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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 Isle Au Haut (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 Isle Au Haut. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Isle Au Haut is located in Knox 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 Knox County: Lincoln & Waldo.

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

  • Knox County     (The home county of Isle Au Haut)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Isle Au Haut, with the one closest to Isle Au Haut listed first.
    • Vinalhaven
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • North Haven
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Pulpit Harbor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Pulpit Harbor is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulpit Harbor
    • Matinicus Isle Plantation
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Matinicus Isle Plantation is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matinicus Isle Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Matinicus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Criehaven
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Criehaven is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criehaven
      • Estimated population in 2015: 1 people
    • Owls Head
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Camden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Cove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Glen Cove is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
    • Rockland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Rockport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • South Thomaston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Lake City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake City is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Isle Au Haut, with the one closest to Isle Au Haut listed first.
    • Stonington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Oceanville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Oceanville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanville
    • Mountainville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Mountainville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
    • Sunset
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Deer Isle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Minturn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Minturn is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
    • Swans Island
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Atlantic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Atlantic is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
    • Frenchboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Brooklin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Haven
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Haven is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven
    • Little Deer Isle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Sargentville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Sargentville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargentville
  • Waldo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Isle Au Haut, with the one closest to Isle Au Haut listed first.
    • Islesboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Islesboro is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islesboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
    • North Islesboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • North Islesboro is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Islesboro
    • Lincolnville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Northport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • East Northport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • East Northport is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
    • Lincolnville Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Stockton Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Belfast
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Searsport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Isle Au Haut ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Isle Au Haut.

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 Isle Au Haut - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Turners Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Forest Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Pooles Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Cummins Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lane Family Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • John Carver Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Adams Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (140 more) ...
    • Quinn Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Frye Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kent Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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.<3>

While we didn't find Isle Au Haut in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Isle Au Haut.

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

  • Oceanville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Oceanville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanville
  • South Deer Isle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • South Deer Isle is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Deer Isle
  • Sunset
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Vinalhaven
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Deer Isle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Swans Island
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Atlantic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Atlantic is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
  • North Haven
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Brooklin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Pulpit Harbor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pulpit Harbor is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulpit Harbor
  • North Deer Isle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • North Deer Isle is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Deer Isle
  • Sedgwick
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Sargentville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Sargentville is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargentville
    • North Brooklin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • North Brooklin is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brooklin
    • West Tremont
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Isle Au Haut ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Isle Au Haut.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Isle Au Haut, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Isle Au Haut.

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 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 Isle Au Haut:

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>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 Isle Au Haut, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Isle Au Haut) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.