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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 Bertha (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 Bertha. 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 doctors and 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.

Bertha is located in Seminole County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Seminole County: Lake, Orange & Volusia.

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

  • Seminole County     (The home county of Bertha)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bertha, with the one closest to Bertha listed first.
    • Oviedo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oviedo
      • Oviedo is located in Seminole County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,652 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oviedo <1>
    • Casselberry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fern Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Winter Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Altamonte Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Longwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Chuluota
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Iowa City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
      • Iowa City is located in Seminole County
    • Sanlando Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County
    • Cameron City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cameron City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron City
      • Cameron City is located in Seminole County
    • Lake Mary
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Wekiwa Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wekiwa Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wekiwa Springs
      • Wekiwa Springs is located in Seminole County
    • Forest City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Seminole County
  • Brevard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bertha, with the one closest to Bertha listed first.
    • Aurantia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurantia
      • Aurantia is located in Brevard County
    • Mims
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Scottsmoor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Titusville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Indian River City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River City
      • Indian River City is located in Brevard County
    • Port Saint John
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Saint John
      • Port Saint John is located in Brevard County
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bertha, with the one closest to Bertha listed first.
    • Mount Plymouth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Plymouth
      • Mount Plymouth is located in Lake County
    • Cassia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cassia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassia
      • Cassia is located in Lake County
    • Sorrento
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Lakes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lakes
      • Pine Lakes is located in Lake County
    • Montverde
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Lake Jem
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jem
      • Lake Jem is located in Lake County
    • Waits Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Waits Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Junction
      • Waits Junction is located in Lake County
    • Mount Dora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ferndale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Oakland Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Park
      • Oakland Park is located in Lake County
    • Lake Mack - Forest Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Astatula
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Four Corners
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bertha, with the one closest to Bertha listed first.
    • Goldenrod
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Aloma
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Alafaya
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Winter Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Azalea Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Maitland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Eatonville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Conway
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
      • Conway is located in Orange County
    • Fairview Shores
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Shores
      • Fairview Shores is located in Orange County
    • Fairvilla
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Orlando
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bithlo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bithlo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bithlo
      • Bithlo is located in Orange County
  • Osceola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bertha, with the one closest to Bertha listed first.
    • Buena Ventura Lakes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Kissimmee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Runnymede
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Runnymede. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
      • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
    • Saint Cloud
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Celebration
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Campbell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
      • Campbell is located in Osceola County
    • Intercession City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Volusia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bertha, with the one closest to Bertha listed first.
    • Lemon Bluff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Bluff
      • Lemon Bluff is located in Volusia County
    • Osteen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Valdez
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
      • Valdez is located in Volusia County
    • Enterprise
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • De Bary
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Fort Florida
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Florida
      • Fort Florida is located in Volusia County
    • Kalamazoo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
      • Kalamazoo is located in Volusia County
    • Deltona
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Orange City Hills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange City Hills
      • Orange City Hills is located in Volusia County
    • Orange City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Maytown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
      • Maytown is located in Volusia County
    • Cassadaga
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Alamana
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamana
      • Alamana is located in Volusia County

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

Cemeteries Near Bertha ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bertha.

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 Bertha covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Chapel Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapel Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapel Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rouse Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rouse Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rouse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Slavia Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slavia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Slavia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Glen Haven Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Pinewood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinewood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pinewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Palm Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palm Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Longwood Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Longwood Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Longwood Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Chuluota Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chuluota Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chuluota Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Doctor Phillips Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doctor Phillips Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doctor Phillips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Restlawn Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Sanford Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sanford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sanford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (70 more) ...
    • Highland Memory Gardens
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Memory Gardens
      • The Highland Memory Gardens has also been known as:
      • Highland Memorial Garden
      • Highland Memorial Gardens
    • Washington Park Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washington Park Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washington Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Oaklawn Memorial Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oaklawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Bertha in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bertha.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Bertha, with the one closest to Bertha listed first.

  • Goldenrod
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Winter Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Maitland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Eatonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Conway
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
    • Conway is located in Orange County
  • Orlando
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Castle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Piedmont
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piedmont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
    • Piedmont is located in Orange County
  • Clarcona
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Gotha
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Osteen
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Ethel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ethel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
    • Ethel is located in Lake County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Apopka
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Ocoee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoee
      • Ocoee is located in Orange County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocoee <1>
    • Minorville ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minorville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
      • Minorville is located in Orange County

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

Newspapers Published in Bertha ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bertha.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bertha, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bertha.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Bertha:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bertha. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Seminole County: www.seminolecountyfl.gov/

The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/

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 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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Bertha, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Bertha) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bertha. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.6186, Longitude: -81.2662       In this case, the coordinates for Bertha have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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