    • East Lamoine
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • East Lamoine is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lamoine
    • Lamoine
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ellsworth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • East Blue Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Point
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian Point is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
    • Salsbury Cove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Salsbury Cove is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salsbury Cove
    • Franklin Road
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Franklin Road is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Road
    • South Hancock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • South Hancock is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hancock
    • Blue Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Knox County
    • Isle Au Haut
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
    • Goodale Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
    • East Eddington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
    • Holden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Holden is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holden <1>
    • Clifton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Clifton is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 901 people
    • Brewer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brewer is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,948 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewer <1>
    • North Orrington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • North Orrington is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orrington
    • Orrington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bangor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bangor is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,998 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bangor <1>
    • Eddington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hampden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Veazie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Veazie is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veazie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Veazie <1>
    • Hampden Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hampden Center is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Center
  • Waldo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
    • Sandy Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Prospect Ferry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
    • Stockton Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Prospect
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Winterport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Frankfort
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Searsport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • North Winterport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • North Winterport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
    • Islesboro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Islesboro is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islesboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
    • North Islesboro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • North Islesboro is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Islesboro
    • North Searsport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • North Searsport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
    • Northport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
    • Steuben
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • East Steuben
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • East Steuben is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steuben
    • Cherryfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Milbridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Deblois
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Deblois is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deblois
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bayside, see our County-by-County Page for Bayside.

Cemeteries Near Bayside ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bayside.

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 Bayside - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bayside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.

  • Moore Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Whittenmore Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Morgan Bay Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • South Surry Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Goose Cove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Leland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Remick Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Haskell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Murch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Alley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Haynes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jordan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (198 more) ...
    • Village Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayview Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gray Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)

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 Bayside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bayside.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.

  • West Trenton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • West Trenton is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton
  • East Surry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • East Surry is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Surry
  • Trenton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • South Surry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • South Surry is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Surry
  • Surry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Surry is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,504 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Surry <1>
  • East Blue Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Eden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Eden is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • East Lamoine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • East Lamoine is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lamoine
  • Lamoine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Ellsworth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Indian Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Point is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
  • Lamoine Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lamoine Beach is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoine Beach
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ellsworth Falls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Ellsworth Falls is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth Falls
    • Marlboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Marlboro is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
    • Franklin Road
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Franklin Road is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Road

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bayside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bayside.

Newspapers Published in Bayside ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bayside.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bayside, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bayside.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Bayside:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bayside) 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 Bayside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.