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 Parson Landing (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 Parson Landing. 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 Parson Landing ...
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 Parson Landing: Parson Lndg. (or less commonly used: Parson Lndng.)
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Parson Landing 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 Parson Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parson Landing:
- Piscataquis County (The home county of Parson Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parson Landing, with the one closest to Parson Landing listed first.
- Steadman Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Steadman Landing is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steadman Landing
- Bowerbank
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bowerbank is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Sebec
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dover - Foxcroft
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brownville Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Brownville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Atkinson Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Howard Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Howard Corner is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Corner
- Milo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Atkinson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- East Sangerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville
- Dover South Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- Penobscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parson Landing, with the one closest to Parson Landing listed first.
- Silvers Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Silvers Mills is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Mills
- Charleston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,675 people
- North Bradford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Bradford is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bradford
- Garland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
- Lagrange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dexter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Russell Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Russell Corner is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Center
- Maxfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Exeter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Exeter is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,098 people
- Corinth
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parson Landing, with the one closest to Parson Landing listed first.
- Ripley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ripley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Cambridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mainstream
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mainstream is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainstream
- Harmony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield Corner
- Saint Albans
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Brighton has also been known as:
- Brighton Plantation
- Palmyra
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hartland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parson Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Parson Landing.
Cemeteries Near Parson Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parson Landing.
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 Parson Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parson Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parson Landing, with the one closest to Parson Landing listed first.
- Bowerbank Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sebec Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sebec Corner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Foss Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rural Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gray Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Atkinson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guilford Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McAllister Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Dover Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Village Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hart Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (84 more) ...
- Farnham Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Parson Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Parson Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parson Landing, with the one closest to Parson Landing listed first.
- Sebec
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dover
- Barnard
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnard is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- South Sebec
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Sebec is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sebec
- South Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Brownville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brownville Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- East Sangerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Sangerville is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sangerville
- Atkinson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Milo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Sangerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dover South Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dover South Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover South Mills
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Guilford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Onawa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Onawa is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onawa
- Willimantic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Willimantic is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willimantic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parson Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parson Landing.
Newspapers Published in Parson Landing ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parson Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parson Landing, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parson Landing.
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 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 Parson Landing:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Piscataquis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Penobscot County
- Somerset 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 Parson Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Parson Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |