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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 Schoodic (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 Schoodic. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Schoodic 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 Schoodic. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Schoodic:

  • Hancock County     (The home county of Schoodic)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schoodic, with the one closest to Schoodic listed first.
    • Sullivan
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Goodwin Siding
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Goodwin Siding is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin Siding
      • Goodwin Siding has also been known as:
      • Goodwins
    • East Sullivan
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • West Sullivan
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • West Sullivan is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sullivan
    • Franklin
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hancock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sorrento
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • West Gouldsboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • West Gouldsboro is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gouldsboro
    • South Hancock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • South Hancock is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hancock
    • Gouldsboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin Road
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Franklin Road is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Road
    • Eastbrook
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lamoine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Penobscot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schoodic, with the one closest to Schoodic listed first.
    • Clifton
      (25 miles [40.2 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
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Eddington is located in Penobscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Eddington
    • Holden
      (29 miles [46.7 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>
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schoodic, with the one closest to Schoodic listed first.
    • Steuben
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cherryfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • East Steuben
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • East Steuben is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steuben
    • Milbridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Deblois
      (13 miles [20.9 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
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Columbia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Columbia is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
    • Addison
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Beddington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Epping
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Epping is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epping
    • Columbia Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Centerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Centerville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Beals
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Beals is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beals
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beals <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Schoodic ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Schoodic.

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 Schoodic - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • East Franklin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Salter Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • York Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Simpson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sumner Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Doyle Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Birch Tree Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Dyer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hall Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bayview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Blaisdell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (127 more) ...
    • Gordon Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillcrest Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bragdon Cemetery
      (5 miles [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 Schoodic in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Schoodic.

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

  • Sullivan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • West Sullivan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • West Sullivan is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sullivan
  • East Sullivan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Franklin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hancock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ashville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Ashville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashville
  • West Franklin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • West Franklin is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Franklin
  • South Hancock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • South Hancock is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hancock
  • Sorrento
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • West Gouldsboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • West Gouldsboro is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Gouldsboro
  • Egypt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Egypt is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Hancock Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hancock Point is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Point
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Gouldsboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin Road
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Franklin Road is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Road
    • Marlboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Marlboro is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Schoodic. See our List of 1890's Communities around Schoodic.

Newspapers Published in Schoodic ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Schoodic.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Schoodic, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Schoodic.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Schoodic:

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 Schoodic, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Schoodic) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.