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 Miguel Hernandez 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 Miguel Hernandez 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Miguel Hernandez 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 Miguel Hernandez Grant. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Miguel Hernandez Grant:
- Escambia County (The home county of Miguel Hernandez Grant)
- The following are listed by their distance from Miguel Hernandez Grant, with the one closest to Miguel Hernandez Grant listed first.
- Quintette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quintette is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Gonzalez
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gonzalez is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzalez
- Cantonment
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Molino
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ensley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Muscogee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Muscogee is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
- Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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
- 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
- Bellview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bellview is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
- Brent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brent is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- 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 Miguel Hernandez Grant, with the one closest to Miguel Hernandez Grant listed first.
- Pace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Galt City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
- Milton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bagdad
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gulf Breeze
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Harold
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jay
(23 miles [37 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Miguel Hernandez Grant, with the one closest to Miguel Hernandez Grant listed first.
- Seminole
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seminole is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
- Lillian
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lillian is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
- Perdido Beach
(23 miles [37 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
- Elberta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Robertsdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Summerdale
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Foley
(28 miles [45.1 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>
- Loxley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Silverhill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Orange Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Escambia County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Miguel Hernandez Grant, with the one closest to Miguel Hernandez Grant listed first.
- Flomaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pollard
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Atmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Miguel Hernandez Grant, see our County-by-County Page for Miguel Hernandez Grant.
Cemeteries Near Miguel Hernandez Grant ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Miguel Hernandez 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 Miguel Hernandez Grant - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Miguel Hernandez Grant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Miguel Hernandez Grant, with the one closest to Miguel Hernandez Grant listed first.
- Spreull Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jordan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Barrineau Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mission Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Marie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eastern Gate Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Whitmire Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Muscogee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pensacola Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lathram Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (99 more) ...
- Morgan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Strickland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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 Miguel Hernandez Grant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Miguel Hernandez Grant.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Miguel Hernandez Grant, with the one closest to Miguel Hernandez Grant listed first.
- Quintette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quintette is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Cantonment
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Muscogee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Muscogee is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
- Molino
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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
- Yniestra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yniestra is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yniestra
- Chumuckla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Chumuckla is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chumuckla
- Brent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brent is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Pine Barren
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Barren is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Barren
- Bohemia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bohemia is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
- Goulding
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Goulding is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Galt City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
- Milton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pensacola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Miguel Hernandez Grant. See our List of 1890's Communities around Miguel Hernandez Grant.
Newspapers Published in Miguel Hernandez 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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Miguel Hernandez Grant.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Miguel Hernandez 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 Miguel Hernandez 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 Miguel Hernandez 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 Miguel Hernandez 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- Miguel Hernandez Grant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |