<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Seminole County, Florida</title> <meta name="author" content="Darrel R Bell"> <meta name="description" content="Seminole County FLGenWeb Project"> <meta name="keywords" content="marriage"> </head> <body alink="#0000ff" background="back2.jpg" link="#0000ee" text="#000000" vlink="#551a8b"> <h1 align="center"><b><i>Seminole County, Florida</i></b></h1> <div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="flgwban.gif" style="width: 498px; height: 63px;"><br> </div> <br> <p><a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/"> <img src="usgwarch.gif" align="left"></a><a href="http://www.usgenweb.org/"><img src="usgw2.gif" align="right"></a></p> <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <ul> <i> <li><a href="#intro">Introduction</a> </li> <li><a href="#usg">USGenWeb</a> </li> <li><a href="#bell">Bell Genealogy</a> </li> <li><a href="#cem">Cemeteries</a> </li> </i> </ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul> <i><li><a href="#cen">Census</a> </li> <li><a href="#chu">Churches</a> </li> <li><a href="#cou">Court House Records</a> </li> <li><a href="#dea">Deaths</a><br> </li> </i> </ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul> <i> <li><a href="#his">History</a> </li> <li><a href="#mar">Marriages</a> </li> <li><a href="#mil">Military</a> </li> <li><a href="#mus">Museum of History</a> </li> </i> </ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul> <i> <li><a href="#pic">Pictures</a> </li> <li><a href="#sou">Sources</a> </li> <li><a href="#que">Queries</a></li> </i> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: left;"></div> <table style="width: 100px; text-align: left; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"><a href="aup.html"><img alt="" src="AUP_1.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 120px; height: 120px;"></a><br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> </div> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>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 <a href="mailto:famgen1@yahoo.com?subject=Seminole%20comments">me </a> know.</p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <h2 align="center"><a name="intro">Introduction</a></h2> 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.<br> <p>If you would like to learn more visit the<a href="http://www.visitseminole.com/tourism-cvb/about/facts.asp"> Seminole County Convention and Visitor's Bureau </a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <h2><a name="usg">USGenWeb Project </a></h2> 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 <a href="mailto:famgen1@yahoo.com?subject=Seminole%20comments">Darrel R. Bell</a>. <p> Please read the <a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/timetodo.htm"> guidelines</a> for file contributions. The files need to be in ASCII text format, and will be converted by the state archive manager if in another form. Our thanks to RootsWeb.Com for providing the free server space, and the hundreds of volunteers. </p> <p></p> <h2><a name="bell">Bell Genealogy</a></h2> The <a href="John_Bell.htm">genealogy</a> of the Bell Family of Florida. We hope you enjoy and can find a member of your family herein. <p></p> <h2><a name="cem">Cemeteries</a></h2> <a name="cem"></a><a href="cemeteries.htm">All cemeteries</a> 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 &amp; Mary Jo Martin, and Steve Rajtar for all the work they did in extracting this information. <p></p> <h2><a name="cen">Census</a> </h2> <a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eflorange/Censindx.htm"> 1860 Orange County Census</a> (Seminole County was part of Orange County until 1913). You may either click on the name, or on the page number to see the people enumerated on that page. At this time this is the only census record available. As other census become available they will be posted. You might want to check out this site <a href="http://www.censusfinder.com"> Census finder</a> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <h2><a name="chu">Churches</a></h2> <a href="firstbap.htm">First Baptist Church,</a> 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. <p></p> <h2><a name="cou"> Courthouse Records.</a></h2> <a href="vital.html">Vitals</a> Thank you to all of those who have contributed. <h2><a name="dea">Deaths</a></h2> <img src="halfmast.gif" align="right"> <align ="center"><a href="http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/seminole/vitals/deaths/l1300001.txt">Mrs. Hattie Levitt</a></align> <p><align ="center"><a href="http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/seminole/vitals/deaths/t6420001.txt">James Edward Terwilleger</a></align></p> <p> Visit <a href="http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm">Ancestry.com</a> to check the Social Security Death Index.</p> <p></p> <h2><a name="his">History</a></h2> <a href="Folk_History/ffl_seminole.htm">Florida Folk History</a> - Seminole County <p><a href="histsoc.html">Historical Society </a> 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). </p> <p></p> <h2><a name="mar">Marriages</a></h2> <a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/fl/toc/seminole.htm"> Seminole County,</a> Florida USGebWeb Archives table of contents to marriages, deaths, births, etc. Please note that this is updated as information comes in. <p></p> <h2><a name="mil">Military</a></h2> <h3>Civilian Draft Registration</h3> <align ="center"><a href="http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/seminole/military/1917drft.txt"> 1917-1918 Civilian Draft Registration</a></align> <p>Abstracted by Mr. Raymond H. Banks. </p> <p></p> <h3>Confederate Pension Applications</h3> <align ="center"><a href="http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/seminole/military/cwpens.txt"> Confederate Pension Applications</a></align> <p> Florida residents in the Civil War. Contributed to the GenWeb Arcives by Cathy Burnsed.</p> <p></p> <h3>Sons of Spanish American War Veterans</h3> <p><a href="http://www.geocities.com/sonsofspanamwar/">Roosters</a> and other interesting information regarding the Spanish American War of 1898. Also includes the Phillippine Insurrection 1899-1901 and the Boxer Rebellion 1900-1901. </p> <p></p> <h2><a name="mus">Museum</a></h2> <p><a href="museumof.html">Museum</a> of Seminole County History (Description and history) <a href="histsoc.html"> Historical and Genealogical Societies, and Museums</a> </p> <h2><a name="pic">Pictures</a></h2> <p><a href="pictures_of_yesterday.htm">Pictures</a> 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. </p> <p></p> <h2><a name="sou">Sources</a></h2> <p><a href="pubres.html">Published Resources</a> </p> <p>Includes books about Seminole County, individual city histories, city directory information and local newspaper coverage. </p> <h2>Seminole County Mailing List</h2> <a href="mailto:FLSEMINO-L-request@rootsweb.com">FLSEMINO-L-request@rootsweb.com</a> This list will send you mail everytime something new is received. <p><a href="mailto:FLSEMINO-D-request@rootsweb.com">FLSEMINO-D-request@rootsweb.com</a> This list will send you mail every so often, maybe every 4 or 10 letters. </p> <p> To subscribe to either list, first select the list you wish to subscribe to and click on the link, second enter"subscribe" in the message body; without the quotation marks.</p> <p></p> <h2><a name="que">Queries</a></h2> To access the Seminole County Message Boards, <a href="http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.northam.usa.states.florida.counties.seminole"> click here</a> Below is a sample of a good query: <p>Harding, Frank (1856-1930) Delaware&gt;Michigan&gt;Florida</p> <p>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. </p> <p></p> <h2>LookUp Volunteers Needed</h2> If you own (or have access to) Seminole County books, maps, newspapers, or other materials, <a href="mailto:drdarrel1@yahoo.com"> please volunteer</a> to assist other researchers.<br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><big>These pages contained herein are sponsored by the </big><br> <a href="http://www.flgenweb.net/"><big style="font-weight: bold;">FLGenWeb Prtoject, Inc.</big></a><a href="http://www.flgenweb.net/"><big style="font-weight: bold;"><br> </big></a></div> </div> <p></p> <p align="center"><font ="+4">This site is being worked on. Please check back for further development . <br> Last updated January 1, 2006</font> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> </body> </html>