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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 Royal Country (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 Royal Country. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Royal Country is located in Miami-Dade 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 Miami-Dade County: Broward, Collier & Monroe.

Below are the counties that are near Royal Country. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Royal Country:

  • Miami-Dade County     (The home county of Royal Country)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Country, with the one closest to Royal Country listed first.
    • Country Club
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Country Club is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
    • Miami Gardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Palm Springs North
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Palm Springs North is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Springs North
    • Lake Lucerne
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Lake Lucerne is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lucerne
    • Scott Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Scott Lake is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
    • Carol City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Miami Lakes
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Andover
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Andover is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Norland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Norland is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norland
    • Bunche Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bunche Park is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunche Park
    • Opa Locka
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Westview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Westview is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
  • Broward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Country, with the one closest to Royal Country listed first.
    • Miramar
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pembroke Pines
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Miami Gardens
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Miami Gardens is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Gardens
    • Royal Palm Ranches
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Royal Palm Ranches is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Ranches
    • Utopia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Utopia is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
    • West Hollywood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Carver Ranches
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Carver Ranches is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Ranches
    • Lake Forest
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Lake Forest is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Forest
    • West Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • West Park is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,038 people
    • Sunshine Acres
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Sunshine Acres is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Acres
    • Sunshine Ranches
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Sunshine Ranches is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Ranches
    • Cooper City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Country, with the one closest to Royal Country listed first.
    • Boca Pointe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
    • Sandalfoot Cove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
    • Boca Del Mar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
    • Mission Bay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
    • Boca Raton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Boca West
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
    • Hamptons at Boca Raton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Deem City ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 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 Royal Country, see our County-by-County Page for Royal Country.

Cemeteries Near Royal Country ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Royal Country.

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 Royal Country - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Vista Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Miami Shores Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dade Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hollywood Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hollywood Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hollywood Memorial Gardens North
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Southern Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Southern Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • 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>
  • Lincoln Evergreen Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (34 more) ...
    • Evergreen Memorial Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Westlawn Memorial Gardens
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<4>

While we didn't find Royal Country in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Royal Country.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Royal Country, with the one closest to Royal Country listed first.

  • Miami
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
    (23 miles [37 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 Royal Country. See our List of 1890's Communities around Royal Country.

Newspapers Published in Royal Country ...

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 236 newspapers that have been published in the area around Royal Country.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Royal Country, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Royal Country.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Royal Country:

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 '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- Royal Country) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Royal Country, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.