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 South Robbinston (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 South Robbinston. 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 South Robbinston ...
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 South Robbinston: S. Robbinston
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
South Robbinston is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Aroostook, Hancock & Penobscot.
Below are the counties that are near South Robbinston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Robbinston:
- Washington County (The home county of South Robbinston)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Robbinston, with the one closest to South Robbinston listed first.
- Robbinston
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Perry
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Perry is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
- Red Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Red Beach is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Beach
- Perry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Perry is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
- Charlotte
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Charlotte is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Calais
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pembroke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Pembroke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Pembroke is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pembroke
- Baring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Baring is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Baring has also been known as:
- Baring Plantation
- Lower Dennysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Dennysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Dennysville
- Eastport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meddybemps
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Robbinston, see our County-by-County Page for South Robbinston.
Cemeteries Near South Robbinston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Robbinston.
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 South Robbinston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Robbinston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Robbinston, with the one closest to South Robbinston listed first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Brewer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Andrews Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Andrew's RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel of Ease of St. John the Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bayside United Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside United Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayside United Baptist Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Bayside (NB).
- The Bayside United Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bayside Baptist Cemetery
- Bayside United Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2511464 <2>
- Sandy Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fairhaven Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven Cemetery
- The Fairhaven Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calders Head Cemetery
- Old Calder's Head Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2424219 <2>
- Fairhaven United Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings Cove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leonardville Community Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (61 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- L'Etete Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bocabec Presbyterian Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that South Robbinston had a population of 92 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Robbinston, with the one closest to South Robbinston listed first.
- North Perry
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Perry is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
- Robbinston
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Red Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Red Beach is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Beach
- Charlotte
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Charlotte is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Perry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Perry is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
- West Pembroke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Pembroke is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pembroke
- Pembroke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Calais
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Baring is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Baring has also been known as:
- Baring Plantation
- Eastport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milltown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Meddybemps
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dennysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Lubec
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Lubec is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lubec
- Marion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Robbinston. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Robbinston.
Newspapers Published in South Robbinston ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Robbinston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Robbinston, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Robbinston.
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 South Robbinston:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Washington 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> | 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 South Robbinston, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Robbinston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |