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 Deadmans Corner (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 Deadmans Corner. 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 Deadmans Corner ...
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 Deadmans Corner: Deadmans Cor. (or less commonly used: Deadmans Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Deadmans Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Deadmans Corner may originally have been Deadman's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Deadmans Corner might be written as Deadman Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Deadmans Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Deadmans Corner.
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.
Deadmans Corner is located in Aroostook 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 Aroostook County: Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Deadmans Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Deadmans Corner:
- Aroostook County (The home county of Deadmans Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deadmans Corner, with the one closest to Deadmans Corner listed first.
- Westfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Chapman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chapman is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 450 people
- Walker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Walker is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Blaine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kings Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kings Grove is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grove
- Mars Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Presque Isle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mapleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Easton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Easton is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Bridgewater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Masardis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Masardis is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masardis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Castle Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Castle Hill is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Deadmans Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Deadmans Corner.
Cemeteries Near Deadmans Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deadmans Corner.
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 Deadmans Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Deadmans Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Deadmans Corner, with the one closest to Deadmans Corner listed first.
- Marshall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grendell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Snow Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Braley Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Southside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tapley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kings Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kings Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pierce Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Getchell Farnham Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hoffeses Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (136 more) ...
- Estey Park Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood Park Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary's Chapman Street Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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 Deadmans Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Deadmans Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Deadmans Corner, with the one closest to Deadmans Corner listed first.
- Westfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 505 people
- Blaine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Presque Isle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mapleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Easton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Easton is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Bridgewater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Masardis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Masardis is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masardis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Castle Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Castle Hill is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Parkhurst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Parkhurst is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
- Maple Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Ashland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Washburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Monticello
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Deadmans Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Deadmans Corner.
Newspapers Published in Deadmans Corner ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deadmans Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deadmans Corner, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deadmans Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Deadmans Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Aroostook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 Deadmans Corner, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Deadmans Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |