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 Lambert Lake (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 Lambert Lake. 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 Lambert Lake ...
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 Lambert Lake: Lambert Lk.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Lambert Lake is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Aroostook, Hancock & Penobscot.
Below are the counties that are near Lambert Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lambert Lake:
- Washington County (The home county of Lambert Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lambert Lake, with the one closest to Lambert Lake listed first.
- Vanceboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Vanceboro is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Codyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Codyville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Codyville has also been known as:
- Codyville Plantation
- Forest City Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City Landing is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Landing
- Brookton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Forest City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Topsfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Topsfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Waite
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waite is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Danforth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Talmadge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Talmadge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Princeton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Stream Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Baileyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Woodland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Woodland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
- Aroostook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lambert Lake, with the one closest to Lambert Lake listed first.
- Weston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Orient
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bancroft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Wytopitlock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wytopitlock is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytopitlock
- Haynesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haynesville is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Amity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Reed Plantation
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Reed Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lambert Lake, with the one closest to Lambert Lake listed first.
- Carroll
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
- Plantation of Prentiss
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Drew Plantation
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Drew Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- South Springfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Springfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Springfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lambert Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Lambert Lake.
Cemeteries Near Lambert Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lambert Lake.
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 Lambert Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lambert Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lambert Lake, with the one closest to Lambert Lake listed first.
- Vanceboro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rockland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rockland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of McAdam (NB).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171983 <2>
- Brookton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eaton Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ballie Baptist Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Honeydale Community Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Danforth Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Scotch Ridge Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Butterfield Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brackett Cemetery
- Weston Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503908 <2>
- Trout Brook Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moores Mills Annex Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (34 more) ...
- Moores Mills Rural Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Mills Rural Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moores Mills Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Moores Mills (NB).
- The Moores Mills Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
- Moores Mill Cemetery
- Moores Mills Cemetery
- Moores Mills Old Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2208955 <2>
- St. David Heritage Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Cove Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lambert Lake had a population of 115 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lambert Lake, with the one closest to Lambert Lake listed first.
- Vanceboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Vanceboro is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Forest is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Brookton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Forest City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Topsfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Topsfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Eaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Eaton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
- Waite
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waite is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Danforth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Weston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Orient
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Baileyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- South Bancroft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bancroft
- Bancroft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bancroft is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Carroll
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Carroll is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Carroll has also been known as:
- Carroll Plantation
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lambert Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lambert Lake.
Newspapers Published in Lambert Lake ...
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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lambert Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lambert Lake, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lambert Lake.
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 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 Lambert Lake:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aroostook County
- Penobscot 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> | 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 Lambert Lake, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lambert Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |