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 Seboeis (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 Seboeis. 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.
Seboeis is located in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County: Aroostook, Hancock, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Seboeis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Seboeis:
- Penobscot County (The home county of Seboeis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seboeis, with the one closest to Seboeis listed first.
- Seboeis Plantation
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seboeis Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Maxfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- South Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Howland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Enfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pea Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Ridge is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Chester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chester is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Lincoln
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Enfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Edinburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Edinburg is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Passadumkeag
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Lagrange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Lowell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Lowell is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lowell
- Aroostook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seboeis, with the one closest to Seboeis listed first.
- Molunkus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molunkus
- Macwahoc Plantation
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Macwahoc Plantation is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macwahoc Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seboeis, with the one closest to Seboeis listed first.
- Medford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Lake View Plantation
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Medford Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Adams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Boyd Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Milo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Brownville Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Brownville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sebec
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Atkinson Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Atkinson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- South Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Dover is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dover
- Bowerbank
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bowerbank is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Seboeis, see our County-by-County Page for Seboeis.
Cemeteries Near Seboeis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seboeis.
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 Seboeis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Seboeis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Seboeis, with the one closest to Seboeis listed first.
- Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Schoodic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Medford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Enfield Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Edinburg Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Transalpine Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Center Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Upper Ferry Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- West End Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Chester Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Long Ridge Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (55 more) ...
- Village Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Slope Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Seboeis had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Seboeis, with the one closest to Seboeis listed first.
- Maxfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- South Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Medford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Howland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Medford Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Lake View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lake View is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Enfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Lincoln
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chester is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Lincoln Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Center is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- North Lincoln
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- North Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lincoln
- Passadumkeag
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Passadumkeag is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passadumkeag
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Boyd Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Milo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Lagrange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Seboeis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seboeis.
Newspapers Published in Seboeis ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seboeis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seboeis, 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 Seboeis.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Seboeis:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Penobscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aroostook County
- Piscataquis 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 Seboeis, 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- Seboeis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |