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 Bustins Island (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 Bustins Island. 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 Bustins Island ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Bustins Island: Bustins Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
- While the name of this community is Bustins Island, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Bustins Island may originally have been Bustin's Island.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Bustins Island might be written as Bustin Island.
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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Bustins Island is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Androscoggin, Oxford, Sagadahoc & York.
Below are the counties that are near Bustins Island. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bustins Island:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Bustins Island)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bustins Island, with the one closest to Bustins Island listed first.
- South Freeport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Merepoint
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Merepoint is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merepoint
- West Harpswell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Harpswell
- Harpswell Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Harpswell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Harpswell
- Chebeague Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harpswell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bunganuc Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bunganuc Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunganuc Landing
- Orrs Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Village ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lower Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Yarmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bustins Island, with the one closest to Bustins Island listed first.
- Durham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lisbon Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lisbon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Penley Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Penley Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penley Corner
- Danville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Rumford Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Junction
- Littlefield Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Littlefield Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield Corner
- Drinkwater Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Lewiston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sabattus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Poland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Poland is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Poland
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bustins Island, with the one closest to Bustins Island listed first.
- Litchfield Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Litchfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Monmouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Batchelders Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- Purgatory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- East Monmouth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- Monmouth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- South Gardiner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardiner
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bustins Island, with the one closest to Bustins Island listed first.
- Southport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Trevett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mouse Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mouse Island is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouse Island
- West Boothbay Harbor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Boothbay Harbor is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Boothbay Harbor
- Westport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Former name for Westport:
- Westport Island
- Boothbay Harbor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Boothbay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Dresden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Bayville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bayville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Hatchs Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- East Boothbay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Edgecomb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bustins Island, with the one closest to Bustins Island listed first.
- East Otisfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Otisfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otisfield
- Spurrs Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spurrs Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrs Corner
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bustins Island, with the one closest to Bustins Island listed first.
- Sabino
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
- Sebasco Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Topsham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pejepscot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- West Bath
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phippsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Small Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Arrowsic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Popham Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Popham Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popham Beach
- Bath
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woolwich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdoinham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bustins Island, with the one closest to Bustins Island listed first.
- Old Orchard Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buxton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buxton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,368 people
- Ocean Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chicopee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Kimbles Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kimbles Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbles Corner
- Bar Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kinney Shores
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kinney Shores is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Shores
- Biddeford Pool
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Biddeford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Limington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Limington is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Limington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bustins Island, see our County-by-County Page for Bustins Island.
Cemeteries Near Bustins Island ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bustins Island.
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 Bustins Island - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bustins Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bustins Island, with the one closest to Bustins Island listed first.
- Wolf Neck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- South Freeport Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flying Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Webster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ledge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Freeport Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (318 more) ...
- Merrill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Foreside Community Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maquoit Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Bustins Island in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bustins Island.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bustins Island, with the one closest to Bustins Island listed first.
- South Freeport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Harpswell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Harpswell
- Cousins Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cousins Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cousins Island
- Chebeague Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Harpswell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Harpswell
- Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harpswell Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- Orrs Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Harpswell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Harpswell
- Yarmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cumberland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,298 people
- Bailey Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Island
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Yarmouth Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Yarmouth Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth Junction
- Hillside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hillside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Falmouth Foreside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth Foreside is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Foreside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bustins Island. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bustins Island.
Newspapers Published in Bustins Island ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bustins Island.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bustins Island, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bustins Island.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Bustins Island:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Kennebec County
- Lincoln County
- Oxford County
- Sagadahoc County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Bustins Island, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bustins Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |