Manatee County, Florida:
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Projects

• Manatee County Florida      (Source: The FLGenWeb Project, Inc.)
• Manatee County Florida      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Manatee County Florida INDEPENDENT History & Genealogy Page 
• Manatee County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Manatee County, FL Genealogy      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• De Soto County, FL  to the east
• Hardee County, FL  to the east
• Hillsborough County, FL  to the north
• Polk County, FL  to the northeast
• Sarasota County, FL  to the south

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

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

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Manatee County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Florida's Lost & Abandoned Graveyards 
• Fortner Cemetery Photograph  Parrish, Florida     (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
• Manatee County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Manatee County  Florida Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Manatee County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Manatee County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Stewart Cemetery      (Source: Cracker Barrel)

Census Records and Indexes (26)

Directories

• Bradenton City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

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

History (30)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Manatee County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (12)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• flmanatee  Manatee County, Florida - Genealogy     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• GenForum Anna Maria Island Message Board      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Manatee County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Manatee County, FL Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• CENTRAL-FLORIDA-L For anyone with a genealogical interest in central Florida including the following counties that were formed during the 1800s: Alachua, Brevard, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Polk, Sumter, and Volusia.

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

• FL-MANASOTAGEN-L Sponsored by the Manasota Genealogical Society (MGS) of Bradenton, Florida, to discuss the activities of the Society and genealogical resources in the Bradenton area.

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

• FLMANATE-L Manatee County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (14)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Manatee County, Florida     (Source: Internet Archive)

• 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)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Manatee County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Manatee County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Manatee County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Manatee County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Manatee County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Who are the Cattle Kings? 

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Manatee County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Search Bradenton Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Beth David Chapels  St. Petersburg/Sarasota, Florida
• Bradenton Herald  Obituaries from the past 365 days
• Bradenton Herald      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Bradenton, Florida Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Longboat Key, Florida Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Manatee County, Florida Obituary Collection      (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Manatee County

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Gallery: Bradenton  Exploring Florida
• Historical Postcards of Manatee County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Manatee Avenue in Bradenton  Exploring Florida
• Manatee County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection      (Source: Floridiana on the Web)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Manatee County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies (11)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (153)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Manatee County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Manatee County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Manatee County, Florida     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Manatee County Health Department  Vital Statistics
• Manatee County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Manatee, Florida  South Carolina Death Records, including Undertaker's Certificates for Interstate Shipping, etc.     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Marriage Records for Manatee County, Florida  1912-1926 Index     (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Official Records Search  includes Death Certificates (1978-now) and Marriage Records (1978-now)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Manatee County, Florida     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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