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 Beulah (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 Beulah. 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 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.
Beulah is located in Escambia 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 Escambia County: Baldwin (AL), Escambia (AL) & Santa Rosa.
Below are the counties that are near Beulah. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beulah:
- Escambia County (The home county of Beulah)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Muscogee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Muscogee is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
- Cantonment
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ensley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gonzalez
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gonzalez is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzalez
- Bellview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bellview is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
- Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Olive is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Sand Cut ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Cut is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Cut
- Myrtle Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Myrtle Grove is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove
- Tristan Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tristan Village is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristan Village
- Quintette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quintette is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Brent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brent is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- West Pensacola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Pensacola is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pensacola
- Barrineau Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Barrineau Park is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrineau Park
- Santa Rosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Pace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gulf Breeze
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Galt City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
- Bagdad
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Milton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Navarre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Baldwin County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Seminole
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Seminole is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
- Lillian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lillian is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
- Elberta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Perdido Beach
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Summerdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Foley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Foley is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,446 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foley <1>
- Robertsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Orange Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Silverhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Loxley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bon Secour
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clay City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Clay City is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beulah, see our County-by-County Page for Beulah.
Cemeteries Near Beulah ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beulah.
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 Beulah - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beulah covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Mitchell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eastern Gate Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Muscogee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pensacola Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spreull Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Marie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilley Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Milsted Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Haven Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (94 more) ...
- Resthaven Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lathram Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Beulah in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beulah.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beulah, with the one closest to Beulah listed first.
- Muscogee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Muscogee is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
- Cantonment
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Millview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Millview is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Olive is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Brent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brent is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Quintette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quintette is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Ferry Pass
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
- Warrington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warrington is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
- Goulding
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goulding is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
- Pensacola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bohemia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bohemia is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
- Yniestra
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Yniestra is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yniestra
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Molino
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Josephine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Josephine is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Perdido Key
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beulah. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beulah.
Newspapers Published in Beulah ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beulah.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beulah, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beulah.
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 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 Beulah:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Escambia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Santa Rosa 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> | 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 Beulah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Beulah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |