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 Ro-Len Lake Gardens (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 Ro-Len Lake Gardens. 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 Ro-Len Lake Gardens ...
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 Ro-Len Lake Gardens: Ro Len Lk. Gdns. (or less commonly used: Ro Len Lk. Gardns., Ro Len Lk. Grdens. or Ro Len Lk. Grdns.)
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 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.
Ro-Len Lake Gardens 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 Ro-Len Lake Gardens. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ro-Len Lake Gardens:
- Broward County (The home county of Ro-Len Lake Gardens)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ro-Len Lake Gardens, with the one closest to Ro-Len Lake Gardens listed first.
- Pembroke Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hallandale Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hallandale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hallandale is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallandale
- Carver Ranches
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Carver Ranches is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Ranches
- Lake Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lake Forest is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Forest
- West Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,038 people
- Hollywood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Miami Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Miami Gardens is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Gardens
- Utopia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Utopia is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- West Hollywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dania Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dania
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dania is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dania
- Chambers Estates
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chambers Estates is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Estates
- Miami-Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ro-Len Lake Gardens, with the one closest to Ro-Len Lake Gardens listed first.
- Ives Estates
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ives Estates is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ives Estates
- Golden Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Golden Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
- Aventura
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ojus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Miami Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sunny Isles Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Norland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Norland is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norland
- Andover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Andover is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Scott Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scott Lake is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
- Lake Lucerne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Lucerne is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lucerne
- Bunche Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bunche Park is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunche Park
- Carol City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Glades
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Glades is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glades
- Palm Beach County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ro-Len Lake Gardens, with the one closest to Ro-Len Lake Gardens listed first.
- Boca Pointe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
- Boca Del Mar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
- Sandalfoot Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
- Boca Raton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Boca West
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
- Hamptons at Boca Raton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mission Bay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
- Whisper Walk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Whisper Walk is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Walk
- Highland Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yamato
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Yamato is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yamato
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ro-Len Lake Gardens, see our County-by-County Page for Ro-Len Lake Gardens.
Cemeteries Near Ro-Len Lake Gardens ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ro-Len Lake Gardens.
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 Ro-Len Lake Gardens - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ro-Len Lake Gardens covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ro-Len Lake Gardens, with the one closest to Ro-Len Lake Gardens listed first.
- Southern Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 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>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hollywood Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hollywood Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Southern Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dade Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miami Shores Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon Gardens Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hollywood Memorial Gardens North
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westlawn Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (34 more) ...
- Lauderdale Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vista Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 Ro-Len Lake Gardens in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ro-Len Lake Gardens.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ro-Len Lake Gardens, with the one closest to Ro-Len Lake Gardens listed first.
- Miami
(14 miles [22.5 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
(26 miles [41.8 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 Ro-Len Lake Gardens. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ro-Len Lake Gardens.
Newspapers Published in Ro-Len Lake Gardens ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ro-Len Lake Gardens.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ro-Len Lake Gardens, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ro-Len Lake Gardens.
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 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 Ro-Len Lake Gardens:
- 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 Ro-Len Lake Gardens, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ro-Len Lake Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |