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 Mill Brook (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 Mill Brook. 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 Mill Brook ...
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 Mill Brook: Mill Brk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mill Brook. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mill Brook.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Mill Brook is located in Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County: Aroostook, Penobscot & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Mill Brook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mill Brook:
- Piscataquis County (The home county of Mill Brook)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Brook, with the one closest to Mill Brook listed first.
- Brownville Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Brownville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lake View Plantation
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Adams
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Milo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <1>
- Sebec
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Medford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Bowerbank
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerbank is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Steadman Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steadman Landing is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steadman Landing
- Medford Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Atkinson Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Atkinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Boyd Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Brook, with the one closest to Mill Brook listed first.
- Maxfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Seboeis Plantation
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Seboeis Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Lagrange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Bradford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Bradford is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradford
- Charleston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
- Howland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Lagrange
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Lagrange is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lagrange
- West Enfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Lincoln
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Bradford Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bradford Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Center
- Bradford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Edinburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Silvers Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mill Brook, see our County-by-County Page for Mill Brook.
Cemeteries Near Mill Brook ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mill Brook.
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 Mill Brook - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mill Brook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mill Brook, with the one closest to Mill Brook listed first.
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sebec Village Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Ferry Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schoodic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sebec Corner Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerbank Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farnham Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Medford Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Foss Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Atkinson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (66 more) ...
- Orneville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gould Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hart Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 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>
While we didn't find Mill Brook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mill Brook.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mill Brook, with the one closest to Mill Brook listed first.
- Brownville Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Brownville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lake View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Barnard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barnard is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Sebec
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Milo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Milo is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milo <1>
- Medford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- South Sebec
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- South Sebec is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sebec
- Medford Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Maxfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- East Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dover
- Atkinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Boyd Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Seboeis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Seboeis is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis
- South Dover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mill Brook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mill Brook.
Newspapers Published in Mill Brook ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mill Brook.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mill Brook, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mill Brook.
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 Mill Brook:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Piscataquis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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> | 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 Mill Brook, 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- Mill Brook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |