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 Mitchell Beach (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 Mitchell Beach. 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 Mitchell Beach ...
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 Mitchell Beach: Mitchell Bch.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Mitchell Beach is located in Pinellas 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 Pinellas County: Hillsborough & Pasco.
Below are the counties that are near Mitchell Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mitchell Beach:
- Pinellas County (The home county of Mitchell Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Beach, with the one closest to Mitchell Beach listed first.
- Madeira Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bay Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Treasure Island
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- North Redington Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Redington Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seminole
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Redington Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Pasadena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Pasadena is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pasadena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,067 people
- Kenneth City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Petersburg Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gulfport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lealman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lealman is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lealman
- Indian Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Beach, with the one closest to Mitchell Beach listed first.
- Fort Dade ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fort Dade is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dade
- Port Tampa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
- Bayport Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bayport Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport Village
- Bayside Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bayside Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Village
- Culbreath Isles
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Culbreath Isles is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culbreath Isles
- Mecca City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca City
- Barr City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Barr City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barr City
- Culbreath Bayou
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Culbreath Bayou is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culbreath Bayou
- Holiday Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
- Rocky Point Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Point Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point Village
- Town 'n' Country
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Town 'n' Country is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town 'n' Country
- Bungalow City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bungalow City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungalow City
- Gray Gables
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gray Gables is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Gables
- Manatee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Beach, with the one closest to Mitchell Beach listed first.
- Anna Maria
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Terra Ceia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holmes Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Palma Sola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradenton Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cortez
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Memphis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis is located in Manatee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Palmetto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Bradenton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Bradenton is located in Manatee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bradenton
- Bradenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ellenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Parrish
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Bradenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Bradenton is located in Manatee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradenton
- Pasco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Beach, with the one closest to Mitchell Beach listed first.
- Holiday
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Trinity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Beacon Square
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beacon Square is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Square
- Elfers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Odessa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mitchell Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Mitchell Beach.
Cemeteries Near Mitchell Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mitchell Beach.
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 Mitchell Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mitchell Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mitchell Beach, with the one closest to Mitchell Beach listed first.
- Bay Pines National Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Royal Palm South Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm South Cemetery
- The Royal Palm South Cemetery has also been known as:
- Royal Palm Cemetery
- Royal Palm of St. Petersburg Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72546 <2>
- Woodlawn Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Memory Gardens
- The Woodlawn Memory Gardens has also been known as:
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- The Garden Sanctuary
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Serenity Gardens Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenity Gardens Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Serenity Gardens Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Anona.
- The Serenity Gardens Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Moss Feaster Serenity Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72605 <2>
- Chapel Hill Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eternal Light Mausoleums and Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (53 more) ...
- Royal Palm North Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rousseau Pioneer Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- McMullen Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
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 Mitchell Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mitchell Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mitchell Beach, with the one closest to Mitchell Beach listed first.
- Port Tampa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
- Terra Ceia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City
- Palma Sola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Palmetto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Erie
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Erie is located in Manatee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Tampa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407,599 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tampa <1>
- Bradenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ellenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ybor City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
- Manatee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Manatee is located in Manatee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee
- Keystone Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
- Peru ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Peru is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mitchell Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mitchell Beach.
Newspapers Published in Mitchell Beach ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mitchell Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mitchell Beach, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mitchell Beach.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Mitchell Beach:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Pinellas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsborough County
- Manatee County
- Pasco 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 Mitchell Beach, 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' (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- Mitchell Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |