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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 Lower Grand Lagoon (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 Lower Grand Lagoon. 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 hospitals and 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.

Lower Grand Lagoon is located in Bay 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 Bay County: Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson, Walton & Washington.

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

  • Bay County     (The home county of Lower Grand Lagoon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lower Grand Lagoon, with the one closest to Lower Grand Lagoon listed first.
    • Magnolia Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Beach
      • Magnolia Beach is located in Bay County
    • Upper Grand Lagoon
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Grand Lagoon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Grand Lagoon
      • Upper Grand Lagoon is located in Bay County
    • West Panama City Beach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Panama City Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Panama City Beach
      • West Panama City Beach is located in Bay County
    • Pretty Bayou
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pretty Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Bayou
      • Pretty Bayou is located in Bay County
    • Panama City Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Panama City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bay Harbor ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Harbor
      • Bay Harbor is located in Bay County
    • Springfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hiland Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hiland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiland Park
      • Hiland Park is located in Bay County
    • Parker
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parker have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
      • Parker is located in Bay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,109 people
    • Lynn Haven
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Callaway
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Walton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lower Grand Lagoon, with the one closest to Lower Grand Lagoon listed first.
    • Inlet Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Alys Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosemary Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Seagrove Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Point Washington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Seaside
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grayton Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Mountain Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lower Grand Lagoon, with the one closest to Lower Grand Lagoon listed first.
    • Ebro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebro
      • Ebro is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ebro <2>
    • Millers Ferry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Ferry
      • Millers Ferry is located in Washington County

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

Newspapers Published in Lower Grand Lagoon ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lower Grand Lagoon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lower Grand Lagoon, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lower Grand Lagoon.

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 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 Lower Grand Lagoon:

Cemeteries Near Lower Grand Lagoon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lower Grand Lagoon.

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 Lower Grand Lagoon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Bay Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bay Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bay Memorial Park
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
  • Evergreen Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Memorial Gardens
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Redwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redwood Cemetery
  • Marywood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marywood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marywood Cemetery
  • Millville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Millville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millville Cemetery
  • Lynn Haven Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lynn Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lynn Haven Cemetery
  • Evergreen Memorial Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Memorial Gardens
  • Bayou George Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Kent Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kent Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kent Cemetery
  • Sand Hill Community Church Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Farmdale Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Porter Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Porter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Porter Cemetery
    • Ebro Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebro Cemetery

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

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

The official website for Bay County: www.co.bay.fl.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lower Grand Lagoon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lower Grand Lagoon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1441, Longitude: -85.7508       In this case, the coordinates for Lower Grand Lagoon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.




 

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