Non-Federal Censuses of Florida, 1784-1945 - by Karen Packard Rhodes (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

From the days of the Spanish colonial settlements until the last state census in 1945, a variety of censuses have been taken within the regions now comprising the modern state, from lists of Seminole War refugees to modern school censuses. This book is a one-stop guide to the colonial, territorial, and state censuses, along with their supplements and substitutes. Covering original documents along with indexes, abstracts, translations, transcriptions, extracts, periodical articles, and digitized or microfilmed documents, the guide describes each source and evaluates its usefulness to modern genealogical researchers.

Review Quotes

"thorough and user-friendly...this work is a welcome consolidation of information on widely dispersed resources and is a must for doing pre-statehood Florida research."-New Genealogical Society Quarterly; "an invaluable aid for both amateur and professional researchers...a must-have for anyone looking for their ancestors in early Florida"-Jacksonville.com.

About the Author

A former librarian, Karen Packard Rhodes is a genealogical writer and lecturer. She lives in Middleburg, Florida.