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February 28, 2005Historical Pictures of the Florida Keys
There's a great article in the Miami Herald about a new collection of 900 photographs of the Florida Keys. These photographs represent over 90 years of history, from the 1890s to the 1980s. You can see them at http://www.mile-markers.org/ ....
Continue reading "Historical Pictures of the Florida Keys" » January 30, 2004Florida Unclaimed Property Database Is At Almost $1 Billion
The news that Florida's unclaimed property database has reached almost $1 billion in assets ($970 million, actually) is as good a reason as any to talk about it. Florida's unclaimed property database is available at http://up.dbf.state.fl.us/Isearch.cfm and is updated daily....
Continue reading "Florida Unclaimed Property Database Is At Almost $1 Billion" » July 21, 2003Florida Memory Adds WWI Service Cards
Florida Memory, the site of the Florida State Archives, has added a database of Floridians (those from Florida or those who entered the service in Florida) who served in World War I. It's available at http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/WWI/ . Since 42,000 Floridians...
November 04, 2002Florida State Archives Completes Confederate Pension Collection
The Florida State Archives has completed scanning its Confederate Pension Collection and made it available online at http://dlis.do s.state.fl.us/barm/Pensionfiles.html . Records of about 14,000 pensions are available. Confederate pension requirements and qualifications changed over time, but the pension itself was...
Continue reading "Florida State Archives Completes Confederate Pension Collection" » June 22, 2002Florida Memory Offers Spanish Land Grants
The Florida Memory Project has begun putting online their collection of confirmed Spanish land grants at http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/SpanishLandGrants/ . This is nowhere near complete -- only letters A and B are browsable. (The front page of the site says that Acosta,...
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