Welcome to FSGS!

"THE BEST OF TIMES: FAMILY HISTORY + TECHNOLOGY!"

How do you like our new conference theme? Mark your calendar now for November 8, 9, and 10, 2012 for the best conference ever on researching your family history! More details will SOON follow.

Hope you all are having great success with the 1940 census!

Websites:

Enumeration District maps online at:http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/start-research.html See Item #3 on the website and follow the instructions exactly.
Obtaining EDs for the 1940 census: http://www.SteveMorse.org/census
Buy digital or microfilm copy of census at:http://estore.archives.gov/Category/105_1/1940_Census.aspx
NARA Finding aids http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/finding-aids.html

New Here?

If you have never been to the FSGS website before, or haven't been recently, a lot has changed! Take a few minutes to explore and try out these features:

The Calendar of genealogy events sponsored by FSGS and other Florida societies.
The FSGS Marketplace - offering a variety of genealogy-related books and CDs.
The FSGS Florida Pioneer Certificate Program - Were your ancestors here before Florida achieved statehood in 1845? Check out this program!
A variety of Tips, Suggestions, and Ideas for research and brickwall busting.
A sample issue of our journal, The Florida Genealogist

Our Members Only Section is a must stop on our new website. This section provides our members with new tools and assistance in their genealogy. FSGS Members have been notified via email of the new FSGS website and have been sent login and password instructions. Click on the Members link in the left sidebar and enter your login and password on the page that is displayed to paticipate in these resources:

Surname Research - Anyone can access and search the surname list and contact the member that posted that surname, but only members can add surnames to to the list.

Members Forums - Want to find out about pre-statehood immigration routes into Florida? Looking for help with research sources in upstate New York? Need to find a copy of a county history that you saw mentioned somewhere? Harness the knowledge and research experience of your fellow FSGS members by posting the question in the Members Forums. While there are never any guarantees for success, asking a group of fellow researchers can often produce unexpected results. These entries can be viewed by anyone, but only members can create an entry or respond to one.

Research Tip: Census Surprises

Because they lack the level of detail found in the later censuses, too many genealogists see all of the pre 1850 U.S. Census reports as unworthy of the time spent studying them. That is a mistake - many contain valuable information that is often overlooked. Take the 1840 census, for example... (Read more...).

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Florida Lines

Does your society have an event coming up? Have you come across an exciting new genealogy link, fascinating new book or interesting bit of genealogy news? Pass it along to our newsletter Editor Pam Treme.

The Florida Genealogist
Every family has a story and we would like to help you tell yours. We are now accepting articles to be published in The Florida Genealogist. Writing and editing assistance is available. Please contact Editor Cori Downing.