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 Manuel Gonzales Grant (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 Manuel Gonzales Grant. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Manuel Gonzales Grant is located in Escambia 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 Escambia County: Baldwin (AL), Escambia (AL) & Santa Rosa.
Below are the counties that are near Manuel Gonzales Grant. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manuel Gonzales Grant:
- Escambia County (The home county of Manuel Gonzales Grant)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manuel Gonzales Grant, with the one closest to Manuel Gonzales Grant listed first.
- Gonzalez
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gonzalez is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzalez
- Cantonment
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Quintette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Quintette is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Ensley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Muscogee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Muscogee is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
- Olive
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Olive is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Molino
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ferry Pass
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
- Bellview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bellview is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
- Tristan Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tristan Village is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristan Village
- Brent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brent is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Barrineau Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barrineau Park is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrineau Park
- Bohemia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bohemia is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
- Santa Rosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manuel Gonzales Grant, with the one closest to Manuel Gonzales Grant listed first.
- Pace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Galt City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
- Milton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bagdad
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gulf Breeze
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Harold
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jay is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Navarre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manuel Gonzales Grant, with the one closest to Manuel Gonzales Grant listed first.
- Seminole
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seminole is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
- Lillian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lillian is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
- Elberta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Perdido Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Perdido Beach is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdido Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
- Robertsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Summerdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Foley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Foley is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,446 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foley <1>
- Orange Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Loxley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Silverhill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Phillipsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipsville is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
- Clay City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clay City is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Marlow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marlow is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Escambia County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manuel Gonzales Grant, with the one closest to Manuel Gonzales Grant listed first.
- Flomaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pollard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pollard is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Manuel Gonzales Grant, see our County-by-County Page for Manuel Gonzales Grant.
Cemeteries Near Manuel Gonzales Grant ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manuel Gonzales Grant.
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 Manuel Gonzales Grant - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Manuel Gonzales Grant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manuel Gonzales Grant, with the one closest to Manuel Gonzales Grant listed first.
- Spreull Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mission Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jordan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Marie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Eastern Gate Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Muscogee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Barrineau Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pensacola Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Whitmire Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lathram Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (99 more) ...
- Allen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haven Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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 Manuel Gonzales Grant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Manuel Gonzales Grant.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Manuel Gonzales Grant, with the one closest to Manuel Gonzales Grant listed first.
- Cantonment
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Quintette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Quintette is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Muscogee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Muscogee is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
- Olive
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Olive is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Ferry Pass
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
- Molino
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brent is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Yniestra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yniestra is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yniestra
- Goulding
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goulding is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
- Bohemia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bohemia is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
- Millview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Millview is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Pine Barren
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Barren is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Barren
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pensacola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chumuckla
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chumuckla is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chumuckla
- Warrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Warrington is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manuel Gonzales Grant. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manuel Gonzales Grant.
Newspapers Published in Manuel Gonzales Grant ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manuel Gonzales Grant.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manuel Gonzales Grant, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Manuel Gonzales Grant.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Manuel Gonzales Grant:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Escambia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Santa Rosa County
- Baldwin County
- Escambia County
- 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> | 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 Manuel Gonzales Grant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Manuel Gonzales Grant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |