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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 Green Meadow (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 Green Meadow. 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 Green Meadow ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Green Meadow: Green Mdw.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Green Meadow. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Green Meadow.

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 northeast 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 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.

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

  • Broward County     (The home county of Green Meadow)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadow, with the one closest to Green Meadow listed first.
    • Ivanhoe Estates
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Ivanhoe Estates is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe Estates
    • Southwest Ranches
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Country Estates
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Country Estates is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Estates
    • Rolling Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Rolling Oaks is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Oaks
    • Sunshine Ranches
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Sunshine Ranches is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Ranches
    • Weston
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sunshine Acres
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Sunshine Acres is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Acres
    • Pembroke Pines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Royal Palm Ranches
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Royal Palm Ranches is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Ranches
    • Cooper City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pine Island Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Island Ridge is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Ridge
    • Miramar
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Davie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Davie is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106,621 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davie <1>
  • Miami-Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadow, with the one closest to Green Meadow listed first.
    • Country Club
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Country Club is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
    • Palm Springs North
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Palm Springs North is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Springs North
    • Lake Lucerne
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Lucerne is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lucerne
    • Miami Lakes
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Miami Gardens
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Andover
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Andover is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Carol City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Norland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Norland is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norland
    • Scott Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Scott Lake is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
    • Bunche Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bunche Park is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunche Park
    • Opa Locka
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hialeah Gardens
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hialeah
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Hialeah is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hialeah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 232,027 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hialeah <1>
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadow, with the one closest to Green Meadow listed first.
    • Sandalfoot Cove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
    • Deem City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Deem City is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deem City
    • Boca Pointe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
    • Mission Bay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
    • Boca Del Mar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
    • Boca West
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
    • Hamptons at Boca Raton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Boca Raton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Whisper Walk
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Whisper Walk is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Walk
    • Yamato
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Yamato is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yamato
    • Highland Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Kings Point is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point

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

Cemeteries Near Green Meadow ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green Meadow.

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 Green Meadow - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<2>

While we didn't find Green Meadow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Green Meadow.

  • Miami
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>

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

Newspapers Published in Green Meadow ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Meadow.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green Meadow, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Green Meadow.

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 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 Green Meadow:

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>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 Green Meadow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Green Meadow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.