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 Small Point Beach (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 Small Point Beach. 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 Small Point Beach ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Small Point Beach: Small Pt. Bch.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Small Point Beach is located in Sagadahoc 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 Sagadahoc County: Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec & Lincoln.
Below are the counties that are near Small Point Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Small Point Beach:
- Sagadahoc County (The home county of Small Point Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Small Point Beach, with the one closest to Small Point Beach listed first.
- Small Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sebasco Estates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Popham Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Popham Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popham Beach
- Phippsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowsic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sabino
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sabino is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabino
- West Bath
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- MacMahan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- MacMahan is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacMahan
- Bath
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woolwich
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Days Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Days Ferry is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Ferry
- Androscoggin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Small Point Beach, with the one closest to Small Point Beach listed first.
- Durham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Danville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Danville is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Drinkwater Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
- Penley Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Penley Corner is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penley Corner
- Rumford Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rumford Junction is located in Androscoggin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford Junction
- Sabattus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Small Point Beach, with the one closest to Small Point Beach listed first.
- Cundys Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harpswell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bailey Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Island
- Orrs Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Harpswell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harpswell
- Harpswell Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- South Harpswell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- South Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Harpswell
- West Harpswell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- West Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Harpswell
- Merepoint
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Merepoint is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merepoint
- Pennellville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pennellville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennellville
- Bustins Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bustins Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bustins Island
- Bunganuc Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bunganuc Landing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunganuc Landing
- Kennebec County
- The following are listed by their distance from Small Point Beach, with the one closest to Small Point Beach listed first.
- Litchfield Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Litchfield Corners is located in Kennebec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Corners
- Litchfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Knox County
- Friendship
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Small Point Beach, with the one closest to Small Point Beach listed first.
- Mouse Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mouse Island is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouse Island
- Southport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boothbay Harbor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Trevett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Boothbay Harbor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Boothbay Harbor is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Boothbay Harbor
- Boothbay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linekin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linekin is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linekin
- Bayville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bayville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- East Boothbay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Bristol
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Former name for Westport:
- Westport Island
- Pemaquid Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pemaquid Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemaquid Point
- York County
- Old Orchard Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Small Point Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Small Point Beach.
Cemeteries Near Small Point Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Small Point Beach.
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 Small Point Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Small Point Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Small Point Beach, with the one closest to Small Point Beach listed first.
- West Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gilman & Bliston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Barlett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Drummond Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cranberryhorn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberryhorn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cranberryhorn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in East Harpswell.
- The Cranberryhorn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillside Cemetery
- Old Great Island Cemetery
- Sunset Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89782 <2>
- Wilson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (226 more) ...
- Gatchell Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Meadows Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jewett Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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 Small Point Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Small Point Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Small Point Beach, with the one closest to Small Point Beach listed first.
- Small Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ashdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ashdale is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdale
- Bay Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Point is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Point
- Popham Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Popham Beach is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popham Beach
- Cundys Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Phippsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orrs Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bailey Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bailey Island is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Island
- East Harpswell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harpswell
- Five Islands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Five Islands is located in Sagadahoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Islands
- Arrowsic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- North Harpswell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Harpswell
- Harpswell Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harpswell Center is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpswell Center
- West Harpswell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- West Harpswell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Harpswell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Small Point Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Small Point Beach.
Newspapers Published in Small Point Beach ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Small Point Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Small Point Beach, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Small Point Beach.
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 either 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 Small Point Beach:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Sagadahoc County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Androscoggin County
- Cumberland County
- Kennebec County
- Knox County
- Lincoln County
- York 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 Small Point Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Small Point Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |