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 Packards (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 Packards. 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 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.
Packards 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 Packards. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Packards:
- Piscataquis County (The home county of Packards)
- The following are listed by their distance from Packards, with the one closest to Packards listed first.
- Lake View Plantation
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Brownville Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Brownville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Medford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Milo
(15 miles [24.1 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 Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Sebec
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerbank
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerbank is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Boyd Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Steadman Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Steadman Landing is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steadman Landing
- Atkinson Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Atkinson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Packards, with the one closest to Packards listed first.
- Seboeis Plantation
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seboeis Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Maxfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Millinocket
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pea Ridge is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- East Millinocket
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Lincoln
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chester is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Medway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Howland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Enfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lagrange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Edinburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Packards, see our County-by-County Page for Packards.
Cemeteries Near Packards ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Packards.
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 Packards - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Packards covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Packards, with the one closest to Packards listed first.
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Village Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Schoodic Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sebec Village Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Ferry Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Medford Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- St. Martin of Tours Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sebec Corner Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerbank Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Farnham Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Foss Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (42 more) ...
- North Atkinson Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gould Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Orneville Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 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 Packards in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Packards.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Packards, with the one closest to Packards listed first.
- Brownville Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Lake View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lake View is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Brownville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Seboeis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Seboeis is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis
- Barnard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barnard is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Medford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Maxfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Milo
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Medford Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- South Sebec
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- South Sebec is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sebec
- Boyd Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- South Lincoln
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Howland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chester is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Packards. See our List of 1890's Communities around Packards.
Newspapers Published in Packards ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Packards.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Packards, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Packards.
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 Packards:
- 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 Packards, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Packards) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |