Welcome! This is the place to start when doing genealogical
research in Seminole County. Your help is needed to make this page as
helpful and complete as it can be. My name is Darrel R. Bell, and I am
again the County Coordinator for Seminole County. All the information
you find here is from volunteers and we wish to thank them for all
their hard work in gathering and sharing this information with us. I
have limited access to Seminole County information as I do not live in
the local area. However, if you have any newspapers, books, maps, or
other information that would be useful to other researchers,
please let me
know.
In 1913, when Seminole County was carved from Orange County,
Sanford continued as the county seat. Seminole County is
located in the heart of Central Florida, only 15 minutes north of
Orlando. Seminole County enjoys a hospitable climate year-round. Our
average temperature is 72 with average seasonal temperatures for
winter, 62; spring, 76;
summer 82 and fall, 75. Seminole County is only a short drive from
beautiful Atlantic Coast Beaches and some of Florida's
hottest theme parks and attractions. The arrival in Orange County of
Martin Marietta Corporation's aerospace factory in the 1950s and Disney
World in the 1970s caused rapid growth in industry and tourism, which
spilled over into Seminole County. Seminole County is currently home to
the incorporated cities
of Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary, Heathrow, Oviedo, Winter
Springs and Longwood. Lake Monroe in Sanford serves as the gateway to
the St. Johns River. Seminole County also boasts over 2000 lakes and
waterways.
Officially established in June 1996, the USGenWeb Digital
Library (USGenWeb Archives TM) was developed to present actual
transcriptions of public domain records on the Internet.
This huge undertaking is the cooperative effort of volunteers who
either
have electronically formatted files on census records, marriage
bonds, wills, and other public documents, or are willing to transcribe
this information to contribute. Files are being added everyday. If you
have transcriptions to contribute, please
contact Laverne Tornow.
All cemeteries Some of
the cemeteries in the area are: Lake Mary, Paola, Slovak, St Lukes,
Woodbridge and
Stewart Memorial Park. We would like to thank Johanna Donnelly, Vivian
Alcott, Theresa Mann Elliott, Mal & Mary Jo Martin, and Steve
Rajtar for all the work they did in extracting this information.
First Baptist Church, Sanford, Florida
Excerpt from "History of the First Baptist Church, Sanford, Florida" by
Grace Marie Stinecipher - listing of charter members, 1884. By
permission of the author. Our volunteer on this project: Ms. Roberta
Rose.
Historical Society Genealogical
Societies, and Museums.
(with special thanks to Karen Jacob's Museum of Seminole County
History, who provided
the addresses of most of the societies listed).
Seminole County, Florida USGebWeb Archives table of contents to
marriages,
deaths, births, etc. Please note that this is updated as information
comes in.
Florida residents in the Civil War.
Contributed to the GenWeb Arcives by Cathy Burnsed.
Sons of Spanish American War Veterans
Roosters and
other interesting information regarding the Spanish American War of
1898. Also includes
the Phillippine Insurrection 1899-1901 and the Boxer Rebellion
1900-1901.
Pictures of yesterday. There
are many ways history can be recorded. This being in the standard
wrtitten format, monuments, and photographs. Photography had its early
beginning in the mid 19th Century, and played an important role in
chronicling the events of the American Civil War or The War of
Rebellion. Thus depicting the battle field scenes showing
the victor, as well the loser. In relationship to written vs
photographic
history, photos don't lie or stray from the truth.
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subscribe to and click on the link, second enter"subscribe" in the
message body; without the quotation marks.
To access the Seminole County Message Boards,
click here Below is a sample of a good query:
Harding, Frank (1856-1930) Delaware>Michigan>Florida
Need to find information regarding my great grandfather Harding
while he was living
in Florida. He had three children and I was told he retired to Florida.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
LookUp Volunteers Needed
If you own (or have access to) Seminole County books, maps, newspapers,
or other materials,
please volunteer
to assist other researchers.
