This is a step-by-step guide to researching the East Florida Papers using the University of Florida’s Index.
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Finding Cuban Records – FamilySearch Style
In early 2020 FamilySearch released their Explore Historical Images tool, where digital images waiting to be indexed are stored. By the end of 2020, FamilySearch had over 4.3 billion record images and more than 1 million names indexed!1 What does...
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Family Legend
Every family has that legend where a kernel of truth exists in the hand-me-down telling of the tale. For my Riebe family, it was being a descendant of Peregrine White. As my grandpa Arthur told me the story, he said...
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Beginnings
In December of 2019, I looked forward to setting and smashing my 2020 genealogical goals. Then COVID happened. While the rest of the world seemed to slow down, my life seemed to get busier! Between work (a paying full-time job...
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Post Offices of the Past
(Originally posted on the Flagler County Historical Society website.) More than 100 years ago, there were many little towns located within the area now known as Flagler County. These towns had a need for postal service and between 1868 and...
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Do You Know About Reclaim the Records?
Reclaim the Records started as a personal passion project by Brooke Schreier Ganz and grew into a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. It’s an activist group that uses FOIA – Freedom of Information Act (Federal) and FOIL – Freedom of Information Law...
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