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 Tobeys Corner (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 Tobeys Corner. 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 Tobeys Corner ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Tobeys Corner: Tobeys Cor. (or less commonly used: Tobeys Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Tobeys Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Tobeys Corner may originally have been Tobey's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Tobeys Corner might be written as Tobey Corner.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Tobeys Corner is located in York 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 York County: Cumberland, Oxford, Carroll (NH), Rockingham (NH) & Strafford (NH).
Below are the counties that are near Tobeys Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tobeys Corner:
- York County (The home county of Tobeys Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tobeys Corner, with the one closest to Tobeys Corner listed first.
- South Eliot
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- South Eliot is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Eliot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Admiralty Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Admiralty Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiralty Village
- Kittery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beech Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Ridge is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Ridge
- Kittery Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bedell Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bedell Crossing is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedell Crossing
- Payneton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Payneton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payneton
- York Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- York Harbor is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Harbor
- York Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- York Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Village
- York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Berwick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chases Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chases Pond is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chases Pond
- Belknap County (NH)
- Barnstead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Merrimack County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tobeys Corner, with the one closest to Tobeys Corner listed first.
- Epsom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Epsom is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epsom <2>
- Pittsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gossville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Websters Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Rockingham County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tobeys Corner, with the one closest to Tobeys Corner listed first.
- Newington Station
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Newington Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington Station
- Seacrest Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Seacrest Village is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacrest Village
- Newington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Portsmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stratham Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stratham Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratham Station
- Rye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rye is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,478 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <2>
- Newmarket
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Rye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Rye is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rye
- Rye Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Newfields
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stratham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Strafford County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tobeys Corner, with the one closest to Tobeys Corner listed first.
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,443 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <2>
- Durham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Durham is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,441 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durham <2>
- Madbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Madbury is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Rollinsford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Somersworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Somersworth is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,286 people
- Former names for Somersworth:
- Great Falls
- Summersworth
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somersworth <2>
- Glenmere Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Lee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lee is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <2>
- East Barrington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Pickering
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Barrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Rochester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Strafford Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tobeys Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Tobeys Corner.
Cemeteries Near Tobeys Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tobeys Corner.
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 Tobeys Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tobeys Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tobeys Corner, with the one closest to Tobeys Corner listed first.
- Hamscom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fogg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dennett Family Burial Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fernald Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Newington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Churchyard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Point of Grave Burial Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (234 more) ...
- Orchard Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dover Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Tobeys Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tobeys Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tobeys Corner, with the one closest to Tobeys Corner listed first.
- Newington Station
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Newington Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington Station
- South Eliot
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- South Eliot is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Newington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Portsmouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kittery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kittery Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bayside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bayside is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside
- Greenland Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenland Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Station
- Bedell Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bedell Crossing is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedell Crossing
- Stratham Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stratham Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratham Station
- Greenland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- York Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- York Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Corner
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,443 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <2>
- Sawyers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sawyers is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tobeys Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tobeys Corner.
Newspapers Published in Tobeys Corner ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tobeys Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tobeys Corner, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tobeys Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Tobeys Corner:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Tobeys Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Tobeys Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |