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 Ten Degree (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 Ten Degree. 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.
Ten Degree is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Androscoggin, Kennebec, Oxford & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Ten Degree. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ten Degree:
- Franklin County (The home county of Ten Degree)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ten Degree, with the one closest to Ten Degree listed first.
- Bemis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bemis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Sandy River Plantation
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy River Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Mountainview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mountainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
- Oquossoc
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rangeley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Madrid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dallas Plantation
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dallas Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Weld
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berry Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berry Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Mills
- Carthage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carthage is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- East Madrid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Madrid is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madrid
- Phillips
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Perkin's Plantation ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Perkin's Plantation is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkin's Plantation
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ten Degree, with the one closest to Ten Degree listed first.
- Byron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Byron is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Upper Dam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dam
- Roxbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Dam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
- Andover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Andover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- East Andover is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
- Magalloway Plantation
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Magalloway Plantation is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magalloway Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
- South Andover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Andover is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Andover
- Upton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Plantation
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Mexico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Newry
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Newry is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newry
- Rumford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset County
- New Portland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coos County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ten Degree, with the one closest to Ten Degree listed first.
- Errol
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Second College Grant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Second College Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second College Grant
- Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dixs Grant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dixs Grant is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixs Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Dummer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Milan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dixville Notch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dixville Notch is located in Coos County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixville Notch
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ten Degree, see our County-by-County Page for Ten Degree.
Cemeteries Near Ten Degree ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ten Degree.
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 Ten Degree - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ten Degree covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ten Degree, with the one closest to Ten Degree listed first.
- Stockbridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Byron Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Andover Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robertson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rangeley Village Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Old Frye Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pineview Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Madrid Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Farmers Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Glover Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (85 more) ...
- Newman Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Center Hill Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 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>
While we didn't find Ten Degree in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ten Degree.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ten Degree, with the one closest to Ten Degree listed first.
- Bemis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bemis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Byron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Byron is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Roxbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Dam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
- Andover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rangeley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- South Andover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Andover is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Andover
- Frye
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Frye is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye
- Madrid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Weld
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dead River ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dead River is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead River
- Upton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Berry Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berry Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Mills
- Mexico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Madrid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Madrid is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Madrid
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ten Degree. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ten Degree.
Newspapers Published in Ten Degree ...
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 Ten Degree.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ten Degree, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ten Degree.
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 helpful 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 Ten Degree:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Oxford County
- Somerset County
- Coos 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 Ten Degree, 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- Ten Degree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |