Resources for Your Genealogy Research in Florida

Where to Look? How to Find It?

There are many places to search for answers to your Florida genealogy questions. If you know what is available, you can make much better use of your time and effort in finding out all you can about your Florida ancestors in the US. Here is where to start some of your searching.

Florida was under colonial rule by Spain and Great Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries before becoming a territory of the United States in 1822. Two decades later, in 1845, Florida was admitted to the union as the 27th US state. Since the 19th century, immigrants have arrived from Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia.

We have gathered together a list of those resources we are aware of for the most common resources, and also some of the less common places to look for information about your family. So, help yourself to the information below, and go hunting.

The Florida Department of State website page for genealogy sources is here. Much of the information on this page is links to other sites valuable for researching genealogy in Florida.

Another source is Florida Department of Health page on vital records in the state.

Here's the link for Visit the Florida State Genealogical Society website here

Here is the LDS Wiki page for Florida genealogy information

The US GenWeb project has specific state projects as part of it. Here is the Florida GenWeb site

It Helps When You Know Where to Look!