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 West 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 West 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.
Name Variations for West Seboeis ...
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 West Seboeis: W. Seboeis
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 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.
West 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 West Seboeis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Seboeis:
- Penobscot County (The home county of West Seboeis)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Seboeis, with the one closest to West Seboeis listed first.
- Seboeis Plantation
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seboeis Plantation is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Millinocket
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Millinocket
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maxfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Medway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pea Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pea Ridge is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- South Lincoln
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Chester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chester is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Woodville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Lincoln
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Howland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Enfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aroostook County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Seboeis, with the one closest to West Seboeis listed first.
- Molunkus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Molunkus is located in Aroostook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molunkus
- Benedicta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Piscataquis County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Seboeis, with the one closest to West Seboeis listed first.
- Lake View Plantation
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake View Plantation is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Adams
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Adams is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Brownville Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Medford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Brownville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Medford Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- Milo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Sebec
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Boyd Lake is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Lake
- Bowerbank
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerbank is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerbank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Steadman Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Steadman Landing is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steadman Landing
- Atkinson Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Seboeis, see our County-by-County Page for West Seboeis.
Cemeteries Near West Seboeis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West 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 West Seboeis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Seboeis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Seboeis, with the one closest to West Seboeis listed first.
- St. Martin of Tours Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Tree Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Village Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Schoodic Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fiske Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Upper Ferry Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Medford Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Center Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Chester Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sebec Village Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ridge Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (32 more) ...
- Snow Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Winn Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sebec Corner Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
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 West Seboeis in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Seboeis.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Seboeis, with the one closest to West Seboeis listed first.
- Lake View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lake View is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Seboeis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seboeis is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seboeis
- Brownville Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brownville Junction is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Junction
- Medford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Medford is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Maxfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Maxfield is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Brownville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Medway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Barnard
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Barnard is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Milo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Medford Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Medford Center is located in Piscataquis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford Center
- South Lincoln
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lincoln
- Chester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chester is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sebec
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Lincoln
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Lincoln is located in Penobscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lincoln
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Seboeis. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Seboeis.
Newspapers Published in West 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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Seboeis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Seboeis, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West 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 West 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 West 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Seboeis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |