Florida Biography

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Biographies provide useful genealogical information such as a person’s birth date and place; names of family members, including maiden names; education; occupation; and social, political, and religious affiliation. They may also contain a physical description of the person, previous residences, and immigration information. Biographies are the product of family knowledge or previous research about early settlers and prominent citizens of a state, county, or town. Local histories may contain biographical sketches of lesser-known people

Statewide, regional, and county histories often have biographical sections that can be very helpful. A representative biographical encyclopedia for Florida is:


 * Harry Gardner Cutler, History of Florida, Past and Present . . ., Three Volumes (Chicago, Illinois and New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company, 1923; Family History Library , ). Volumes 2 and 3 have biographical information.

Helpful indexes available at the Family History Library and the St. Augustine Historical Society are:


 * The Biographical Card Index (on 18 Family History Library films beginning with )
 * The Alphabetical Biographical and Genealogical File (on 9 Family History Library films beginning with ).