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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 Pompano Isles (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 Pompano Isles. 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.

Pompano Isles 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 Pompano Isles. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pompano Isles:

  • Broward County     (The home county of Pompano Isles)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pompano Isles, with the one closest to Pompano Isles listed first.
    • Terra Mar
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Terra Mar is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Mar
    • Harbor Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Harbor Village is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Village
    • Pinehurst Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Pinehurst Village is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst Village
    • Pompano Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Sea Ranch Lakes
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sea Ranch Lakes is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Ranch Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
    • Kendall Green
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kendall Green is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall Green
    • Carver Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Carver Village is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
    • Leisureville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Leisureville is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisureville
    • North Andrews Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakland Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonnie Lock - Woodsetter North
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lighthouse Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Miami-Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pompano Isles, with the one closest to Pompano Isles listed first.
    • Golden Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Golden Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
    • Andover
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Andover is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Aventura
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Ives Estates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Ives Estates is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ives Estates
    • Ojus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Norland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Norland is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norland
    • North Miami Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Sunny Isles Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Sunny Isles Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Isles Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,634 people
      • Sunny Isles Beach has also been known as:
      • Sunny Isles
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunny Isles Beach <1>
    • Lake Lucerne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Lucerne is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lucerne
    • Scott Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Scott Lake is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
    • Golden Glades
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Golden Glades is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glades
    • Carol City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Miami Gardens
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pompano Isles, with the one closest to Pompano Isles listed first.
    • Boca Pointe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
    • Boca Del Mar
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
    • Boca Raton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Sandalfoot Cove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
    • Boca West
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
    • Highland Beach
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Hamptons at Boca Raton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mission Bay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
    • Yamato
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Yamato is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yamato
    • Whisper Walk
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Whisper Walk is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Walk
    • Kings Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Kings Point is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
    • Delray Beach
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Delray Beach is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,577 people
      • Former names for Delray Beach:
      • Delray
      • Linton
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delray Beach <1>
    • High Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • High Point is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point

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

Cemeteries Near Pompano Isles ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pompano Isles.

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 Pompano Isles - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pompano Isles covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pompano Isles, with the one closest to Pompano Isles listed first.

  • Star of David Memorial Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Pompano Beach Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompano Beach Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pompano Beach Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pompano Beach.
    • The Pompano Beach Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pompano Beach South Lawn Cemetery
    • South Lawn Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1993291 <2>
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park of Broward County
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Westview Community Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Washington Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lauderdale Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Eternal Light Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lauderdale Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Pompano Isles ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pompano Isles.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pompano Isles, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pompano Isles.

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 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 Pompano Isles:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pompano Isles) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.