United States Resources: Florida

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    ROOTS-L Databases and Files

  • Florida Surnames in the RootsWeb Surname List

    Surname to search for:
  • Florida Books We Own
  • genealog.lc-fl: Books in the on-line Library of Congress catalog with the subject "Florida--genealogy."
  • genealog.vital-fl: Where to write for Florida vital records, Florida genealogical and historical societies, and the state archives. Or check Florida Vital Records Information for more current info on where to write for vital records.

    Other Florida Genealogical and Historical Resources on the Net

    Other Florida Genealogy and History Pages

  • Florida at Linkpendium
  • Florida Resources at Rootsweb:
    • State level
    • County level
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - Florida
  • The Florida GenWeb Project
  • American Local History Network
  • The American History and Genealogy Project

    General Resources

  • Florida Mailing Lists
  • USGenWeb Archives: Florida
  • Florida Cracker Country A page for researching early Florida pioneers, with queries, marriage records, military records, lookups, and more.
  • LDS Research Outline for Florida
  • Florida Family History Centers
  • From Ancestry.com
    • 1830 U. S. Census
    • 1840 U. S. Census
    • 1850 U. S. Census
    • 1860 U. S. Census
    • 1870 U. S. Census
    • 1880 U. S. Census
    • 1900 U. S. Census
    • 1910 U. S. Census
    • 1920 U. S. Census
    • 1930 U. S. Census
  • The USGenWeb Census Project: Florida
    • Completed Transcriptions
  • Florida Home Page: WPA Life Histories
  • The Florida Newspaper Project
  • Census Online: Florida
  • NEIC: Earthquake History of Florida
  • History of Florida Hurricanes
  • Florida Tornadoes, 1950-1995
  • Florida Lighthouses
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
  • Genealogy Helplist
  • Ghost Towns of Florida
  • Florida Civilian Conservation Corps camps
  • History of WGUL and WPSO, New Port Richey
  • Florida Bibliography - United States and Worldwide Postal History
  • The old Spanish Trail - Historic SR 1 in Florida
  • Old FL 434 in the University of Central Florida

    Archives, Libraries and Special Collections

  • The Florida State Archives
  • Office of Cultural & Historical Preservation
  • Alachua County Archive
  • Elmer's Genealogy Library
  • Special Collections at Florida State University
  • Museum of Florida History
  • University of Florida Oral History
  • Halifax Historical Museum
  • Hamilton County Historical Museum
  • The Orange County History Center
  • Museum of Seminole County History
  • University of South Florida, Library, Special Collections
  • Historical Museum of Southern Florida
  • The Tebeau-Field Library of Florida History

    Cemeteries

  • Tombstone Transcription Project
  • Cemetery Records Online
  • The Florida Political Graveyard
  • Find A Grave
  • Greenwood Cemetery: History Tallahassee
  • Tallahassee's Old City Cemetery: take the "walking tour" and there's even some genealogical data.
  • Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Archer
  • Key West Cemetery History

    Local History and Information

  • Alachua County at Linkpendium
  • Avon Park History
  • Baker County at Linkpendium
  • Bay County at Linkpendium
  • Bradford County at Linkpendium
  • Brevard County at Linkpendium
  • Broward County at Linkpendium
  • The Broward County Historical Commission
  • Calhoun County at Linkpendium
  • Charlotte County at Linkpendium
  • Citrus County at Linkpendium
  • Clay County at Linkpendium
  • Collier County at Linkpendium
  • Columbia County at Linkpendium
  • Dade County at Linkpendium
  • De Soto County at Linkpendium
  • Dixie County at Linkpendium
  • Duval County at Linkpendium
  • Escambia County at Linkpendium
  • Flagler County at Linkpendium
  • Franklin County at Linkpendium
  • Gadsden County at Linkpendium
  • Obituaries in the Gainesville Sun for the past 365 days
  • Gilchrist County at Linkpendium
  • Glades County at Linkpendium
  • Gulf County at Linkpendium
  • Hamilton County at Linkpendium
  • Hardee County at Linkpendium
  • Hendry County at Linkpendium
  • Hernando County at Linkpendium
  • Hernando County History
  • Early History of Hernando County
  • Highlands County at Linkpendium
  • Hillsborough County at Linkpendium
  • Hillsborough County History
  • Hillsborough County, Florida Marriage Records - Index 1878-1884, including scans of the original documents
  • Holmes County at Linkpendium
  • Indialantic History
  • Indian River County at Linkpendium
  • Jackson County at Linkpendium
  • Local & Family History in Jacksonville, Florida
  • Jefferson County at Linkpendium
  • Lafayette County at Linkpendium
  • Lake County at Linkpendium
  • Lee County at Linkpendium
  • A Brief History of Leesburg
  • Leon County at Linkpendium
  • Levy County at Linkpendium
  • Liberty County at Linkpendium
  • Madison County at Linkpendium
  • Historical Markers in Madison County
  • Manatee County at Linkpendium
  • Manatee County History
  • Marion County at Linkpendium
  • Martin County at Linkpendium
  • Souvenirs of Miami, Florida: 100 Years of Promotional Literature
  • Monroe County at Linkpendium
  • Around the Town History Links Naples
  • Nassau County at Linkpendium
  • Okaloosa County at Linkpendium
  • Okeechobee County at Linkpendium
  • Reflections of Oldsmar
  • Orange County at Linkpendium
  • Osceola County at Linkpendium
  • Palm Beach County at Linkpendium
  • Town of Palm Beach Shores: Town History
  • Pasco County at Linkpendium
  • Pasco County History
  • Pasco County: History from Village Profile
  • History of West Pasco County
  • Pinellas County at Linkpendium
  • History of Pinellas County
  • Pinellas County History
  • Polk County at Linkpendium
  • Polk County History
  • Putnam County at Linkpendium
  • Saint Johns County at Linkpendium
  • Saint Lucie County at Linkpendium
  • Safety Harbor
  • Old Town Sanibel History
  • Santa Rosa County at Linkpendium
  • Sarasota County at Linkpendium
  • Sarasota County History
  • Sebring Florida History
  • Seminole County at Linkpendium
  • South Lake History
  • Sumter County at Linkpendium
  • Sun City Center History
  • Suwannee County at Linkpendium
  • Tallahassee - St. Marks Railroad Historical Chronology
  • Taylor County at Linkpendium
  • Titusville, Florida - Historic Walking Tour
  • Union County at Linkpendium
  • Volusia County at Linkpendium
  • Wakulla County at Linkpendium
  • Walton County at Linkpendium
  • Washington County at Linkpendium
  • Zephyrills History

    Maps and Gazetteers

  • USGS/GNIS Database of Florida locations
  • Florida from Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  • Florida Profiles: Interactive county maps
  • County and City Name Origins
  • Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas

    Military

  • Coastal Fortification on the Gulf of Mexico
  • Florida in the Civil War
  • Florida Civil War Genealogy
    Message Boards
    • Florida in the Civil War history-sites.com
    • Florida in the Civil War server.com
  • Civil War Sites in Florida
  • Florida Civil War Map of Battles
  • Union Regimental Index: Florida
  • Florida 1st Cavalry Roster
  • 1st Florida Volunteer Infantry
  • Florida 1st Infantry Roster
  • Florida 2nd Cavalry Roster
  • Florida 2nd Infantry Roster
  • 2nd Florida Infantry Regiment
  • Florida 3rd Infantry Roster
  • Florida 4th Infantry Roster
  • Florida 5th Infantry Roster
  • Florida 6th Infantry Roster
  • Florida 7th Infantry Roster
  • Florida 8th Infantry Roster
  • Muster Roll of Company B, 8th Florida Infantry Regiment Young Guards
  • Florida 9th Infantry Roster
  • Florida 10th Infantry Roster
  • Florida 11th Infantry Roster
  • U.S. Military Personnel who died in the Korean War
  • Vietnam Conflict Casualty List

    Photographs

  • Florida State Archives Photographic Collection
  • Detroit Publishing Company Photographs from Florida
  • The Florida Postcard Collection
  • Pictures of Early Miami from the Romer Collection

    Societies, Historical and Genealogical

  • Florida Cracker Country: Florida Genealogical Societies
  • Florida State Genealogical Society
  • Florida Historical Society

      Ethnic and Religious

    • Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society - Central Florida Chapter
    • Jewish Genealogical Society of Broward County
    • Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County
    • Slovenian Genealogy Society - Florida Chapter

      Lineage

    • Florida State Society Daughters of the American Revolution
      • Alafia River Chapter - Brandon
      • Abigail Wright Chamberlin Chapter - Brevard County
      • Indian River Chapter - Brevard County
      • Annuttaliga Chapter - Brooksville-Inverness
      • Charlotte Bay Chapter
      • Abigail Bartholomew Chapter - Daytona Beach
      • Fort Pickens Chapter - Gulf Breeze
      • Kan Yuk sa Chapter - Jacksonville
      • Lakeland Chapter
      • Big Cypress Chapter - Naples
      • Captain James Ormond Chapter - Ormond Beach
      • Echebucsassa Chapter - Plant City
      • Boca Ciega Chapter - St. Petersburg
      • Halpatiokee Chapter - Stuart
      • Myakka Chapter - Venice
    • Florida Society Sons of the American Revolution
      • Clearwater Chapter
      • Brevard Chapter - Cocoa Beach, East Central Florida
      • Daytona-Ormand Chapter - Daytona Beach
      • Deland Chapter
      • Central Florida Chapter - East Central Florida
      • Fort Lauderdale Chapter
      • Caloosa Chapter - Fort Myers
      • Emerald Coast Chapter - Fort Walton Beach
      • Gainesville Chapter
      • Withlacoochee Chapter - Inverness
      • Jacksonville Chapter
      • Lake City Chapter
      • Lakeland Chapter
      • Lake-Sumter Chapter - Leesburg
      • Miami Chapter
      • Naples Chapter
      • Ocala Chapter
      • Palm Beach Chapter
      • Flagler Chapter - Palm Coast
      • Panama City Chapter
      • Pensacola Chapter
      • Major John Devane Chapter - Plant City
      • Charlotte Chapter - Port Charlotte
      • St. Augustine Chapter
      • St. Lucie River Chapter
      • St Petersburg Chapter
      • Saramana Chapter - Sarasota
      • Tallahassee Chapter
      • Tampa Chapter
      • Treasure Coast Chapter - Vero Beach
    • Sons of Confederate Veterans, Florida Division
      • Captain J. J. Dickison Camp #1387 - Brevard County
      • 1st Lt. Daniel Sloan Camp 1709 - Geneva
      • Brig. Gen. Jesse Johnson Finley's Brigade Camp - Havana
      • Major Pickens Bird Camp - Monticello
      • Col. David Lang Camp - Tallahassee
      • John Hance O'Steen Camp #770 - Trenton
      • Major-General James Patton Anderson Camp - West Palm Beach
    • The United Daughters of the Confederacy - Florida Division
      • Canaveral Light Chapter #2358 - Cocoa
      • Mattie T. Wright Chapter 2533 - Jacksonville Beach

      Special Interest

    • Florida Oral History Association

      Regional

    • East Central Florida Genealogical Society Co-Op
    • The Huxford Genealogical Society
    • West Florida Genealogical Society

      Local

    • Alachua County Genealogical Society
    • Amelia Island Genealogy Society
    • Apalachicola Historical Society
    • The Archer (Florida) Historical Society
    • Baker County Historical Society
    • Bay County Genealogical Society
    • Boca Raton Historical Society
    • Brevard Genealogical Society
    • Genealogical Society of North Brevard
    • The Historical Society of North Brevard
    • Genealogical Society of South Brevard
    • Genealogical Society of Broward County
    • Citrus County Genealogical Society
    • Citrus County Historical Society
    • Collier County Historical Society
    • Gulf County Genealogical Society
    • Halifax Historical Society
    • Highlands County Genealogical Society
    • Indian River Genealogical Society
    • Gilmore Academy -- Jackson County Training School Alumni Association
    • Jacksonville Genealogical Society
    • Madison County, Florida Genealogical Society
    • Manasota Genealogical Society
    • Marco Island Historical Society
    • Martin County Genealogical Society
    • The Genealogical Society of Greater Miami
    • Micanopy Historical Society
    • The Genealogical Society of Okaloosa County
    • Genealogical Society, Okeechobee, Florida
    • Palm Beach County Genealogical Society
    • Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County
    • Pasco County Genealogical Society
    • West Pasco County Genealogy Society
    • West Pasco Historical Society
    • Pensacola Historical Society
    • Pinellas Genealogy Society
    • The St. Augustine Historical Society
    • Genealogical Society of Sarasota
    • Sebring Historical Society
    • Seminole County Historical Society
    • Genealogical Society of South Brevard
    • Suwannee Valley Genealogical Society
    • Tallahassee Genealogical Society
    • West Volusia Historical Society

    Vital Records

  • Florida Vital Statistics How to get copies of certificates of birth, death, marriage, or divorce
  • Florida Vital Records from VitalChek
  • Florida Vital Records Information from Elizabeth T. Orsay
  • Leon County Marriage Records

    Commercial

  • Ancestor Publishers
  • Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
  • SK Publications Florida Census CDs
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