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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 Lamoine Beach (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 Lamoine Beach. 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 Lamoine Beach ...

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 Lamoine Beach: Lamoine Bch.

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 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 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.

Lamoine Beach is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Penobscot, Waldo & Washington.

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

  • Hancock County     (The home county of Lamoine Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lamoine Beach, with the one closest to Lamoine Beach listed first.
    • East Lamoine
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • East Lamoine is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lamoine
    • Salsbury Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Salsbury Cove is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salsbury Cove
    • Lamoine
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • South Hancock
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • South Hancock is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hancock
    • Hulls Cove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Trenton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Sorrento
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hancock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Indian Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Indian Point is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
    • West Trenton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • West Trenton is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton
    • Franklin Road
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Franklin Road is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Road
    • Sullivan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bar Harbor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Knox County
    • Isle Au Haut
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lamoine Beach, with the one closest to Lamoine Beach listed first.
    • Clifton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Clifton is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 901 people
    • East Eddington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
    • Goodale Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Goodale Corner is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodale Corner
    • Holden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Holden is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holden <1>
  • Waldo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lamoine Beach, with the one closest to Lamoine Beach listed first.
    • Prospect Ferry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Prospect Ferry is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Ferry
    • Sandy Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Stockton Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Prospect
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Winterport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Frankfort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • North Islesboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • North Islesboro is located in Waldo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Islesboro
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lamoine Beach, with the one closest to Lamoine Beach listed first.
    • Steuben
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • East Steuben
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • East Steuben is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steuben
    • Milbridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Cherryfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Deblois
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Deblois is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deblois
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
    • Harrington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Beddington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Addison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Columbia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Columbia is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
    • Epping
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Epping is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epping

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

Cemeteries Near Lamoine Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lamoine Beach.

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 Lamoine Beach - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lamoine Beach, with the one closest to Lamoine Beach listed first.

  • Salisbury Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • East Lamoine Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Paine Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Leland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Goose Cove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Haynes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Higgins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Alley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (157 more) ...
    • Murch Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gray Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brookside Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lamoine Beach had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lamoine Beach, with the one closest to Lamoine Beach listed first.

  • Eden
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Eden is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • East Lamoine
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • East Lamoine is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lamoine
  • Lamoine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Marlboro
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Marlboro is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
  • Trenton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Hulls Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hancock Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hancock Point is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Point
  • South Hancock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • South Hancock is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hancock
  • West Trenton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • West Trenton is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton
  • Indian Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Point is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
  • Sorrento
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hancock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Franklin Road
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Franklin Road is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Road
    • Bar Harbor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sullivan
      (6 miles [9.7 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 Lamoine Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lamoine Beach.

Newspapers Published in Lamoine Beach ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lamoine Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lamoine Beach, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lamoine Beach.

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 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 Lamoine Beach:

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>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 Lamoine Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Lamoine Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.