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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 Burnt Store Marina (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 Burnt Store Marina. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Burnt Store Marina is located in Lee 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 Lee County: Charlotte, Collier, Glades & Hendry.

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

  • Lee County     (The home county of Burnt Store Marina)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burnt Store Marina, with the one closest to Burnt Store Marina listed first.
    • Bokeelia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Matlacha Isles - Matlacha Shores
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Matlacha
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Pineland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Palmona Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Palmona Park is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmona Park
    • Suncoast Estates
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Suncoast Estates is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncoast Estates
    • Pine Island Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Pine Island Center is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Center
    • Samville ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Samville is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samville
    • Slater
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Slater is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slater
    • Lochmoor Waterway Estates
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • North Fort Myers
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Boca Grande
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Cayo Costa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Charlotte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burnt Store Marina, with the one closest to Burnt Store Marina listed first.
    • Charlotte Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Charlotte Park is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte Park
    • Fishermens Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Fishermens Village is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishermens Village
    • Punta Gorda
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Solana
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Solana is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solana
    • Charlotte Harbor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Cleveland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Cleveland is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
    • Harbor View
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Harbor View is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
    • Port Charlotte
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Placida
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Harbour Heights
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Harbour Heights is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Heights
    • Rotonda West
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cape Haze
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • El Jobean
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • DeSoto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burnt Store Marina, with the one closest to Burnt Store Marina listed first.
    • Fort Ogden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Nocatee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Sarasota County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burnt Store Marina, with the one closest to Burnt Store Marina listed first.
    • North Port
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Englewood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Warm Mineral Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Plantation
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Plantation is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation
    • South Venice
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Venice Gardens
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Venice Gardens is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice Gardens

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

Cemeteries Near Burnt Store Marina ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burnt Store Marina.

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 Burnt Store Marina - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Indian Springs Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Coral Ridge Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Royal Palm Memorial Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Coral Ridge Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Prospect Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cleveland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Calvary Gardens
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ft. Myers Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ft. Myers Memorial Gardens
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Frierson - Hendry Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hendry Frierson Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Restlawn Memorial Gardens
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Captiva Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captiva Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Captiva Cemetery is located in Captiva.
      • The Captiva Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Chapel by the Sea Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961480 <2>

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

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

  • Punta Gorda
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Charlotte Harbor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Cleveland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Cleveland is located in Charlotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
  • Harbor View
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Harbor View is located in Charlotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
  • Saint James City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Punta Rassa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Punta Rassa is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punta Rassa
  • Grove City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Buckingham
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Buckingham is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
  • Sanibel
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Fort Ogden
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Alva
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Nocatee
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Burnt Store Marina ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burnt Store Marina.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burnt Store Marina, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burnt Store Marina.

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 helpful 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 Burnt Store Marina:

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 Burnt Store Marina, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Burnt Store Marina) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.