- Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society - Central Florida Chapter
Includes membership roster and meeting schedule.
www.rootsweb.com/~flcfaahg
- Alachua County FLGenWeb
Features early documents, surnames index, cemetery surveys, and census records.
www.rootsweb.com/~flalachu
- Alachua County Genealogical Society
Includes information on membership, upcoming events, and publications.
www.afn.org/~acgs
- Alger-Sullivan Historical Society
Articles on the Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company sawmill and its camps, the Escambia Railroad, and the 1865 battle at Pringle's Creek.
www.algersullivan.org
- American Police Hall Of Fame & Museum
Memorial and museum honoring police in federal, state, county, and local departments.
www.aphf.org
- Apopka Historical Society and Museum of Apopkans
Information about the museum and history of Apopka and North Orange Couty, Florida.
www.apopkamuseum.org
- Archer Historical Society
Features local history articles, information on the Depot Museum, and events calendar.
www.afn.org/~archer
- Audubon House and Tropical Gardens
Restored 19th-century home featuring period gardens, antiques, and art gallery with original engravings by John James Audubon.
www.audubonhouse.com
- Bagdad Village Preservation Association
Includes upcoming events and information on the Bagdad Cemetery, New Providence Missionary Baptist Church, and Old Post Office.
www.bagdadvillage.org
- Baker County GenWeb Project
Includes history, census and cemetery records, and maps.
www.rootsweb.com/~flbaker
- Battle of Olustee
Confederate Brigadier General Joseph Finegan defeated Union Brigadier General Truman Seymour on February 20-22, 1864.
extlab1.entnem.ufl.edu/olustee
- Bonnet House Museum and Gardens
Offers tours of the Bonnet house and gardens, one South Florida's premier historical homes.
www.bonnethouse.org
- Boston Preservation Alliance
Not-for-profit advocacy group dedicated to protecting and preserving local architectural heritage.
www.bostonpreservation.org
- Bradford County FLGenWeb
Includes cemetery and marriage records, articles from the Bradford County Telegraph, and map.
www.rootsweb.com/~flbradfo
- Brevard County FLGenWeb
Includes local research guide, map, and marriage records.
www.rootsweb.com/~flbrevar
- Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science
Collections reflecting regional cultural heritage and historic artifacts. Set within a nature preserve.
www.brevardmuseum.com
- Broward County FLGenWeb
Features history, maps, list of cemeteries, guide to obtaining local records, and more.
www.rootsweb.com/~flbrowar
- Calhoun County FLGenWeb
Features maps and vital records.
www.rootsweb.com/~flcalhou
- Camp Gordon Johnston
Museum and association dedicated to the preservation of the Amphibious soldiers of World War Two. Site features unit histories.
www.campgordonjohnston.com
- Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society
Nonprofit organization made up of professional and amateur archaeologists.
www.cgcas.org
- Charlotte County FLGenWeb
Includes cemetery histories and surveys, census records, and lookups.
www.rootsweb.com/~flcharlo/charlo.htm
- Citrus County FLGenWeb
Features notes on local cemeteries and available public records, volunteer lookups, and more.
www.rootsweb.com/~flcitrus
- Civil War Soldiers Museum
Provides information on Union and Confederate soldiers and their life during the American Civil War.
www.cwmuseum.org
- Clay County FLGenWeb
Includes profiles of pioneer familes, vital records, and an index to chancery and law court records.
www.rootsweb.com/~flclay
- Coral Gables Venetian Pool
Historic pool formed from a coral rock quarry in 1923.
www.venetianpool.com
- De Soto National Memorial
Preserves the history of Hernando de Soto's four-year odyssey and its significance in American history. Includes history, information on facilities and activities, and news.
www.nps.gov/deso
- DeSoto County FLGenWeb
Features historical overview, map, lookup volunteers, and vital records, including Confederate pension applications.
www.rootsweb.com/~fldesoto
- Dixie County FLGenWeb
Includes historical profile, the 1783 Spanish census of East Florida, and vital records.
www.rootsweb.com/~fldixie
- Duval County FLGenWeb
Includes cemetery listings, census records, and local history articles.
www.rootsweb.com/~flduval
- Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
Offers information on the national landmark including Hemingway's time in Key West plus directions and brochure for visitors.
www.hemingwayhome.com
- Florida GenWeb Project@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Organizations/Florida_GenWeb_Project
- Florida Heritage Collection
Provides online access to texts broadly representing Florida's history, culture, arts, literature, sciences and social sciences.
susdl.fcla.edu/fh
- Florida Historical Society
Features information on the Alma Clyde Field Library of Florida History, the Greatest Living Floridian prize, upcoming events, and more.
www.florida-historical-soc.org
- Florida History Internet Center
Provides free interactive travel guides, history texts, and photographs on Florida topics.
www.floridahistory.org
- Florida Keys History Pages
Information about the history and culture of the Florida Keys.
www.vtraveler.com/vt/history/history.html
- Florida Memory Project
Historical records, images, and educational resources exploring significant moments in Florida's history.
www.floridamemory.com
- Florida Postcard Collection
Contains approximately 5,000 postcards of Florida buildings, landmarks, cities and towns, tourist attractions, and other views.
www.library.miami.edu/archives/cards/intro.html
- Florida Society, Sons of the American Revolution
www.flssar.org
- Florida State Genealogical Society
Features membership information, online and print publications, upcoming events, and speakers bureau.
www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs
- Florida Trust for Historic Preservation
State sponsored group that seeks to preserve historical landmarks and treasures.
www.floridatrust.org
- Florida's Lost Tourist Attractions
Tribute to now lost attractions from the history of the Sunshine State.
www.lostparks.com
- Forgotten Florida: FSA photographs of Florida
Images of how the Depression affected Florida's diverse population, from sharecroppers and migrant workers to wealthy winter visitors.
digital.library.miami.edu/fsa
- Franklin County FLGenWeb
Includes vital records, historical articles, and lookup volunteers.
mailer.fsu.edu/~rthompso/franklin.html
- Freedom Never Dies: The Klan in Florida
Describes the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Florida during the 20th century. From PBS.
www.pbs.org/harrymoore/terror/k.html
- Genealogical Society of Broward County
Information on membership and meetings, volunteer opportunities, and publications.
www.rootsweb.com/~flgsbc
- Genealogical Society of Greater Miami
Includes events, publications list, and membership information.
www.rootsweb.com/~flgsgm
- Gilchrist County FLGenWeb
Features land patents, maps, census records, and more.
www.rootsweb.com/~flgilchr
- Graves Museum of Archaeology & Natural History
Evolving museum that showcases Florida's pre-history and paleontology. Other galleries include Native American, Egyptian, and African.
www.gravesmuseum.org
- Halifax Historical Museum
Offers information on historic figures in Daytona Beach's past.
www.halifaxhistorical.org
- Harry S. Truman Little White House
Formerly Quarters A at the Key West Naval Station and a favorite retreat of Harry Truman, now a national landmark. Includes history and information on tours and events.
www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.com
- Historic Pensacola Village
Complex of furnished and interpreted properties in the Seville Historic District.
www.historicpensacola.org
- Historic Roser Park
Nationally registered historic district, featuring brick streets, historic homes, and a walking museum.
www.roserpark.com
- Historic Spanish Point
Environmental, archaeological and historic site located on Little Sarasota Bay.
www.historicspanishpoint.org
- Historical Museum of Southern Florida
Sampling of exhibits, collections, historic images, folklife studies and more.
www.historical-museum.org
- Historical Society of Interlachen
Features history of the area and gallery of vintage and contemporary photographs.
www.interlachenhistory.org
- Indian River County FLGenWeb
Features articles and town histories, photo galleries, and links.
www.rootsweb.com/~flindian
- Jackson County FLGenWeb
Features announcements, census and vital records, and lookups.
www.rootsweb.com/~fljackso
- Jacksonville Museum of Science and History
Features rotating exhibits, educational programs, a planetarium, and more.
www.themosh.org
- Jacksonville Story, The
Offers local, family, and building history.
www.jacksonvillestory.com
- Jewish Genealogical Society of Broward County
Includes timeline, survey of Evergreen Cemetery, and information about membership and meetings.
www.jgsbc.org
- Jukin' it Out: Contested Visions of Florida in New Deal Narratives
Explores issues of narrative and representation through guidebooks produced by the Federal Writers' Project and photographs taken by the Farm Security Administration.
www.oberlin.edu/library/papers/honorshistory/2001-Gorman/default.html
- Key West Arts and Historical Society
Maintains the Museum of Art & History at the Custom House, the Lighthouse and Keeper's Quarters Museum, and the Fort East Martello Museum and Gardens.
www.kwahs.com
- Key West City Cemetery
Also known as the Old City Cemetery. Features sections on its history, survey projects, photos, and local burial customs.
www.historicpreservationservices.org/keywestcemetery
- Key West Shipwreck Historeum Museum
Combines live actors, films, laser technology, and recovered artifacts to tell the story of the Isaac Allerton, which sank in 1856 on the Florida Keys reef.
www.historeum.com
- Keys Historeum
Collection of written histories and photo galleries from the Historical Preservation Society of the Upper Keys.
www.keyshistory.org
- Lake County FLGenWeb
Features archives of queries and surnames, local biographies, cemetery listings, and links to other resources.
www.rootsweb.com/~fllake
- Land, Weis, Wing, Merck, Ashford, Appleby, and more families
Information relevant to Pensacola and panhandle history, including the mahogany boom of the 1900s.
www.landfamily.info/sitehome.htm
- Leon County FLGenWeb
Includes maps, voter lists, census records, and surnames.
www.rootsweb.com/~flleon
- Levy County FLGenWeb
Features cemetery surveys, maps, vital records, and more.
www.rootsweb.com/~fllevy
- Liberty County FLGenWeb
Features census and marriage records and historical articles.
www.rootsweb.com/~fllibert
- Maple Leaf Shipwreck
1864 Civil War shipwreck in Jacksonville, FL.
www.mapleleafshipwreck.com
- Marion County FLGenWeb
Includes cemetery listings, discussion list, and links to community resources.
www.rootsweb.com/~flmarion
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Historic Site
Site includes Rawlings's former home, as well as the surrounding farmland, marshland, and succeeding hammock.
abfla.com/parks/MarjorieKinnanRawlings/marjoriekinnanrawlings.html
- Martin County FLGenWeb
Includes local surnames, community resources, cemetery listings, and lookups.
www.rootsweb.com/~flmartin
- Mel Fisher Maritime Museum
Features artifacts from four ships that sank in the Florida Keys: the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, the Santa Margarita, the St. John's Wreck, and the Henrietta Marie.
www.melfisher.org
- Miami Circle@
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Archaeology
- Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL)
Devoted to preserving, protecting, and promoting the cultural, social, economic, environmental, and architectural integrity of the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District and all other areas of the City of Miami Beach.
www.mdpl.org
- National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution - Coral Gables Chapter
www.coralgablesdar.org
- Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Historical Association
Preserving the history of a former World War II pilot training base. Flight 19, the Lost Patrol, was based here.
www.bobjenny-artist.com/nas/nas.htm
- Office of Cultural ahd Historical Programs@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Florida_Department_of_State/Office_of_Cultural_ahd_Historical_Programs
- Okeechobee County FLGenWeb
Features surnames, census records, cemetery list, and newspaper articles.
www.rootsweb.com/~flokeech
- Old Fort Lauderdale Village & Museum
Founded in 1962 to collect, preserve, and interpret the history of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County.
www.oldfortlauderdale.org
- Operation Pedro Pan
Official site commemorating the 1960s mass immigration in which Cuban children were sent to the United States.
www.pedropan.org
- Orange County History Center
Includes exhibits about Central Florida's history.
www.thehistorycenter.org
- P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History
Collections include Seminole history, Black history, Spanish borderlands, and political and church history.
web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/index.html
- Panama Canal Society Foundation, Inc.
Includes initiative to create the Panama Canal Memorial Museum.
www.panamacanalmuseum.org
- Pirate Soul
History museum dedicated to the exploits of Caribbean pirates.
www.piratesoul.com
- Polk County FLGenWeb
Includes vital records and lookups.
www.rootsweb.com/~flpolk
- Putnam County FLGenWeb
Includes county history, cemetery list, and query index.
www.rootsweb.com/~flputnam
- Putnam County Historical Society
Operates the Bronson-Mulholland House and the Putnam Historic Museum. Features membership information and vintage postcard and stereoview tours of the area.
www.rootsweb.com/~flpchs
- Rosewood Massacre@
dir.yahoo.com/.../1920s/Rosewood_Massacre
- San Carlos Institute@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Cultures_and_Groups/Cuban
- Santa Rosa County FLGenWeb
Includes history, maps, census records, and information from the Milton Gazette.
www.db229.com
- Sapp
Beginning with Henry Sapp (1775-1853) and his wife, Mary of Madison Co., Florida.
www.mindspring.com/~jburval/genealogy/sapp.htm
- Sarasota County FLGenWeb
Features cemetery list, census index, family histories, land patents, photos, historical articles, and lookup volunteers.
www.rootsweb.com/~flsaraso
- Seminole County FLGenWeb
Includes cemetery listings, census records, and links.
www.rootsweb.com/~flsemino
- Simkins: "Why the Ku Klux"
Text of a 1914 address by UT faculty member William Stewart Simkins describing his involvement with the Klan in Florida during Reconstruction.
www.law.du.edu/russell/lh/alh/docs/simkins.html
- Sons of Confederate Veterans - Florida Division
www.florida-scv.org
- St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum
Offers tours of the St. Augustine Lighthouse and a maritime history exhibit.
www.staugustinelighthouse.com
- St. Johns County FLGenWeb
Features cemetery surveys, military records, census indexes, and links.
www.rootsweb.com/~flstjohn
- St. Lucie County FLGenWeb
Includes profiles of early settlements, census records, will abstracts, cemetery index, and links.
www.rootsweb.com/~flstluci/index2.htm
- St. Lucie County Historical Museum
Collections preserve the historical and material heritage of St. Lucie County.
www.st-lucie.lib.fl.us/museum.htm
- St. Petersburg Museum of History
Promotes St. Petersburg history through dynamic exhibits, programs, and a large permanent collection.
www.stpetemuseumofhistory.org
- Sumter County FLGenWeb
Includes cemeteries, surnames, and lookups.
www.rootsweb.com/~flsumter
- Tallahassee Bus Boycott
Chronicles the struggle to integrate Tallahassee's public transportation.
www.subvatican.com/boycott/index.html
- Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science
With a natural habitat zoo of native wildlife, historical buildings and artifacts and an environmental science center.
tallahasseemuseum.org
- Tampa Bay History Center
Operating a history and heritage museum and research library, dedicated to preserving and teaching the history of the Tampa Bay area.
www.tampabayhistorycenter.org
- The American Experience: Mr. Miami Beach
Meet Carl Fisher, the Indiana entrepreneur who turned Florida swampland into an American Riviera.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/miami
- Tiki Gardens@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Indian_Rocks_Beach/Community
- To Remember
Tampa Bay Holocaust Memorial Museum & Educational Center.
www2.sptimes.com/Holocaust_museum/default.html
- Union County FLGenWeb
Includes cemetery listings, vital records, and links.
www.rootsweb.com/~flunion
- University of Florida - Oral History Program
Develops and conducts projects with an emphasis on the historical record of Florida.
www.history.ufl.edu/oral
- Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Originally an estate of 180 acres, designed to resemble a typical Italian villa.
www.vizcayamuseum.org
- Volusia County FLGenWeb
Features historical profile, surnames list, cemetery locations, census records, and more.
www.rootsweb.com/~flvolusi
- Wakulla County FLGenWeb
Features census records, land patents, list of the keepers of St. Marks Lighthouse, lookup volunteers, and more.
mailer.fsu.edu/~rthompso/wakulla.html
- Washington County FLGenWeb
Includes cemetery surveys, census records, and photo galleries.
www.rootsweb.com/~flwashin
- Winter Park History and Archives Collection
Purpose is to acquire, preserve, and make available information about or by the city of Winter Park and its residents.
www.wppl.org/wphistory
- Women's History Coalition of Miami-Dade County
Sponsors and promotes community programs and events celebrating women. Includes information on the Women of Impact award, monthly calendar, member application, and links.
communitylink.gopbi.com/groups/womenshistory
- Wreck of the Henrietta Marie: A Slave Ship Speaks
Exhibition of historical artifacts recovered from the oldest slave shipwreck identified by name.
www.historical-museum.org/exhibits/hm/henmarie.htm
- Zora! Festival
Annual Florida festival celebrating the works of Zora Neale Hurston. Includes information on the Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts.
www.zoranealehurstonfestival.com
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