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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 Fair Gate (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 Fair Gate. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Fair Gate 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 Fair Gate. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fair Gate:

  • Broward County     (The home county of Fair Gate)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fair Gate, with the one closest to Fair Gate listed first.
    • North Lauderdale
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Margate
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Palm Aire
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Palm Aire is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Aire
    • Coconut Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Village Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Village Park is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
    • Tamarac
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Coral Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Carver Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Carver Village is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
    • Godfrey Road
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Godfrey Road is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey Road
    • Ramblewood East
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Ramblewood East is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood East
    • Lauderdale Lakes
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • North Andrews Gardens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Miami-Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fair Gate, with the one closest to Fair Gate listed first.
    • Andover
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Andover is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Golden Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Golden Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
    • Ives Estates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Ives Estates is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ives Estates
    • Lake Lucerne
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Lake Lucerne is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lucerne
    • Aventura
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Miami Gardens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Norland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Norland is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norland
    • Ojus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Scott Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Scott Lake is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
    • Carol City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Country Club
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Country Club is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
    • North Miami Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fair Gate, with the one closest to Fair Gate listed first.
    • Sandalfoot Cove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
    • Boca Pointe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
    • Boca Del Mar
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
    • Mission Bay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
    • Boca West
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
    • Hamptons at Boca Raton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Whisper Walk
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Whisper Walk is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Walk
    • Boca Raton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Highland Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Yamato
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Yamato is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yamato
    • Kings Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Kings Point is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
    • Villages of Oriole
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Villages of Oriole is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villages of Oriole

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

Cemeteries Near Fair Gate ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fair Gate.

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 Fair Gate - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Westview Community Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park of Broward County
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Washington Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pompano Beach Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompano Beach Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pompano Beach Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pompano Beach.
    • The Pompano Beach Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pompano Beach South Lawn Cemetery
    • South Lawn Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1993291 <2>
  • Star of David Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Lauderdale Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Eternal Light Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Westlawn Memorial Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Lauderdale Memorial Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Boca Raton Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sharon Gardens Memorial Park
      (12 miles [19.3 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 Fair Gate. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fair Gate.

Newspapers Published in Fair Gate ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fair Gate.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fair Gate, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fair Gate.

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 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 Fair Gate:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fair Gate) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.