Leon County, Florida:
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Projects

• Leon County FLGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Leon County Florida Genealogical Research Site      (Source: The FLGenWeb Project, Inc.)
• Leon County Florida INDEPENDENT History & Genealogy Page 
• Leon County Genealogy Project      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Leon County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Gadsden County, FL  to the northwest
• Grady County, GA  to the north
• Jefferson County, FL  to the east
• Liberty County, FL  to the west
• Thomas County, GA  to the northeast
• Wakulla County, FL  to the south

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Leon Co, Florida, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Leon County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Leon County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (34)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Leon County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• 1904 Tallahassee directory      (Source: Florida Center for Library Automation)
• Voters in First Florida Election, 1845      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)

Estate Records

• Florida Probate Records  1784-1990     (Source: Family History Library)

History (17)

Introduction and Guides (10)

Land Records

• Index to Reconstructed Federal Land Tract Book      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Leon County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jefferson, Leon Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Gadsden, Leon Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Leon, Wakulla Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (15)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Leon County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Leon County, FL Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• FLLEON-L Leon County genealogy

  • FLLEON-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • FLLEON-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • FLLEON-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NFLASGA-L For anyone who is researching families in and from North Florida and South Georgia

  • NFLASGA-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NFLASGA-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NFLASGA-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (19)

Military Records and Histories

• Braden, Fort, FL  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Leon County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Leon County, Florida     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Muster Roll of Brigadier General Leigh Read, 1837, 1st Brigade, Florida Militia      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
• Tallahassee, FL  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll  La Fayette, Leon, Levy, Madison, Manatee, Monroe, Nassau, Polk, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor and Washington Counties     (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • Confederate Pension Application Files Index      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
  • Natural Bridge Battle Summary  1865     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)

• World War I

  • 1917-18 Civilian Draft Registration, Surnames Abner-Cutsinger      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
  • 1917-18 Civilian Draft Registration, Surnames D'Avent-Hester      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
  • 1917-18 Civilian Draft Registration, Surnames Hicks-Metzner      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
  • 1917-18 Civilian Draft Registration, Surnames Mickens-Smith      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
  • 1917-18 Civilian Draft Registration, Surnames Smithson-Zollinger      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Leon County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Leon County, Florida  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• 1866 Freedmen's Bureau Savings and Trust Depositor Records      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
• Leon County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Leon County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Leon County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Leon County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Florida Flambeau  Tallahassee, Florida     (Source: World Vital Records - mix of free and fee)
• FSView & Florida Flambeau  Feb 23, 2006 - Feb 27, 2008     (Source: Google News Archive)
• FSView and The Florida Flambeau  Apr 7, 1917 - Apr 15, 2009     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Leon County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• The morning sun, Tallahassee, Fla.  1907-1909
• Search Tallahassee Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• The Weekly Tallahasseean, Tallahassee, Fla.  1900-1902
• The weekly true Democrat, Tallahassee, Fla.  1905-1913

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Abbey-Riposta Funeral Home  Tallahassee, Florida
• Bevis Funeral Home 
• Tallahassee Democrat  Death notices for the past year
• Tallahassee Democrat      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Granger Collection  1,650 images of Tallahassee and surrounding areas, 1940s-1950s     (Source: The Florida Memory Project)
• Harper Collection  2,000 images of Tallahasseans and the Tallahassee area, 1884-1911     (Source: The Florida Memory Project)
• Historical Postcards of Leon County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Leon County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Library, Florida State University  Tallahassee, Fla.     (Source: Post Card Library)
• Red Kerce Collection  over 800 images of historical people and places in Tallahassee and the surrounding area from 1940-1964
• Tallahassee Gallery  Exploring Florida
• West Florida Photohistory 

School Records and Histories (24)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Leon County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Leon County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Leon County, Florida  1860 slaveholders and 1870 African Americans     (Source: Large Slaveholders of 1860 and African American Surname Matches from 1870)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Leon County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Edward Winslow Colony  Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Florida     (Source: Wayback Machine)
• The Jewish Genealogical Society of Tallahassee 
• Tallahassee Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (123)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Leon County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Leon County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Patents  Leon County, Florida     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• 1885 Mortality Schedule      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
• Leon County Clerk of Courts  Marriage License Search
• Leon County Health Department  Vital Statistics
• Leon County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Official Records Search  includes Marriage Records (2001-2003)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Leon County, Florida     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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