The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is October 2024)
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Alumni records are part directories, part newspapers, and magazines, part biographies, part obituaries, part yearbooks, part vital records, etc. You get the idea. If you are seeking genealogy clues, these “records’ are full of them. All the information is derivative, but it can lead you to search for original documents. And if you are documenting a person’s family story, there’s a ton of that information too.
So what am I including in Alumni Records?
- Alumni directories
- Alumni registers
- Alumni newsletters, bulletins, newspapers, and magazines
- Commencement programs
And what information is available in them?
- Graduation dates and degree(s) received
- Current photos and/or those of their family
- Current address lists
- Where are they now and what are they doing?
- Obituaries and “In Memoriam”
- Marriages
- Children born to the alumnus
- Deaths in their family
- Life achievements and awards
- Interesting stories about the alumnus and their family
Below is a list of links to free online alumni record and index collections for the state:
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Florida Alumni Records
- Ave Maria School of Law Alumni Newsletters
- Barry University Alumni Newsletter
- Chamberlain High School Commencement Programs
- College of Boca Raton Commencement Programs
- Commencement Exercises for Benson Springs Junior High School – June 6, 1929
- Eastern Florida State College Alumni Magazine
- Eckerd College Commencement Programs
- Florida A&M University Commencement Programs
- Florida High School Commencement Program, 1933
- Florida International University Commencement Programs
- Florida Polytechnic University Commencement Programs
- Florida Southern College Alumni Magazine
- Florida State Agricultural College Closing Exercises and Commencement Program, 1892
- Florida State College for Women Commencement Program, 1937
- Florida State College, Jacksonville, Commencement Programs
- Florida State University Alumni Magazine
- Florida State University Commencement Programs
- Florida Tech Alumni Magazine
- Jacksonville University Alumni Newsletters
- Lynn University Commencement Programs
- Marymount College Commencement Programs
- New College of Florida Nimbus Alumni Magazine
- Nova Southeastern University Alumni Commencement Programs
- Nova Southeastern University Alumni Connection Newsletters
- Rollins College Magazine
- Stetson University Commencement Programs
- The Rollins Alumni Record, 1918
- The Rollins College Alumni Record
- University of Central Florida Commencement Programs
- University of Central Florida Magazine
- University of Florida Commencement Programs
- University of Florida, Gator Nation Alumni News
- University of Florida, List of Graduates Occupations and Addresses, 1906-07
- University of Miami Alumni Publications
- University of Miami Commencement Programs
- University of North Florida Alumni Newsletter
- University of North Florida Commencement Programs
- University of South Florida Commencement Programs
- University of South Florida Magazine
- University of South Florida, Alumni Magazine
- University of West Florida Commencement Programs
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!