Public Facebook Pages with Florida History

• Volusia County History – 25,500 members

• Florida History (State)  - 195,000 members    

• Florida History – 109,400 members  

• Florida: A History In Pictures – 299,781 members

• Florida History (A to Z) – 3,200 members

• VOLUSIA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY – 162 members – Society disbanded in May 2024

Online Repositories with Florida History

• Volusia History – Blog written by Denny Bowden focused on the Coastal Areas of Volusia County.

• Florida Historical Society Library  

  • 435 Brevard Ave., Cocoa FL 32922, ph. 321-690-1971. Tues. - Fri . 10:00am - 4:00pm

• Florida Newspapers - UF Digital Collections 

• Florida Archives

• Digital Collections - Florida: State Resource Guide – Library of Congress

• Florida Memory – State Library and Archives of Florida - Digitized historical photographs, documents, audio and video. **Materials donated will be archived and not returned. **

• RICHES – University of Central Florida.  From their website “A central component of the project is the RICHES™ Mosaic Interface (RICHES™ MI), which is an interactive digital collection of Florida’s history. This free public tool offers a searchable database with access to images, documents, podcasts, oral histories, films, and visualizations. It combines time and geographical results with text analysis techniques to help users find hidden connections within the archive.” 

Volusia County Public Library offers extensive genealogy resources for library users who wish to research their family history or are interested in history in general. There are several databases available to library users. You will need to obtain a free Volusia County Library Card to access the resources.

• NewsBank Newsbank America’s Historical Newspapers Searchable newspapers enable users to explore America’s past. Available here: Early American Newspapers, Series 1 is 1690-1876; Series 2 is 1758-1900; and Series 3 is 1829-1922.

• Ancestry Library Edition Ancestry.com This resource includes records from the U.S. Census, military records, court, land and probate records, *Please note that Ancestry.com is only available from inside branch locations of Volusia County Public Library using a public access computer or using your own computer on the Library's free WiFi network.

• HeritageQuest HeritageQuest.com This collection includes U.S. Federal Censuses, family genealogies, city directories, land, probate, birth, marriage, and death records, related serials, Periodical Source Index, Pension files and more. Do NOT enter a PIN or Password if prompted.

• USGENWEB.org – USGENWEB State and County Information. Transcribed info in Archives.

• Rootsweb.com – RootsWeb World Connect (Family Trees)

• Cyndislist.com – Cyndis List List of all Genealogy Websites by categories.

• Deathindexes.com –DeathIndexes List of States with death records.

• Stevemorse.org – SteveMorse  Immigration, census, vital records and DNA information.

• FindAGrave.com – Find a Grave Listing of graves in many cemeteries across the US.