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 Playland Estates (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 Playland Estates. 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 Playland Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Playland Estates: Playland Ests.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Playland Estates is located in Broward 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 Broward County: Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade & Palm Beach.
Below are the counties that are near Playland Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Playland Estates:
- Broward County (The home county of Playland Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Playland Estates, with the one closest to Playland Estates listed first.
- Chambers Estates
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chambers Estates is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Estates
- Estates of Fort Lauderdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oak Point
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oak Point is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- West Hollywood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Edgewater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Edgewater is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Ravenswood Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ravenswood Estates is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood Estates
- Dania Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hacienda Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hacienda Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Dania
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dania is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dania
- Carver Ranches
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carver Ranches is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Ranches
- Miami Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Miami Gardens is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Gardens
- Hollywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Miami-Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Playland Estates, with the one closest to Playland Estates listed first.
- Andover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Andover is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Ives Estates
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ives Estates is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ives Estates
- Norland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Norland is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norland
- Lake Lucerne
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Lucerne is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lucerne
- Miami Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Scott Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Scott Lake is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
- Aventura
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
- Ojus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bunche Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bunche Park is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunche Park
- Carol City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Miami Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Palm Beach County
- The following are listed by their distance from Playland Estates, with the one closest to Playland Estates listed first.
- Boca Pointe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
- Boca Del Mar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
- Sandalfoot Cove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
- Boca Raton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mission Bay
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
- Boca West
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
- Hamptons at Boca Raton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Whisper Walk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Whisper Walk is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Walk
- Highland Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Yamato
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Yamato is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yamato
- Kings Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kings Point is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
- Deem City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deem City is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deem City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Playland Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Playland Estates.
Cemeteries Near Playland Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Playland Estates.
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 Playland Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Playland Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Playland Estates, with the one closest to Playland Estates listed first.
- Hollywood Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hollywood Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hollywood Memorial Gardens North
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Westlawn Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sharon Gardens Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lauderdale Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lauderdale Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Washington Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Southern Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Southern Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in North Miami Beach.
- The Southern Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Caballero Rivero Southern Memorial Park
- Memorial Plan Southern Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640549 <2>
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (35 more) ...
- Dade Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Miami Shores Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 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 Playland Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Playland Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Playland Estates, with the one closest to Playland Estates listed first.
- Miami
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Miami is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471,525 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>
- Cutler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cutler is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Playland Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Playland Estates.
Newspapers Published in Playland Estates ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Playland Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Playland Estates, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Playland Estates.
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 Playland Estates:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Broward County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Miami-Dade County
- Palm Beach 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 Playland Estates, 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 from Point A (ie- Playland Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |