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What Will You Learn in 2021?
Educational opportunities abound in 2021 for the budding genealogist to the professional! Here is a list of the largest conferences and institutes taking place in 2021 (and 2022). Check your calendar and make sure you attend at least one! Conferences…
Florida Archives Month
Learn how to research at the State Archives of Florida with their valuable collections of materials offline and online.
Quick Tips to Starting Your Latin American Genealogy Journey
For many people of Latin American descent, research is based outside of the United States. Here are some quick tips for researching your Hispanic roots. This is not a comprehensive guide to every available resource within Latin America. FamilySearch Wiki…
Digital Cuba – Preserving Cuban Records
Founded in 2018, Digital Cuba is a collaborative project to preserve Cuban records through digitization. Check out Digital Cuba and all of the exciting things they’re working on: Podcast Youtube Facebook Blog
A History of the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami, Fl., Inc.
“Where do you live?” An innocent enough question, but for a group of Cuban genealogists it was the genesis for the formation of the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami, Florida (CGC). A common “meeting” place for Cuban genealogists, at that…
Florida’s First Families
The nation’s oldest city, St. Augustine, founded in 1565, is the hometown of Florida’s oldest families. Solana and Sanchez are the two surnames that have been documented in the state since the 1st Spanish Period. Alonso Solana arrived from San…
What Genealogy Software Should I Use?
This is a question asked often by those just starting out and those who’ve been at it a while and find limitations in their current software. The answer, as the great Judy Russell often says, “It depends.” While all genealogy…
Organize Your Genealogy
It’s the lazy, hazy days of summer and with that comes time to… organize your genealogy! Here in Florida, it’s hot and while you’re inside soaking up the A/C, put some of these tips and tricks to work, organizing your…
Preservation Projects by Florida Genealogical Societies
In honor of National Preservation Month, the FSGS polled our local genealogical societies to see what efforts are being made to preserve Florida records on the community level. The response was outstanding, and we thank all those societies that responded…