Florida Church Records: Difference between revisions

{{Block indent|1=a. Click on the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=34&query=%2Bplace%3A%22United%20States%2C%20Florida%22 '''records of United States, Florida'''].|2=3}}

{{Block indent|b. Click on '''Places within United States, Florida''' and a list of counties will appear.|3}}

{{Block indent|c. Click on your county if it appears.|3}}

{{Block indent|d. Click on the '''"Church records"''' topic. Click on the blue links to specific record titles.|3}}

{{Block indent|e. Click on '''Places within United States, Florida [COUNTY]''' and a list of towns will appear.|3}}

{{Block indent|f. Click on your town if it appears, or the location which you believe was the parish which served your town or village.  |3}}

{{Block indent|g. Click on the '''"Church records"''' topic. Click on the blue links to specific record titles.|3}}

{{Block indent|h. Some combination of these icons will appear at the far right of the listing for the record. [[File:FHL icons.png|75px]].  The magnifying glass indicates that the record is indexed. Clicking on the magnifying glass will take you to the index. Clicking on the camera will take you to an online digital copy of the records.|3}}

{{Block indent|The Florida Baptist Historical Society has secured and developed nearly 970 histories of active and deactivated congregations. The Church Histories Collection runs the gamut of published works to file folders with information gleaned from a variety of sources.|2}}

{{Block indent|This collection contains biographical information and photographs of select Florida Baptist pastors and significant laity leaders. These files consist of information gleaned from actual biographical sketches prepared by the respective individual to information gleaned from back issues of the Florida Baptist Witness and other publications or documented sources. These biographical files, which number nearly 2,500 records, have become an invaluable source of information for use in historical research and to respond to inquiries from churches and individuals.|2}}

'''Carefully evaluate''' the church records you find to make sure you have really found records for your ancestor and not just a '''"near match"'''. If one or more of the details do not line up, be careful about accepting the entry as your ancestor. There are guiding principles for deciding how to resolve discrepancies between records that are seemingly close. For more instruction in evaluating evidence, read the Wiki article, [[Evaluate the Evidence|'''Evaluate the Evidence'''.]]