Sumter County, Florida:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Citrus County, FL  to the west
• Hernando County, FL  to the west
• Lake County, FL  to the east
• Marion County, FL  to the north
• Pasco County, FL  to the west
• Polk County, FL  to the south

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

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

Cemeteries (13)

Census Records and Indexes (24)

Estate Records

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

History (12)

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  Hernando, Sumter Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Sumter County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Citrus, Sumter Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Sumter County, Florida     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Sumter County  Florida Heritage Collection
• Sumter County Digital Library and Archives      (Source: The FLGenWeb Project, Inc.)
• Sumter County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• 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)

• FLSUMTER-L Sumter County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (10)

Military Records and Histories

• Armstrong, Fort, FL  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Sumter County, Florida     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Addendum to Sumter 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)
  • Confederate Pension Application Files Index      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)

• World War I

  • 1917-18 Civilian Draft Registration, Surnames Aaron-Kyler      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
  • 1917-18 Civilian Draft Registration, Surnames La Veigne-Youngblood      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Sumter County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• "Town Happenings" - Sumter County Times issues of April 21 & June 2, 1889      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
• Chronicling America  Sumter County     (Source: The Library of Congress)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Bushnell, Florida Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Sumter County
• Sumter County Times      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Villages Daily Sun 

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Sumter County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• Wildwood School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Sumter County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Granville Beville Chapter 2234  Bushnell     (Source: United Daughters of the Confederacy)
• Lake-Sumter Chapter      (Source: National Society Sons of the American Revolution)
• Sumter County Historical Society 
• Villages Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (28)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Sumter County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Sumter County, Florida     (Source: Google Patents)
• Sumter County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)

Vital Records

• Marriage Index: Book 1, 1853-1875      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
• Marriages from Southern Christian Advocate 1867-1878      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Official Records Search  includes Death Certificates (1990-now)
• Sumter County Health Department  Vital Statistics
• Sumter County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Sumter County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Sumter County, Florida     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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