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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 Jessie Willies (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 Jessie Willies. 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 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.

Jessie Willies is located in Broward County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties 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 Jessie Willies. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jessie Willies:

  • Broward County     (The home county of Jessie Willies)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jessie Willies, with the one closest to Jessie Willies listed first.
    • Country Estates
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Country Estates. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Estates
      • Country Estates is located in Broward County
    • Rolling Oaks
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Oaks
      • Rolling Oaks is located in Broward County
    • Green Meadow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
      • Green Meadow is located in Broward County
    • Weston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Ivanhoe Estates
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe Estates
      • Ivanhoe Estates is located in Broward County
    • Southwest Ranches
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Sunshine Ranches
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunshine Ranches have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Ranches
      • Sunshine Ranches is located in Broward County
    • Pembroke Pines
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Miramar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Sunshine Acres
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunshine Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Acres
      • Sunshine Acres is located in Broward County
    • Cooper City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Pine Island Ridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Island Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Ridge
      • Pine Island Ridge is located in Broward County
  • Miami-Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jessie Willies, with the one closest to Jessie Willies listed first.
    • Mart Law Seminole Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mart Law Seminole Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mart Law Seminole Village
      • Mart Law Seminole Village is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Frog City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frog City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
      • Frog City is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Coopertown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pops Hammock Seminole Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pops Hammock Seminole Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pops Hammock Seminole Village
      • Pops Hammock Seminole Village is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Palm Springs North
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Springs North
      • Palm Springs North is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Country Club
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Country Club have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
      • Country Club is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Miami Lakes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Doral
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doral
      • Doral is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Estimated population in 2015: 56,035 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Doral <3>
    • Hialeah Gardens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Medley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Tamiami
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamiami
      • Tamiami is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Sweetwater
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
      • Sweetwater is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,747 people
  • Monroe County
    • Trail City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trail City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail City
      • Trail City is located in Monroe County
  • Palm Beach County
    • Deem City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deem City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deem City
      • Deem City is located in Palm Beach County

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

Newspapers Published in Jessie Willies ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jessie Willies.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jessie Willies, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jessie Willies.

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 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 Jessie Willies:

Cemeteries Near Jessie Willies ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jessie Willies.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery
  • Lakeside Memorial Park
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeside Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeside Memorial Park
  • Vista Memorial Gardens
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vista Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vista Memorial Gardens
  • Hollywood Memorial Gardens North
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hollywood Memorial Gardens North have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollywood Memorial Gardens North

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jessie Willies. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Broward County: www.broward.org/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Jessie Willies) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jessie Willies. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.0193, Longitude: -80.7123       In this case, the coordinates for Jessie Willies have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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