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| ==Historical Background== | | ==Historical Background== |
| Before 1900 the largest religious groups in [[Florida, United States Genealogy|Florida]] were the [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist-Episcopal]] (now United Methodist) and [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]].<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 K2ah}}.</ref> | | Before 1900 the largest religious groups in [[Florida, United States Genealogy|Florida]] were the [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist-Episcopal]] (now United Methodist) and [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]].<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{FSC|282712|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 K2ah}}.</ref> |
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| ==Information Found in the Records== | | ==Information Found in the Records== |
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| *[http://www.floridamemory.com/collections/churchrecords/ WPA Church Records Inventory] | | *[http://www.floridamemory.com/collections/churchrecords/ WPA Church Records Inventory] |
| *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/587087-redirection ''A Preliminary List of Religious Bodies in Florida''.] Jacksonville, Florida: Historical Records Survey, 1939. | | *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/587087-redirection ''A Preliminary List of Religious Bodies in Florida''.] Jacksonville, Florida: Historical Records Survey, 1939. |
| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/138682 ''Guide to the Supplementary Vital Statistics from Church Records in Florida'']. Three Volumes. Jacksonville, Florida: Historical Records Survey, 1942. {{FHL|138682|item}} book 975.9 V2h; film 1425703, item 6 | | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/138682 ''Guide to the Supplementary Vital Statistics from Church Records in Florida'']. Three Volumes. Jacksonville, Florida: Historical Records Survey, 1942. {{FSC|138682|item}} book 975.9 V2h; film 1425703, item 6 |
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| ====Baptist==== | | ====Baptist==== |
| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/139898 ''Inventory of the Church Archives of Florida: Baptist Bodies''.] Jacksonville, Fla.: Historical Records Survey, 1939-1940 | | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/139898 ''Inventory of the Church Archives of Florida: Baptist Bodies''.] Jacksonville, Fla.: Historical Records Survey, 1939-1940 |
| ====Catholic==== | | ====Catholic==== |
| *McAvoy, Thomas T. ''Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Records of the Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas, 1576-1803''. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Archives, 1976. {{FHL|230025|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 K23m}}. | | *McAvoy, Thomas T. ''Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Records of the Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas, 1576-1803''. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Archives, 1976. {{FSC|230025|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 K23m}}. |
| ====Methodist==== | | ====Methodist==== |
| *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/473801-redirection ''The History of Methodism in Georgia and Florida: From 1785 to 1865.''] Smith, George G. Macon, Ga.: Jno. W. Burke and Company, 1877 | | *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/473801-redirection ''The History of Methodism in Georgia and Florida: From 1785 to 1865.''] Smith, George G. Macon, Ga.: Jno. W. Burke and Company, 1877 |
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| *'''1576-1803''' [http://archives.nd.edu/mano/ '''Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas 1576-1803 Searchable Database'''] | | *'''1576-1803''' [http://archives.nd.edu/mano/ '''Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas 1576-1803 Searchable Database'''] |
| **Letters and other records (1576–1803) of this Roman Catholic jurisdiction before the purchase of Louisiana by the United States. Items include a 1793 dossier containing royal instructions regarding marriages between Protestants and between Protestants and Catholics, a 1795 copy of Governor Carondelet’s report to Spain giving an account of parishes in Louisiana, parish census reports, and dossiers pertaining to the disposal of slaves by the Ursulines. | | **Letters and other records (1576–1803) of this Roman Catholic jurisdiction before the purchase of Louisiana by the United States. Items include a 1793 dossier containing royal instructions regarding marriages between Protestants and between Protestants and Catholics, a 1795 copy of Governor Carondelet’s report to Spain giving an account of parishes in Louisiana, parish census reports, and dossiers pertaining to the disposal of slaves by the Ursulines. |
| **McAvoy, Thomas T. ''Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Records of the Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas, 1576-1803''. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Archives, 1976. {{FHL|230025|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 K23m}}. | | **McAvoy, Thomas T. ''Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Records of the Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas, 1576-1803''. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Archives, 1976. {{FSC|230025|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 K23m}}. |
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| <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Most records are maintained in the local parishes, not the diocese archives.'''</span> | | <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Most records are maintained in the local parishes, not the diocese archives.'''</span> |