AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY

• AFRIGENEAS -- According to the web site, "Our Vision: To find and document the last slaveholder and the first African in each family."

• "CHRISTINE'S GENEALOGY WEB SITE" -- A favorite among many researchers of African American genealogy.

• BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY -- From Afrigeneas.

• "FLORIDA AFRICAN AMERICAN ROOTS" -- Info & links from the USGenWeb Project.

• AFRO AMERICAN HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY -- A link to the Central Florida chapter.

• RITZ THEATRE & LaVILLA MUSEUM  -- Contact info for the Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum, a priceless resource for the African American heritage of Jacksonville.  May be able to provide info & contacts for local African American genealogy researchers.  Contact info furnished by the FlaMuseums.org.  

• DURKEEVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY -- Contact info for the Durkeeville Historical Society, an essential organization in the preservation of Jacksonville's African American history.  May be able to serve as a source of info & contacts for local African American genealogy researchers.  Contact info furnished by the City of Jacksonville.  BACKGROUND INFO:  The Durkeeville area of Jacksonville has traditionally been a largely African American neighborhood.

• DURKEEVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY -- Description of the Durkeeville Historical Society, from DigitalCity.com.

• MANY LOCAL AFRICAN AMERICAN PHOTOS -- A description of the Ellie Lee Weems Collection, located in Atlanta, Georgia.  Offers a huge assortment of photographic images covering Jacksonville's African American history.  Contains over 100,000 negative prints & over 400 black and white prints.  These images date from the early- to mid-1900's.   Subjects range from street scenes & social events to students posing in schools & bodies laying in coffins.  NOTE: Be sure to call ahead before visiting any library collection.  Verify the availability of the records, as well as the collection's hours of operation.

• RECORDS FROM FREEDMEN'S BUREAU IN FLORIDA -- Provides documentation created during Reconstruction (the period after the Civil War).  Furnished by Rootsweb.com.

• CYNDI'S LIST: AFRICAN AMERICAN SECTION -- Provides links to about 400 African American genealogy & history sites.

  FILLIPINO GENEALOGY (PHILIPINES)

• DIRECTORY OF FILIPINO GENEALOGY WEBSITES -- A website entitled "Tanikalang Ginto." According to the site, it is "the Philippines' Most Comprehensive Directory: Genealogy."

• PHILIPPINES GENEALOGY PROJECT -- A website from the World Genealogy Web Project.  Includes a surname section, a query section, a selection of links, a guide to Filipino genealogy, and a description of Filipino family history resources.

• FAMILY TREE MAKER WEBSITE  -- Provides a Filipino genealogy information section.

• AMERICANS OF FILIPINO DESCENT -- FAQs -- Frequently-asked questions, from Eloisa Gomez Borah.

• PHILIPPINES GENEALOGY FORUM -- A place for posting questions about your family history.  Furnished by GenForum.com.

• HELM'S GENEALOGY TOOLBOX -- A collection of Filipino genealogy websites.

• CYNDI'S LIST:  ASIA & THE PACIFIC -- A variety of links to about 350 websites for Asian & Pacific genealogy, including Filipino family history.

  HISPANIC GENEALOGY

• LOS FLORIDANOS SOCIETY -- Website for the Los Floridanos Society.  This group "represents descendants of the early Spanish settlers of St. Augustine, Florida who arrived during the 'First Spanish Period', 1565-1763."  Website includes info about St. Augustine's history.

• TRACING SPANISH ANCESTORS -- Info & links from the Florida GenWeb Project

• "RESOURCE CENTER:  HISPANIC GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES" -- Info & links for Hispanic family history research

• SOCIETY OF HISPANIC HISTORICAL & ANCESTRAL RESEARCH

• CYNDI'S LIST: HISPANIC ANCESTRY PAGE -- Numerous links are provided.

  JEWISH GENEALOGY

• JACKSONVILLE JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY -- Contact info provided by the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, Inc. (IAJGS).

• JACKSONVILLE JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY -- Contact info furnished by RootsWeb.com.

• JEWISHGEN.ORG -- This web site states that it serves as "the primary internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy worldwide."

• AVOTAYNU -- Provides info & links for Jewish family history research.

• CONGREGATION AHAVATH CHESED -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Synagogue rededicates Wurn library," by Dan Scanlan.  Tells about the Wurn Library at Congregation Ahavath Chesed in Mandarin.  The Wurn Library ranks as the largest synagogue library in the Southeast, and it contains a history of Florida's second oldest Jewish congregation.

• CYNDI'S LIST:  JEWISH GENEALOGY SECTION -- Yields several hundred links to Jewish genealogy websites.

  NATIVE AMERICAN GENEALOGY

• TRACING NATIVE AMERICAN ANCESTORS-- Info & links from the Florida GenWeb Project

• SEMINOLE FOREBEARS -- Ordering info for a book entitled So You Think There's a SEMINOLE in Your Family Tree? From the official website for the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

• FLORIDA NATIVE AMERICAN GENEALOGY -- Lots of links for tracing Florida Native American genealogy.  Links could also provide Native American history.  From AccessGenealogy.com.

• CYNDI'S LIST: NATIVE AMERICAN SECTION -- Provides several hundred links to Native American genealogy websites.

• "GENEALOGY FORUM:  NATIVE AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER" -- Info & links for Native American genealogy.

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