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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 Andytown (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 Andytown. 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 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.

Andytown is located in Broward County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Broward County: Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade & Palm Beach.

Below are the counties that are near Andytown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Andytown:

  • Broward County     (The home county of Andytown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Andytown, with the one closest to Andytown listed first.
    • Weston
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Country Estates
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Country Estates is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Estates
    • Green Meadow
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Green Meadow is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
    • Rolling Oaks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Rolling Oaks is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Oaks
    • Southwest Ranches
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ivanhoe Estates
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Ivanhoe Estates is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe Estates
    • Sunshine Ranches
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunshine Ranches is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Ranches
    • Pine Island Ridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Pine Island Ridge is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Ridge
    • Sunshine Acres
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunshine Acres is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Acres
    • Plantation
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Sunrise
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Davie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Davie is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106,621 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davie <1>
    • Cooper City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Miami-Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Andytown, with the one closest to Andytown listed first.
    • Country Club
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Country Club is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
    • Palm Springs North
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Palm Springs North is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Springs North
    • Lake Lucerne
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Lucerne is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lucerne
    • Miami Lakes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Andover
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Andover is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Carol City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Miami Gardens
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Norland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Norland is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norland
    • Scott Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Scott Lake is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
    • Hialeah Gardens
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Bunche Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bunche Park is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunche Park
    • Ives Estates
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ives Estates is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ives Estates
    • Opa Locka
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Andytown, with the one closest to Andytown listed first.
    • Deem City ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Deem City is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deem City
    • Sandalfoot Cove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
    • Boca Pointe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
    • Mission Bay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
    • Boca Del Mar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
    • Hamptons at Boca Raton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Boca West
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
    • Whisper Walk
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Whisper Walk is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Walk
    • Boca Raton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Kings Point is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
    • Shawano ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Shawano is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
      • Shawano has also been known as:
      • Browns Farm
      • Shawano Village
    • Villages of Oriole
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Villages of Oriole is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villages of Oriole
    • Yamato
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Yamato is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yamato

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Andytown, see our County-by-County Page for Andytown.

Cemeteries Near Andytown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Andytown.

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 Andytown - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Andytown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Andytown, with the one closest to Andytown listed first.

  • Westlawn Memorial Gardens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Hollywood Memorial Gardens North
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hollywood Memorial Gardens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hollywood Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lauderdale Memorial Gardens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Washington Memorial Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Lauderdale Memorial Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Vista Memorial Gardens
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (29 more) ...
    • Westview Community Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Sharon Gardens Memorial Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Dade Memorial Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Andytown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Andytown.

Newspapers Published in Andytown ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Andytown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Andytown, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Andytown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Andytown:

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>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- Andytown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.