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 Wales (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 Wales. 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 Wales ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Wales: E. Wales
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 hospitals 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 Wales is located in Androscoggin 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 Androscoggin County: Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford & Sagadahoc.
Below are the counties that are near East Wales. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Wales:
- Androscoggin County (The home county of East Wales)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wales, with the one closest to East Wales listed first.
- Wales
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- Wales Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wales Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Corner
- Leeds Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Nason Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nason Beach is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Beach
- Drinkwater Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Sabattus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greene
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greene Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- Curtis Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- Foggs Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Foggs Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foggs Corner
- Lisbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lewiston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wales, with the one closest to East Wales listed first.
- North Pownal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Pownal is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pownal
- Brunswick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Harding
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Harding is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- New Gloucester
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pownal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bunganuc Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bunganuc Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunganuc Landing
- Freeport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pennellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pennellville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennellville
- Shaker Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shaker Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Merepoint
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Merepoint is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merepoint
- Dry Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Mills
- East Gray
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Gray is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gray
- Cobb Cove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cobb Cove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Cove
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wales, with the one closest to East Wales listed first.
- Chisholm
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Chisholm is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- Jay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,598 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Chesterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- North Jay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North Jay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Jay
- Dryden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dryden is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- North Chesterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- North Chesterville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chesterville
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wales, with the one closest to East Wales listed first.
- South Monmouth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Litchfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Litchfield Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Monmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Batchelders Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Batchelders Crossing is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchelders Crossing
- East Monmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- Purgatory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
- North Monmouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Gardiner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Gardiner is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gardiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,376 people
- Winthrop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Winthrop Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop Center is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Center
- Maranacook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Maranacook is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maranacook
- East Winthrop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wales, with the one closest to East Wales listed first.
- Hatchs Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hatchs Corner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchs Corner
- South Dresden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Dresden is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dresden
- Dresden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Head Tide
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Head Tide is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Tide
- Whitefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Alna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wiscasset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Whitefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- North Whitefield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Whitefield
- North Newcastle
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Newcastle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newcastle
- Westport
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Edgecomb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Coopers Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Damariscotta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wales, with the one closest to East Wales listed first.
- Buckfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Sumner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Sumner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumner
- Hartford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Oxford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
- Paris
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Paris is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
- South Paris
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gilbertville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbertville is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- East Otisfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East Otisfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otisfield
- Canton Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Canton Point is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Point
- Sumner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Norway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sagadahoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wales, with the one closest to East Wales listed first.
- Bowdoin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,222 people
- Bowdoin Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bowdoin Center is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin Center
- Richmond Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Corner
- Richmond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bowdoinham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pejepscot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pejepscot is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pejepscot
- Harwards
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harwards is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwards
- Topsham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Days Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Bath
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woolwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Bath
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Murphys Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Murphys Corner is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Wales, see our County-by-County Page for East Wales.
Cemeteries Near East Wales ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Wales.
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 Wales - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Wales covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Wales, with the one closest to East Wales listed first.
- East Wales Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maxwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pond Road Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Golder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Furbush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spear Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spear Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Spear Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Sabattus.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90576 <3>
- Monmouth Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Eaton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plains Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Keenes Corner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (444 more) ...
- Sanborn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hewey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fisher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, East Wales had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Wales, with the one closest to East Wales listed first.
- Wales
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wales is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,640 people
- South Monmouth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Monmouth
- Leeds Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Junction
- Sabattus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Litchfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Litchfield Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Litchfield Plains is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Plains
- Monmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greene
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Monmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Monmouth is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monmouth
- Greene Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
- West Bowdoin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Bowdoin is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bowdoin
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Curtis Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Curtis Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Corner
- South Leeds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Leeds is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Leeds
- South Lewiston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Lewiston is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lewiston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Wales. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Wales.
Newspapers Published in East Wales ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Wales.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Wales, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Wales.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 East Wales:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Androscoggin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Kennebec County
- Lincoln County
- Oxford County
- Sagadahoc 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Wales) 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 East Wales, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |