Miami-Dade Obituary Index
The Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Online Miami-Dade County Obituary Index was created to serve the public and researchers by providing access to published information about individuals who died in Miami-Dade County from 1896 to 2008.
Miami-Dade County Government
Miami-Dade County's website allows constituents and visitors to read about key services, important news and other vital government information.
Miami-Dade Find A Grave List of Cemeteries
List of Cemeteries in Miami-Dade County, Florida included in the Find A Grave website database.
NewsBank: Miami Herald/el Nuevo Herald (Historical & Current)
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues. Miami's oldest surviving newspaper, known today as The Miami Herald, provides an unmatched record of daily life in South Florida. From the region's early struggles to attract permanent residents to its explosive economic growth, the Herald captures booms and busts in astounding detail, offering valuable teaching and research opportunities for students and faculty in nearly every academic discipline. [Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) Library Card required.]
Miami Records on FamilySearch.org
Discover Miami probate, property, military, vital, and cemetery records on FamilySearch.org.
Miami-Dade Public Library’s Holdings for Miami, Florida Genealogy
A Guide to Civil War Records at the State Archives of Florida
Identifies and describes the state, federal, and private records pertaining to Florida’s Civil War era (1860-1865) housed at the State Archives of Florida.
Adoptions for Florida
Florida Adoption Reunion Registry (FARR) under the Florida Department of Children & Family: "The Florida Legislature established in the FARR in 1982 to support people affected by adoption in Florida. This allows birth family members the opportunity to reunite." This site also contains information on how to request non-identifying information about birth parents, and who is eligible to make the request.
The Family History Guide
“The Family History Guide is a free website that represents a best-in-class learning environment for family history. Here are some of the unique features you'll find on the site:
· Links to videos and articles from FamilySearch, Ancestry, and more
· QUIKLinks that take you to record searches from multiple sources, with a single click
· Project Tracker sheets and training materials for self-study or group instruction
· Activities for families, individuals, youth, and kids
· Family history resources for faiths, including members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Catholics, Protestants, and those of Jewish heritage”
Florida Cemeteries by County
Cemeteries that belong to the Internment.net network. “Free access to Florida cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions.”
Florida Cemeteries at FamilySearch
Online Cemetery Resources for Florida: Tombstone Transcriptions Online, List of Cemeteries in the State, Jewish Cemeteries, Military Cemeteries, and additional resources at the Family History Library.
Florida Confederate Pension Files
Provided by Florida State Archives, this database has digital images of approved and denied pension claims from 1885 to 1954. Typical files contain the original application, any supplemental applications, proof of service and residency, etc.
Florida Department of Vital Statistics
Order Florida birth, death, and marriage records.
Florida Department of State Archives
The State Archives of Florida collects, preserves and makes available for research the historically significant records of the state, as well as private manuscripts, local government records, photographs and other materials that complement the official state records. Anyone interested in learning about Florida history, government and people through original records can use our collections and resources.
Florida Historical Society
Established in 1856, the FHS is dedicated to preserving Florida's past through the collection, archival maintenance, and publication of historical documents and other materials relating to the history of Florida and its peoples.
Florida History in Publications
Published By: Florida Historical Society
The Florida Historical Quarterly
Vol. 87, No. 4 (Spring 2009), pp. 593-606 (14 pages)
Florida Militia Muster Rolls, Seminole Wars
Provides digital images of transcribed muster rolls from the 2nd Seminole War: 1835 - 1842, and the 3rd Seminole War: 1856 - 1858.
Funeral Homes Online
Provides a comprehensive list of funeral homes, with contact information, by state and then alphabetically.
Florida on Florida
A catalog of digital materials related to Florida. It includes all sorts of items including maps, photographs, postcards, books, and manuscripts.
Florida Memory
Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival resources from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida.
Florida Newspaper Database (Gale)
[Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) Library Card required.]
List of Florida Counties
Wikipedia list of Florida Counties, with dates of formation, source of the county name, and what counties, if any, they were formed from.
Newspapers in Florida
Miami-Dade Public Library’s Holdings for Florida Genealogy
Allen County Public Library
To contact the Genealogy Department email: Genealogy@ACPL.Info or call: 260-421-1225.
“The ACPL Genealogy Center is a unique and valuable resource for the Northeastern Indiana community and the entire genealogical community at large. We have one of the largest research collections available, incorporating records from around the world. Our staff specializes in genealogy and is always available to help.”
Ancestry.com
A subscription site, but free to MDPLS patrons at most county and state libraries and most Family History Centers. Has Federal census records 1790-1930 and many state Census records, including Florida for 1885, 1935, and 1945.
AncestryLibrary (in library only)
Start searching for free billions of records and discover your family's story. [During pandemic can be used from home.]
Ancestry.com Family History Wiki
The Ancestry Family History Wiki is hosted by RootsWeb (RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com) and is made up of four kinds of content:
· The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
· Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
· Other great Ancestry.com content
· Content added by you
BillionGraves
The world′s largest resource for searchable GPS cemetery data, and is growing bigger and better every day. You can help by collecting headstone images from local and other cemeteries, and then by transcribing the personal information found on the images.
US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), General Land Office (GLO) Records
Provides live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million Federal land title records issued between 1788 and the present. They also have images of survey plats and field notes, land status records, and control document index records.
County & Town Histories
Cyndi's List
A comprehensive, categorized & cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online.
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Ancestor Search
The DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS) is a free resource provided by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to aid general genealogical research and to assist with the DAR membership process. The GRS is a collection of databases that provide access to the many materials amassed by the DAR since its founding in 1890.
FamilySearch
This free site is constantly being updated. It currently has the 1850-1900 census available, with the 1920 census under construction. No images for the 1880 census. The site also currently has some state census records from these states: Florida, (1885, 1935, 1945), Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Microfilms of county records are currently being digitized and records are being added on a regular basis, so this should not be considered a complete list of their assets.
Family History Library Classes and Webinars
You will find a list of all the class schedules as well as webinars that will be taught. A webinar is a class that is broadcast over the internet, anyone interested can attend. In order to attend a webinar, find the class from the list. The classes are organized according to geographical region.
FamilySearch Language Resources and Handwriting Helps
Whether you are struggling to read old handwriting or working in an unfamiliar language, they have resources to help you!
FamilySearch Wiki
A free Genealogy Resource Guide 95,156 articles. Find the birth, death, marriage, census records, and other genealogy resources for your ancestor by selecting the region and country.
Family Tree DNA (FTDNA)
FamilyTreeDNA pioneered the field of genetic genealogy—the use of DNA testing to establish relationships between individuals and determine ancestry. Surname Group Projects provide communities for people who are interested in pursuing information about a specific topic related to their genealogy. These Group Projects are run by volunteer administrators, who are working on their own genealogy and facilitate their Group Project members’ research using DNA test results.
Find A Grave
This free site is primarily volunteer fed and claims to have registered more than 43 million graves. You can search using a variety of criteria. The information available depends largely on the volunteers providing the information and ranges from tombstone transcription to photographs of all stones in a given cemetery.
Findmypast
A subscription site. Findmypast is a UK-based online genealogy service. The website hosts billions of searchable records of census, directory and historical record information.
Fold3
Fold3 features premier collections of original military records. These records include the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served in the military. Many of records come the U.S. National Archives, The National Archives of U.K. and many others.
NEW Foundation for East European Family History Studies
“FEEFHS was organized in 1992 as The Federation of East European Family History Societies, an international organization to promote genealogical research in Eastern and Central Europe without any ethnic, religious, or social distinctions.”
FultonHistory.com (Newspapers)
The free searchable website contains many newspapers from the U.S. and Canada, especially the New York area. Even if you are looking outside the Northeast, you may still find articles here.
Genealogy.com
A subscription site. Has Federal census records 1790-1930, Passenger Lists, Genealogy Library, Local histories, and more.
Google Books
A searchable database of books, including genealogies, local histories, records, etc.
HathiTrust Digital Library
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
HISPAGEN: Hispanic Genealogy Association
Family genealogy of Spain and the Hispanic world. Primary objectives are to enhance genealogical research over the Internet in order to bridge distances from the places of origin, the preservation of the archives where our roots are and the sharing of Hispanic genealogists.
HISTORY HUB
A NARA research support community for everyone, including genealogists, historians, and citizen archivists.
Internet Archive
Is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
MapCustomizer
You can use this site to plot multiple addresses on a single map using Google Maps.
National Archives Military Records Research
The National Archives holds Federal military service records from the Revolutionary War to 1912 in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Military service records from WWI - present are held in the National Military Personnel Records Center (NPRC), in St. Louis, Missouri. Post-WWI regimental and unit records are primarily held at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland.
Native American History and Genealogy
Native American History and Genealogy is a guide to beginning Native American research, available records types, Bureau of Indian Affairs agencies and reservations, census, church, military records, schools, annuity, allotment, treaties, removal records, archives and libraries, cultural groups, and forts.
National Genealogical Society
The National Genealogical Society (NGS) helps individuals learn about their family history. A non-profit organization headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. Teaching genealogical research skills and providing a pathway to scholarly work. Advice and tips, learning center to enroll in online courses, books and publications, register for a research trip or go to the annual conference.
Newspapers.com by Ancestry
· The largest online newspaper archive
· 20,400+ newspapers from the 1700s–2000s
· Millions of additional pages added every month
Researching Your Patriot Ancestor
Revolutionary War Service
Sons of the American Revolution Patriot Research System (PRS)
The Patriot Research System is NOT a comprehensive list of all the individuals who served in the American Revolutionary War, nor is a Patriot Record an indication that an SAR membership application (Record Copy) exists for every Patriot listed herein.
U.S. History
Gale OneFile: U.S. History contains scholarly journals and magazines that can be used by novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. Updated daily, U.S. History offers balanced coverage of events in U.S. history and scholarly work being established in the field.
Vital Records and Probate
WorldCat: The World's Largest Library Catalog
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information.
Map Resources
Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records
“The home of more than 3 million federal land title records for Eastern public-land states (1820 to 1908) keeps getting better. The bureau is now adding field notes from the original surveyors, which may include the names of settlers living in the area, along with images of land warrants issued as a reward for military service.”
eHistory
“With hundreds of fully searchable historical maps online, this site is strongest on the Civil War.”
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
“Searchable database of more than 1.1 million locales also includes historical spots around the world.”
Google Earth
“Unquestionably the coolest way to map your ancestors.”
Historic Map Works
“ProQuest’s collection of digital maps features more than 200,000 high-resolution, full-color historical maps.”
Ordnance Survey: Get-a-Map
“Search for small-scale, high-detail maps (up to 1:25,000 scale) of anywhere in the United Kingdom simply by entering the place name, full postal code or National Grid reference, then print the maps or copy for use on your genealogy website.”
The Oregon Trail
“If your family was among the 300,000 pioneers who headed West along the Oregon Trail, you can retrace their migration.”
Perry-Castañeda Map Collection
“Vast collection, courtesy of the University of Texas library.”
US Geological Survey
“Buy or download current maps, topographic maps dating back to 1882 and aerial and satellite images. You also can look up places past and present in the National Atlas or Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), then plot and customize them on the National Map.”
Source: familytree Magazine; 9 Top Map Websites for Genealogy Research (familytreemagazine.com)
FamilySearch Genealogical Dictionary of Legal Terms
“It is, therefore, thought that the brief explanations given in the following pages of what to the beginner are obscure legal terms and documents will be of help to the genealogist, forming a handy reference to those terms.”
Cyndi’s List Law & Genealogy » Law Dictionaries & Legal Terminology
“A comprehensive, categorized & cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online.”
Bob’s Genealogy Filing Cabinet
“If you’re looking for colonial legal terms, you might check out a source such as Colonial Legal Terminology from Bob’s Genealogy Filing Cabinet.”
Geni ‘s Abbreviations and Acronyms for Genealogy – The Accepted
“This will be a listing of the ACCEPTED - genealogical abbreviations and Acronyms - found from various sites - Rootsweb/Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com.”
National Genealogical Society Query Abbreviations
“These standard abbreviations are used in creating effective genealogical queries.”
The Legal Genealogist
“My purpose here at The Legal Genealogist is, in part, to help folks understand the often arcane and even impenetrable legal concepts and terminology that are so very important to those of us studying family history. Without understanding the context in which events took place and records were created, we miss so much of both the significance and the flavor of what happened.”
To report a problem or a correction please contact the Webmaster at gsgmfl@gmail.com