Free Online Florida Digital Archives

The Ancestor Hunt has been cataloging and listing links to free online genealogy collections in over 20 different record categories since 2014. These are available for you to view and use via the Resources tab above.

It occurred to me, however, that there is a massive amount of genealogy and historical material that can help us researchers as we discover who belongs in our family tree, and more importantly, what is their life story. But this genealogical and historical material doesn’t fit nicely into a specific genealogy record category.

As researchers, we should avail ourselves of the types of materials listed below. They definitely will help us in our genealogy and family history research  These online resources are available generally at state libraries and archives, larger public libraries, and college and university digital collections. Hence the creation of these lists of free online digital archives. I hope they prove useful to you in your pursuit

Types of Information Available in Digital Archives

• Scrapbooks
• Diaries
• Family Papers, Biographies, and Other Collections
• Letters
• Oral Histories
• Maps
• Bulletins and Newsletters
• Corporate Collections
• Local Community and County Histories
• Photographs and Postcards
• Rare Books and Manuscripts
• Government Publications and Documents
• and Yes, Genealogy Record Collections and Indexes

The Free Online Digital Archives for the state are listed below, preceded by Archives that are available for the region or the country:

Multistate Archives

• A Digital Collection Celebrating the Founding of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU)
• Digital Commons Collections
• Digital Public Library of America
• Documenting the American South
• Library of Congress Digital Collections
• National Archives Online Exhibits
• PastPerfectOnline Collections
• Smithsonian Digital Library

Florida

• Barry University Digital Collections
• Broward College Digital Collections
• Central Florida Memory Digital Collections
• Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University Digital Collections
• Florida Atlantic University Digital Collections
• Florida Gulf Coast University Digital Collections
• Florida Institute of Technology Digital Collections
• Florida International University Digital Collections
• Florida Memorial University Digital Collections
• Florida Memory
• Florida Polytechnic University Digital Collections
• Florida Southern College Digital Collections
• Florida State University Digital Collections
• Indian River State College Digital Collections
• Miami-Dade College Digital Collections
• Nova Southeastern University Digital Collections
• Palm Beach Atlantic University Digital Collections
• Palm Beach State College Digital Collections
• Publication of Archival Library & Museum Materials (PALMM)
• Saint Leo University Digital Collections
• St Thomas University Digital Collections
• University of Central Florida Digital Collections
• University of Florida Digital Collections
• University of Miami Digital Collections
• University of North Florida Digital Collections
• University of South Florida Digital Collections
• University of Tampa Digital Collections
• University of West Florida Digital Collections