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 East Holden (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 East Holden. 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 East Holden ...
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 East Holden: E. Holden
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.
East Holden is located in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County: Aroostook, Hancock, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near East Holden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Holden:
- Penobscot County (The home county of East Holden)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Holden, with the one closest to East Holden listed first.
- Holden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Eddington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
- Brewer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Eddington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goodale Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
- Veazie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 901 people
- Bangor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Orrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Orrington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orrington
- Orrington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Orono
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Webster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Webster is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Hampden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Holden, with the one closest to East Holden listed first.
- Dedham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Otis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Otis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- North Ellsworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Ellsworth is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ellsworth
- Mariaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mariaville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- East Orland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bucksport Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bucksport Center is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport Center
- Orland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bucksport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waltham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Waltham is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Amherst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amherst is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- North Penobscot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Penobscot is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Penobscot
- Verona Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Verona Island is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Former name for Verona Island:
- Verona
- Aurora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waldo County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Holden, with the one closest to East Holden listed first.
- North Winterport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- North Winterport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Winterport
- Winterport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Frankfort
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
- Prospect
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
- North Searsport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Searsport is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Searsport
- Stockton Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe Center is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
- Swanville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Searsport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jackson is located in Waldo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Holden, with the one closest to East Holden listed first.
- Beddington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Deblois
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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 East Holden, see our County-by-County Page for East Holden.
Cemeteries Near East Holden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Holden.
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 East Holden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Holden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Holden, with the one closest to East Holden listed first.
- Eastern Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Parker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Central Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Copeland Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clewleyville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Granite Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Meadowbrook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beth Abraham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (242 more) ...
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Brewer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90734 <2>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that East Holden had a population of 25 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Holden, with the one closest to East Holden listed first.
- Holden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dedham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Eddington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
- East Bucksport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Bucksport is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bucksport
- Green Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Lake is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Brewer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodale Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
- North Orland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Orland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orland
- Eddington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Orrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Orrington is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orrington
- Veazie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Brewer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Brewer is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Brewer
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Orrington Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Orrington Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrington Center
- Bucks Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bucks Mills is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mills
- Clifton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 901 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Holden. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Holden.
Newspapers Published in East Holden ...
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 143 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Holden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Holden, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Holden.
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 helpful 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 East Holden:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hancock County
- Waldo County
- Washington 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- East Holden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East Holden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |