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 Fisher Island (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 Fisher Island. 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.
Name Variations for Fisher Island ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Fisher Island: Fisher Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 hospitals 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.
Fisher Island is located in Miami-Dade 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 Miami-Dade County: Broward, Collier & Monroe.
Below are the counties that are near Fisher Island. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fisher Island:
- Miami-Dade County (The home county of Fisher Island)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fisher Island, with the one closest to Fisher Island listed first.
- Miami Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brickell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Miami
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Miami is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471,525 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>
- Lemon City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lemon City is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon City
- Key Biscayne
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Isle of Normandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Isle of Normandy is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Normandy
- Isle of Normandy has also been known as:
- Normandy Isle
- Normandy
- Normandy Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Normandy Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Shores
- North Bay Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Allapattah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allapattah is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allapattah
- Miami Shores
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brownsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- El Portal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- El Portal is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Portal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,355 people
- Bay Harbor Islands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Broward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fisher Island, with the one closest to Fisher Island listed first.
- Hallandale Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hallandale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hallandale is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallandale
- Lake Forest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Forest is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Forest
- Miami Gardens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Miami Gardens is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Gardens
- Pembroke Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,038 people
- Carver Ranches
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Carver Ranches is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Ranches
- Utopia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Utopia is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- Hollywood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Hollywood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Miramar
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chambers Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chambers Estates is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Estates
- Dania Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fisher Island, see our County-by-County Page for Fisher Island.
Cemeteries Near Fisher Island ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fisher Island.
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 Fisher Island - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fisher Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fisher Island, with the one closest to Fisher Island listed first.
- City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miami City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Miami City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Miami.
- The Miami City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Biscayne Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71852 <2>
- Woodlawn Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Charlotte Jane Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Evergreen Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Graceland Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Flagler Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Southern Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (28 more) ...
- Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dade Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Miami Shores Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
While we didn't find Fisher Island in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fisher Island.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fisher Island, with the one closest to Fisher Island listed first.
- Miami
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Miami is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471,525 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>
- Cutler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cutler is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fisher Island. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fisher Island.
Newspapers Published in Fisher Island ...
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 294 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fisher Island.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fisher Island, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fisher Island.
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 Fisher Island:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Miami-Dade County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fisher Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Fisher Island, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |