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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 Oak Hills (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 Oak Hills. 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 hospitals and 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 Oak Hills is located in Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County: Broward, Glades, Hendry, Martin & Okeechobee.

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

  • Palm Beach County     (The home county of Royal Oak Hills)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oak Hills, with the one closest to Royal Oak Hills listed first.
    • Boca Raton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Boca Del Mar
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
    • Boca Pointe
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
    • Yamato
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Yamato is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yamato
    • Highland Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Boca West
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
    • Hamptons at Boca Raton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandalfoot Cove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
    • Whisper Walk
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Whisper Walk is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Walk
    • Mission Bay
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
    • Kings Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Kings Point is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
    • Delray Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 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
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • High Point is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Broward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oak Hills, with the one closest to Royal Oak Hills listed first.
    • Deerfield Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • The Cove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • The Cove is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Cove
    • Hillsboro Beach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bonnie Lock - Woodsetter North
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lighthouse Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Pompano Beach Highlands
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Pompano Estates
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Pompano Estates is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompano Estates
    • Tedder
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Tedder is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedder
    • Crystal Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Crystal Lake is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
    • Leisureville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Leisureville is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisureville
    • Loch Lomond
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Loch Lomond is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lomond
    • Hillsboro Pines
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Hillsboro Pines is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Pines
    • Hillsboro Ranches
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Hillsboro Ranches is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Ranches
  • Miami-Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oak Hills, with the one closest to Royal Oak Hills listed first.
    • Aventura
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Golden Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 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
    • Ives Estates
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Ives Estates is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ives Estates
    • Andover
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Andover is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Lake Lucerne
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Lake Lucerne is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lucerne
    • Ojus
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Sunny Isles Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 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>
    • Norland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Norland is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norland
    • North Miami Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Carol City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Miami Gardens
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Scott Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Scott Lake is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
    • Bunche Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Bunche Park is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunche Park

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

Cemeteries Near Royal Oak Hills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Royal Oak Hills.

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 Oak Hills - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Boca Raton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Eternal Light Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gardens of Boca Raton Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Westview Community Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park of Broward County
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pine Ridge Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Pompano Beach Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • 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>
  • Star of David Memorial Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Palm Beach Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...

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 Royal Oak Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Royal Oak Hills.

  • Palm Beach
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Royal Oak Hills ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Royal Oak Hills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Royal Oak Hills, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Royal Oak Hills.

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 either 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 Oak Hills:

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 Royal Oak Hills, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Royal Oak Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.