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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 Favoretta (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 Favoretta. 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 hospitals and 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.

Favoretta is located in Flagler 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 Flagler County: Putnam, Saint Johns & Volusia.

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

  • Flagler County     (The home county of Favoretta)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Favoretta, with the one closest to Favoretta listed first.
    • Korona
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Korona is located in Flagler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korona
    • Flagler Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bunnell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Beverly Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Beverly Beach is located in Flagler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
    • Palm Coast
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Marineland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Favoretta, with the one closest to Favoretta listed first.
    • Astor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Mack - Forest Hills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Kathryn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Kathryn is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Kathryn
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Favoretta, with the one closest to Favoretta listed first.
    • Crescent City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Crescent City Station
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Lake Como
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Pomona Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Georgetown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • San Mateo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Welaka
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Saint Johns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Favoretta, with the one closest to Favoretta listed first.
    • Crescent Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Butler Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
  • Volusia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Favoretta, with the one closest to Favoretta listed first.
    • Tomoka Estates
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Tomoka Estates is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomoka Estates
    • Ormond-by-the-Sea
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Ormond-by-the-Sea is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormond-by-the-Sea
    • Ormond Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ellinor Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Ellinor Village is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellinor Village
    • Holly Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ortona
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ortona is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortona
    • Daytona Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Daytona Beach is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daytona Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,143 people
      • Former names for Daytona Beach:
      • Daytona
      • Kingston
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Daytona Beach <1>
    • Daytona Highridge Estates
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Daytona Beach Shores
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Daytona Beach Shores is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daytona Beach Shores
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,641 people
    • South Daytona
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pickwick Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Pickwick Village is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Village
    • Barberville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Favoretta ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Favoretta.

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 Favoretta - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Korona.
    • The St. Marys Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Marys Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72563 <2>
  • Stickland Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickland Memorial Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stickland Memorial Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Korona.
    • The Stickland Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Strickland Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2370188 <2>
  • Good Hope Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Groover Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groover Cemetery
    • The Groover Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Grover Creek Cemetery
  • Volusia Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volusia Memorial Park
    • The Volusia Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Volusia Memory Park
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hope Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cone Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Gethsemane Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane Cemetery
    • The Gethsemane Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Greenwood Cemetery
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Shady Rest Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (67 more) ...
    • French Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Clifton Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Holly Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Seville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Pierson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Barberville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Port Orange
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Eldridge
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Eldridge is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge
  • Crescent City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Emporia
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Emporia is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
  • Glenwood
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Huntington
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Huntington is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
  • Highland Park ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Highland Park is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
  • Ponce Park ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Ponce Park is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponce Park
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Astor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • West De Land
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • West De Land is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West De Land
    • Lake Como
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Favoretta ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Favoretta.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Favoretta, 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 Favoretta.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Favoretta:

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