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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 Sun Haven of Aventura (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 Sun Haven of Aventura. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Sun Haven of Aventura 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 Sun Haven of Aventura. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sun Haven of Aventura:

  • Miami-Dade County     (The home county of Sun Haven of Aventura)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sun Haven of Aventura, with the one closest to Sun Haven of Aventura listed first.
    • Aventura
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Ojus
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Golden Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Golden Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
    • Sunny Isles Beach
      (Less than 2 miles 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>
    • North Miami Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Ives Estates
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Ives Estates is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ives Estates
    • Norland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Norland is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norland
    • Bal Harbour
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bay Harbor Islands
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Golden Glades
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Golden Glades is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glades
    • Andover
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Andover is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Biscayne Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Biscayne Park is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscayne Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,018 people
  • Broward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sun Haven of Aventura, with the one closest to Sun Haven of Aventura listed first.
    • Hallandale Beach
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hallandale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Hallandale is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallandale
    • Lake Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Forest is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Forest
    • Pembroke Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • West Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • West Park is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,038 people
    • Hollywood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Carver Ranches
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Carver Ranches is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Ranches
    • Miami Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Miami Gardens is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Gardens
    • Utopia
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Utopia is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
    • Dania Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Dania
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Dania is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dania
    • Estates of Fort Lauderdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sun Haven of Aventura, with the one closest to Sun Haven of Aventura listed first.
    • Boca Del Mar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
    • Boca Pointe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
    • Sandalfoot Cove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
    • Boca Raton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Mission Bay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
    • Boca West
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
    • Hamptons at Boca Raton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Whisper Walk
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Whisper Walk is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Walk

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

Cemeteries Near Sun Haven of Aventura ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sun Haven of Aventura.

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 Sun Haven of Aventura - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sun Haven of Aventura covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sun Haven of Aventura, with the one closest to Sun Haven of Aventura listed first.

  • Southern Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 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>
  • Southern Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Dade Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Miami Shores Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hollywood Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hollywood Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sharon Gardens Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Hollywood Memorial Gardens North
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lauderdale Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (34 more) ...
    • Vista Memorial Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Westlawn Memorial Gardens
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (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.<3>

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

These communities are listed based on their distance from Sun Haven of Aventura, with the one closest to Sun Haven of Aventura listed first.

  • Miami
    (13 miles [20.9 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
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • 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 Sun Haven of Aventura. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sun Haven of Aventura.

Newspapers Published in Sun Haven of Aventura ...

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 Sun Haven of Aventura.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sun Haven of Aventura, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sun Haven of Aventura.

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 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 Sun Haven of Aventura:

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