Early Florida Obituaries

This database contains over 200 abstracts of obituaries and death notices from Florida newspapers published between 1820 and 1920.

Newspapers Include:

  • Florida Herald and Southern Democrat
  • Floridian and Journal
  • Fernandina Observer
  • The Floridian and Advocate
  • The Jacksonville Courier
  • The Florida Mirror: Fernandina, FL
  • The Marianna Courier
  • East Florida Advocate, Jacksonville, FL
  • Florida News (Jacksonville)
  • The Apalachicola Courier
  • The East Floridian

The Florida Genealogist – Vol XLIV – Issue 2 – December 2021

Inside this issue:

• “I Would Very Much Dislike Leaving the State” – A Civil War story
• A Unique Tarpon Springs Family Heirloom
• Belden Oliver Whitted: Policeman, Pugilist, Escaped Convict
• The Pennybaker Origins of the Bakers of Pasco County
• Florida Pioneer Profile: Richard J. Mays

The Florida Genealogist - Vol XLIV - Issue 1 - June 2021

The Florida Genealogist – Vol XLIV – Issue 1 – June 2021

Inside this issue:

• Florida Snowbirds: From Vagabonds to Visitors
• Sheriff’s Daughter Weds Confidence Man: Dudley P. Warner in Chicago, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Florida
• Genealogy Resources at the Polk County History Center in Bartow, Florida
• Florida Pioneer Profiles: Sarah Adeline (Baccus) Walker and Evelyn Christine (Braddock) Wilson
• Digital Disaster Plan for Genealogists
• Cancellation of Permits, General Land Office and Settlers Under the Armed Occupation Act

The Florida Genealogist - Vol XLIII - Issue 1 & 2 - June & December 2020

The Florida Genealogist – Vol XLIII – Issue 1 & 2 – June & December 2020

Inside this issue:

• Filling in the Blanks: Identifying Mary and Sweet Baby James
• Finding Florida Images in the Digitized Photo Collections of the Library of Congress
• Tips for Tracing Italian Roots Online
• Election Returns: An Unusual but Valuable Source
• 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage
• Jefferson County, FL Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Monthly Reports: August 1918-September 1919

THE FLORIDA GENEALOGIST – VOL XLII – ISSUE 2 – December 2019

The Florida Genealogist – Vol XLII – Issue 2 – December 2019

Inside this issue:

• Annie Viola Walker Whitted McKendree & Allen Whitted, Florida Settler & Builder
• John Henry Vick & Caledonia Dodd Vick, Florida Pioneers
• The Sallie G. Bradford Slave Register, Walnut Hill Plantation, Leon County, Florida
• The Evidence is on a Cow’s Ear
• Affordable Research
• Jefferson County, FL Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Monthly Reports: January 1918-July 1918

The Florida Genealogist – Vol XLII – Issue 1 – June 2019

The Florida Genealogist – Vol XLII – Issue 1 – June 2019

Inside this issue:

• Florida Pioneer and Settler & Builder Awards FSGS Poolside Chats 2019 
• Genealogical Information Arising from the Florida Civil War 
• Family Relief Acts of 1863 and 1864 
• The Scrapbook… A Look Back at Early Florida Families and People 

The Florida Genealogist – Vol XLI – Issue 1 – June 2018

The Florida Genealogist – Vol XLI – Issue 1 – June 2018

Inside this issue:

• Jefferson County Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Monthly Reports (1921 partial & 1932 partial)
• Florida Pioneer and Settler & Builder Awards
• FSGS Poolside Chats 2018
• Peninsular Local & Long Distance Telephone Company Plant City,
• Florida August 1924
• The Scrapbook a look back at early Florida families and people
• Book Reviews

Florida Agriculture and Our Florida Ancestors

Florida Agriculture and Our Florida Ancestors—Part 2

After the destruction of the French colony by Pedro Menéndez de Aviles, Menéndez had a fort built called San Augustin, with the intent of protecting the small settlement of farmers. Each farmer had been promised land as good as they left in Spain and were to also be given twelve head of stock.