Exploring Florida History

Preserving history…one story at a time…

General Florida Research

ONLINE RESEARCH RESOURCES

U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land Management

Florida Historical Society 435 Brevard Ave., Cocoa FL 32922, ph 321-690-1971

Exploring Florida Maps collection contains approximately 6,000 historic and contemporary Florida maps

Florida Digital Newspaper Library, University of Florida Digital Collections

Newspapers.com

The Florida Historical Society

Florida State Genealogical Society (You can apply here for the Florida Pioneer Descendant Certificate Program. Honors descendants of Florida pioneers who settled in Florida prior to statehood on 3 March 1845,and Settlers & Builders of Florida who settled in Florida between 3 March 1845 and 31 Dec 1900.)

Florida Newspaper Archives 1783-2018

Project Gutenberg's The Seminole Indians of Florida, by Clay MacCauley

Florida Memory, State Library and Archives of Florida

THE FL-GENWEB PROJECT, Inc.

A Tour of Central Florida and the Lower West Coast, Dec. 1865 through Jan. 1866

Florida Heritage Collection. State University Libraries of Florida.