Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Aroostook Junction during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Aroostook Junction was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
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 Aroostook Junction (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 Aroostook Junction. 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 Aroostook Junction ...
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 have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Aroostook Junction: Aroostook Jct. (or less commonly used: Aroostook Jctn.)
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.
Newspapers Published in Aroostook Junction ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aroostook Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Aroostook Junction, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Aroostook Junction.
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 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 Aroostook Junction:
- Websites specific to New Brunswick
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Brunswick
Cemeteries Near Aroostook Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aroostook Junction.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Aroostook Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Aroostook Junction, with the one closest to Aroostook Junction listed first.
- Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- First St. Denis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the First St. Denis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First St. Denis Cemetery
- Original Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Original Riverside Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Fort Fairfield (ME).
- The Original Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Houghton Burial Ground
- Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Original Riverside Cemetery
- St. Denis Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Larlee Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sunset Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lerwick FWB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Alban's Anglican Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kenneson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kenneson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kenneson Cemetery
- Harvey Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harvey Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harvey Hill Cemetery
- California Settlement Community Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (109 more) ...
- Mayflower Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mayflower Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mayflower Cemetery
- Kearney Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kearney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kearney Cemetery
- Episcopal Advent Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Episcopal Advent Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Episcopal Advent Cemetery
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Aroostook Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aroostook Junction.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of New Brunswick: https://www.gnb.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Aroostook Junction and then turned east". While Aroostook Junction could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Aroostook Junction as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Aroostook Junction could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another New Brunswick community named Aroostook Junction. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Aroostook Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Aroostook Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8000, Longitude: -67.7167 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |