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 Avalon Beach (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 Avalon Beach. 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 Avalon Beach ...
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 Avalon Beach: Avalon Bch.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Avalon Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Avalon Beach.
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 doctors 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.
Avalon Beach is located in Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa County: Escambia (AL), Escambia & Okaloosa.
Below are the counties that are near Avalon Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Avalon Beach:
- Santa Rosa County (The home county of Avalon Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon Beach, with the one closest to Avalon Beach listed first.
- Galt City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
- Pace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bagdad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gulf Breeze
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Navarre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jay is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Escambia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon Beach, with the one closest to Avalon Beach listed first.
- Bohemia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bohemia is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
- Ferry Pass
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
- Brent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brent is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Goulding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goulding is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
- Olive
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Olive is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Pensacola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tristan Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tristan Village is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristan Village
- Ensley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sanders Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sanders Beach is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Beach
- Gonzalez
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gonzalez is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzalez
- West Pensacola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Pensacola is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pensacola
- Pensacola Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bellview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bellview is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
- Okaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon Beach, with the one closest to Avalon Beach listed first.
- Holt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hurlburt Field
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mary Esther
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wright
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wright is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Ocean City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ocean City is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean City
- Cinco Bayou
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cinco Bayou is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Bayou
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Fort Walton Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Otahite ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otahite is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otahite
- Baldwin County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon Beach, with the one closest to Avalon Beach listed first.
- Lillian
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lillian is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
- Seminole
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Seminole is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
- Perdido Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Perdido Beach is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdido Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
- Elberta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Avalon Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Avalon Beach.
Cemeteries Near Avalon Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Avalon Beach.
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 Avalon Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Avalon Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Avalon Beach, with the one closest to Avalon Beach listed first.
- Black Hammock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Strickland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bayview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview Cemetery
- The Bayview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bayview Memorial Park
- Milton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whitmire Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis Williams Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Williams Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lewis Williams Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southeast of Milton.
- The Lewis Williams Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Williams Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72766 <2>
- Hickory Hammock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (64 more) ...
- Welcome Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Cemetery
- The Welcome Cemetery has also been known as:
- J.B. Watson Cemetery
- New Elam Cemetery
- Serenity Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
While we didn't find Avalon Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Avalon Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Avalon Beach, with the one closest to Avalon Beach listed first.
- Yniestra
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yniestra is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yniestra
- Bohemia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bohemia is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
- Galt City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
- Ferry Pass
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
- Bagdad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brent is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Goulding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goulding is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
- Olive
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Olive is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Pensacola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Warrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Warrington is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
- Quintette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Quintette is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Cantonment
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Millview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millview is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Chumuckla
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chumuckla is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chumuckla
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Avalon Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Avalon Beach.
Newspapers Published in Avalon Beach ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Avalon Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Avalon Beach, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Avalon Beach.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Avalon Beach:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Santa Rosa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Escambia County
- Okaloosa County
- Baldwin County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Florida
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' (or 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- Avalon Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Avalon Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |