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 Mooselookmeguntic (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 Mooselookmeguntic. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Mooselookmeguntic is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Androscoggin, Kennebec, Oxford & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Mooselookmeguntic. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mooselookmeguntic:
- Franklin County (The home county of Mooselookmeguntic)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooselookmeguntic, with the one closest to Mooselookmeguntic listed first.
- Oquossoc
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mountainview
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mountainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
- Rangeley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bemis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bemis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Davis Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Davis Town is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Town
- Dallas Plantation
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dallas Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Sandy River Plantation
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy River Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Madrid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Coplin Plantation
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coplin Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coplin Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- East Madrid
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Madrid is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madrid
- Eustis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stratton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooselookmeguntic, with the one closest to Mooselookmeguntic listed first.
- Upper Dam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dam
- Magalloway Plantation
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Magalloway Plantation is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magalloway Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
- Lincoln Plantation
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Wilsons Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
- Middle Dam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
- Byron
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Byron is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Upton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Andover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Roxbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Andover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- East Andover is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
- South Andover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- South Andover is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Andover
- North Newry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Newry is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newry
- Coos County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooselookmeguntic, with the one closest to Mooselookmeguntic listed first.
- Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Second College Grant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Second College Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second College Grant
- Dixs Grant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dixs Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixs Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Errol
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Idlewilde
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Idlewilde is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Clarksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clarksville is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Dixville Notch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dixville Notch is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixville Notch
- Happy Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Happy Corner is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corner
- Ervings Location
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ervings Location is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ervings Location
- Pittsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mooselookmeguntic, see our County-by-County Page for Mooselookmeguntic.
Cemeteries Near Mooselookmeguntic ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mooselookmeguntic.
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 Mooselookmeguntic - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mooselookmeguntic covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mooselookmeguntic, with the one closest to Mooselookmeguntic listed first.
- Rangeley Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stockbridge Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Madrid Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Byron Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Andover Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Eustis Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flagstaff Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Robertson Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Center Hill Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips - Maine Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pineview Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
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 Mooselookmeguntic in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mooselookmeguntic.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mooselookmeguntic, with the one closest to Mooselookmeguntic listed first.
- Bemis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bemis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Rangeley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dead River ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dead River is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead River
- Wilsons Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
- Middle Dam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
- Madrid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Byron
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Byron is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- East Madrid
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Madrid is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madrid
- Errol
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Upton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eustis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stratton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Andover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Roxbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mooselookmeguntic. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mooselookmeguntic.
Newspapers Published in Mooselookmeguntic ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mooselookmeguntic.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mooselookmeguntic, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mooselookmeguntic.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Mooselookmeguntic:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Oxford County
- Coos 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> | 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 Mooselookmeguntic, 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- Mooselookmeguntic) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |