Florida Ancestors

In 1845,  residents voted to make Florida the 27th state. Florida Memory digitized the returns in 2014. This blog post by Josh Goodman  of the State Archives  shows how the data can assist genealogists trying to learn about their ancestors from the Sunshine state.

Black History Month

fold3.com is making its Black History Collection of more than a million photos and documents available for free this month.

Searching categories on Cyndi's list

This May 2014 post on the Cyndi's List blog talks about the advantages of browsing the categories instead of entering keywords in the site's search engine. You may be missing out on some helpful information, or new directions in your research.