- University of West Florida, John C. Pace Library
Journal articles, books, conference proceedings, reports, and other materials from a variety of publications - University of Miami, Libraries
Includes the Cuban Heritage Collection, a repository for primary and secondary sources of Cuba and the Cuban diaspora from colonial times to the present
Otto G. Richter Library at University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
This archive contains The Cuban Heritage Collection and a repository for primary and secondary sources of Cuba and the Cuban diaspora from colonial times to the present.
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Some of the major records sources that can be used for genealogy research in Florida include:
- Birth records were kept by some towns as early as 1860s
- Marriage records were kept by some towns as early as 1822
- Death and will records were kept by some towns as early as 1877
- Birth, marriage, and death records have been recorded by the state government from 1927 to the present
- Federal census records were recorded every 10 years starting in 1830
- State, territorial, and colonial censuses were recorded from 1840 to 1885
- Land records were kept by the towns and counties from the time they were settled
- Probate records were kept by the local courts from 1834 to the present
- Churches kept records of the christenings, marriages, deaths, or other information about their members
- Newspapers were written in many areas and time periods that contain information such as notices of marriages, notices of death, and obituaries
- Military records
- Town and county histories about the settlers and their families
- Naturalization and citizenship records were recorded by the courts since 1875
- Ship passenger lists, tax lists, and town records were recorded for many areas