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West Florida
Genealogical Society, Inc.
Est. May 2, 1982
Pensacola, Escambia Co, FL
Pensacola, Escambia, Florida
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§ ABOUT WFGS
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            ·1830
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            ·1850
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      ° Gravestone Registry
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      ° Census
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§ LOCAL RESOURCES
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§ FOOTPRINTS TABLES OF CONTENTS
Volume No. 1, 1984
  • President's Letter
  • English Pensacola: Inhabitants in 1779
  • 1860 Census, Walton County, FL
  • Ordering Census Microfilm, WFGS
  • Baker, FL
  • Family Bible Register [Regan], 1818
  • Transcribing Early Spanish Records: Case Study Spanish Marriage Records, Pensacola
  • Genealogists' Code of Ethics
  • Julia Holman Waters: Biography
  • Index 1870 US Census of Molino, Escambia County, FL
  • Southern Battlefields
  • Cemeteries: Tippin Family, Ferry Pass; Huelsbeck, Cantonment; & First Pentecostal Church, Molino
  • Queries
      Volume No. 2, 1985
    • President's Letter
    • West Florida Claims in Congress, 1814 & 1818
    • 1870 Census Index, Walton County, FL
    • Delorey's Doggerell (poem)
    • Search for "Pappy" Crews Ends at Confederate's Rest
    • Milligan, Florida - Her Heritage
    • Lathram Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
    • Spanish Land Grants
    • A Descriptive Tombstone Epitaph
    • Index to the 1870 US Census of Warrington, FL
    • Queries
        Volume No. 3, 1986
      • President's Letter
      • Postmasters of Okaloosa County, FL
      • Secretary of State Election Returns 1824-1970
      • Resolutions of Spanish Citizens of West Florida 1821
      • The Court House, A Tool for Historical & Genealogical Research
      • Index to the 1870 US Census of Warrington, FL (continued from No. 2)
      • Historical & Treaty Background of the Choctaw Indians of Philadelphia, MS
      • Lathram Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery (continued from No. 2)
      • Queries
          Volume No. 4, 1986
        • President's Letter
        • Camp Hope Court Cases
        • St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church Cemetery (continued)
        • Horse Powered Trolleys to Electric Street Cars
        • First List of Letters Remaining in the US Post Office, Pensacola
        • Monroe County, Alabama Researchers
        • Grand Ridge: Youngest Town on the Pensacola & Atlantic RR--How She Booms
        • 1910 Census Enumeration District Descriptions
        • Index to the 1870 US Census of Warrington, FL (continued from No. 3)
        • French-Canadians of Santa Rosa County, 1930-1939
        • Signers of the Constitution Book of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Yellowpine Lodge Number 33, Century, FL 1904-1927
        • History of the Order of Ancient & Accepted Freemasonry in Escambia County
        • Queries
            Volume No. 5, 1987
          • Warrington & Woolsey: Their Reason for Being
          • 1845 Statewide Election - Escambia County
          • Florida Pioneer William Washington Harrison
          • Florida Pioneer Certificate Program
          • St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church Cemetery (continued from No. 4)
          • Care & Cleaning of Cemetery Monuments
          • John Robert Chapman - Administrators Sale
          • Law Officers of Holmes County, FL
          • Ethyl Elizabeth (Bettie) Nolan, 1890-1979
          • Index to the 1870 US Census of Warrington, FL (continued)
          • Publications for Sale
          • Announcement of Future Publications from WFGS
          • An Elizabeth Ross For All Families
          • Queries
              Volume No. 6, 1987
            • Why Use Deeds in Genealogical Research?
            • Two Hundred Years of Freedom
            • Santa Rose County Cemeteries (Allen, Arcadia, & Greenwood)
            • Chronological History of Florida Pioneer Frederick Worthington
            • Index to the 1870 US Census of the Village of Warrington, including Woolsey & the Navy Yard
            • Publications For Sale
            • Announcement On Publications Forthcoming
            • All in the Family
            • Republic of West Florida
            • Qualified Electors, Santa Rose County, FL - 1902
            • Florida Photographic Collection: Florida State Archives
            • Settlers of Jamestown - 1607 - Excerpts From the Diary of Captain John Smith
            • 1987 Fall Conference Registration
            • Queries
                Volume No. 7, 1987
              • Burial Customs in Pensacola, 1821-1900
              • Historical Documents Section, Archives Division, Clerk of Circuit & County Courts [Pensacola]
              • History of Freemasonry in Escambia County(continued from No. 4)
              • 1840 "Santa Rosa" County Census: Escambia County East of Escambia River & Bay of Pensacola
              • 1902 Qualified Electors List for Santa Rose County, FL (continued from No. 6)
              • Holmes County: Corn & Tomato Clubs - Forerunners of 4H
              • National Champions in 1920 (Holmes County)
              • Alabama's Burned Courthouses (A Listing)
              • Holmes County: Directory, Bonifay Telephone Company, 1916
              • Jackson County: A List of Cemeteries [with locations]
              • Holmes County: Commentary - Rationing & Influenza
              • Publications For Sale
              • Queries
                  Volume No. 8, 1988
                • President's Letter
                • List of Letters Remaining in the Post Office at Pensacola, July 1, 1841
                • West Florida Board of Land Commissioners
                • Maps SW Military Frontier 1789-1810
                • Florida Parishes of Louisiana
                • Pensacola Map-West Florida Boundaries 1763-1821
                • Election for Mayor 1895
                • 1885 Pensacola Voters List
                • How to Submit an Article For Footprints
                • Cemetery Survey: Survey of Florida Graves
                • Voters' Registration - St. Andrews FL, 1908-1926 (Part 1)
                • Are You a Descendant of the Pioneers of Florida?
                • Spotlight on West Florida Families: Hurdis Whitaker, 1874-1926
                • New on the Bookshelves...WFGS Library
                • Subject Index - Issues 1-7
                • Surname Index
                    Volume No. (None)
                  • Comprehensive Index Vols. 1-8
                      Volume No. 9, 1989
                    • President's Letter
                    • Seven Years & Growing: History of the West Florida Genealogical Society
                    • Highlighting Special Collections, John C. Pace Library, University of West Florida
                        Collection Highlight #1: Genealogical Index of the Newberry Library (MF 971)
                        • Special Feature Topic: Land Records (Part 2)
                        • How old is that building?
                        • Historic Research on Houses & Their Inhabitants
                        • Thoughts on Abstracting (poem)
                        • Ancient Land Records
                    • New at the West Florida Regional Library
                    • Publications For Sale
                    • An Ancestor's Resting Place...Found
                    • Spotlight on West Florida Families: An Account of the Griffith Miller Family
                    • Old Soldiers of Lynn Haven (Bay County) in 1911
                    • Surname Index
                        Volume No. 10, 1990
                      • Surnames: Ancestors of the Members of the West FL Genealogical Society (alphabetical)
                          Volume No. 11, 1991
                        • Memo From the Editor
                        • Early Records of the First Methodist Church Pensacola (1860-1889)
                        • Land Ownership Records, History & Genealogy
                        • Office of Vital Statistics
                        • Lineage of the Family of John Kelker, Santa Rosa County, FL
                        • Map of Kelker Tract on Escambia Bay
                        • Florida State Depositories
                        • Florida Department of Military Records: Special Archives Publications
                        • US Government Depositories: Pensioners on January 1, 1883 (Serials Set on microfiche) & Acknowledgment of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians
                        • Federal Register Vol. 49, No. 5, 1984
                        • MAPS - US Geological Survey
                        • Preservation Notes & Questions
                        • How to Use Filby's Passenger & Immigration Indexes Efficiently
                        • Abstracts of Claims Presented Under the Ninth Article of the Treaty with Spain
                        • American Periodicals, 1741-1900
                        • Travelers in Early America [Bibliography]
                        • Publications For Sale
                            Volume No. 12, 1992
                          • President's Letter
                          • Events That Affected West Florida [Chronology]
                          • Warrington: the Village, the Town, & the Man
                          • American Almanacs [Research Guide]
                          • The City of Pensacola - 1881 - One Hundred Years After Galvez
                          • Confederate Military History, Extended Edition [Research Guide]
                          • Finding Old Catholic Records in Pensacola
                          • Cumulative Index to the Confederate Veteran Magazine [Research Guide]
                          • The Maritime Connection: West Florida Patriarchs: Davison, Hannan, Robertson, Rushing & Webb
                          • West Florida Marriages A-B (alphabetized by husband)
                          • Primary Sources vs Secondary Sources
                          • Wright Cemetery, Okaloosa County, FL [Book Review]
                          • Did You Know? [West Florida Facts]
                          • Libraries to Visit
                          • Surname Index Vols. 11-12
                              Volume No. 13, 1993
                            • List of Maps
                            • Editor's Letter
                            • Researching Native American Ancestry
                            • How to Study History
                            • Chronology of Southeastern Indians
                            • Southeastern Indian Biographies
                            • The Choctaw Academy
                            • Indian Fried Bread (Recipe)
                            • 1900 Florida Indian Population Census (Seminole)
                            • Feelings [Explorations of an Indian]
                            • North American Indian Languages: A Genetic Classification Table of Phyla, Families & Dialects
                            • The Cherokees
                            • My Search for George Stiggins: A Man of Two Worlds
                            • The Second Census of the Catawba Indians (1849)
                            • What is an Indian?
                            • The Catawba Indian Census of 1900
                            • Native American Glossary
                            • Indian Census vs Genealogy
                            • Records Relating to Census & Muster Rolls of Five Civilized Tribes
                            • Special Population Schedule for the Indian Population: Instructions to Enumerators
                            • Southeastern Resources
                            • North Carolina Surnames
                            • Native American Bibliography
                            • Society Publications
                            • Surname Index
                            • To Cherokee Ancestors (Poem)
                              • § FOOTPRINTS TABLES OF CONTENTS
                                Volume No. 14, 1994
                              • Deaths & Marriages in Pensacola Newspapers, 1835-1849: An Appendium
                              • Federal Census-Effective Date of Information
                              • The Legacy of Luke Townley
                              • Map-Escambia County, Florida, 1959
                              • Florida Cemeteries: Addresses
                              • A Chronology of Epidemics in Pensacola, Florida, 1764-1905
                              • Society Publications
                              • West Florida Marriages: C-D (alphabetized by husband)
                              • Marriage Records from the Controlled Extraction of the IGI
                              • Early to Bed, Early to...Obituary of George H. Daughtery
                              • Surname Index
                              • In Memoriam, Burgess A. Hubbard
                              • Surname Index
                                  Volume No. 15, 1994
                                • The Restoration of the Union
                                • Chronology West Florida During the Civil War
                                • Researching Civil War Pension Records
                                • Civil War Soldiers System
                                • Government in Exile
                                • Conflict at the Spanish Consulate
                                • John Redding Blocker: My Confederate Ancestor
                                • Rebel: Civil War Song
                                • Unionists in West Florida
                                • The Soldiers Prayer (poem)
                                • The Galvanized Yankees
                                • A Santa Rosa County "Galvanized Soldier"
                                • Rally Round the Flag (song)
                                • Military Records of John a Tinsley (example)
                                • A Family Divided: the Baggetts of West Florida
                                • Memorial Day in Pensacola: 1900
                                • John Sunday, Sergeant, Co K, 78th Regiment, U.S.A.
                                • WPA Vets by Cemetery (Santa Rosa County)
                                • Illustrations of Military Uniforms
                                • Map-Gulf Coast
                                • Civil War Bibliography
                                • Surname Index
                                    Volume No. 16, 1995
                                  • The American Civil War: A List of Essential Reference Works
                                  • The Great Song Thesaurus
                                  • A Long Search (Poem)
                                  • I'm My Own Grandpa (Song)
                                  • List of Registered Voters in Santa Rosa County, Florida, 1922: Precinct 1, Milton
                                  • West Florida Footprints-Table of Contents for Past Issues
                                  • West Florida Marriages, E-F (Alphabetized by groom's name)
                                  • State Pioneer Certificates
                                  • Southeastern Genealogical Libraries to Visit
                                  • Cartography Enhances Your Family History
                                  • Map-Mississippi Territory & Old West Florida (Coulter & Brooks)
                                  • Surname Index
                                      Volume No. 17, 1996
                                    • Caroline Alston Letter
                                    • The War of Rebellion Pardon Applications
                                    • Stephen Whitmire Letter of 1852 End of the Radical Rule
                                    • List of Registered Voters of Escambia County [Florida), 1876
                                    • From the Wall of Ferdinand (To Be Or Not To Be)
                                    • Pensacola Obituaries
                                    • A List of Confederate Veteran Buried in St. Michael's Cemetery
                                    • Southern Superstitions
                                    • List of Registered Voters of Santa Rosa County, Florida, 1922-Precinct 10, East Bay; Precinct 11, Waterworks (East Milton); Precinct 12, Colley (Yellow River)
                                    • Career of A. R. Seabrook (obituary)
                                    • Mrs. Mallory's Romance
                                    • J.C. Keyser Letter of 1854
                                    • John Gandy 1868-1977
                                    • Map-Downtown Pensacola: Can you guess the year?
                                    • Surname Index
                                        Volume No. 18, 1997
                                      • Chronology of Colonial Pensacola (1559-1821)
                                      • An Act for Cleaning the Streets of Pensacola & for Preventing Nuisances in & about the Said Town, June 6, 1767
                                      • History & Genealogy in Pensacola Street Names & Places
                                      • Spanish Street Names in Pensacola
                                      • New Names of Street Adopted by Council, March 30, 1906
                                      • Contemporary Streets Named for Prominent Citizens
                                      • New Hope Cemetery at Scenic Bay Baptist Church
                                      • Simeon Otis, At Robinson Point & Mulat, Florida
                                      • Private James David Holland, C. S. A., Memorial Service
                                      • Bay Point Mill Petition
                                      • List of Registered Voters in Santa Rosa Co, FL (cont.)
                                      • Maps from Special Collections, John C. Pace Library, UWF-British Pensacola 1767;      Spanish Pensacola 1817; Contemporary Pensacola 1945
                                      • Surname Index
                                          Volume No. 19, 1998
                                        • Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
                                        • WFGS Publications
                                        • Baker Block Museum
                                        • Baker & Newton Family Pedigree Chart
                                        • Escambia Co. FL Naturalization Records-Introduction
                                        • Escambia Co. FL Naturalization Records 1843-1906
                                        • The Historian's Second Rule of Thumb
                                        • Naturalization Application for Gamaliel Bell-1854
                                        • Naturalization Application for Adolph Halin-1906
                                        • Historical Overview of US Immigration Policy
                                        • Surname Index
                                            Volume No. 20, 1999
                                          • William Alexander Bell 1798-1853
                                          • The Caro-Machado Family
                                          • Ruben Hart
                                          • Heritage of Martin McVoy, Sr. 1841-1924
                                          • Esther Noriega (1771-1834; Jacob Kelker(1770-1827)
                                          • Roche Family
                                          • Temporary Organization of Pensacola by Governor Jackson
                                          • Recommendation of William King by Inhabitants of West Florida
                                          • Deed from Joseph Noriega to Joseph M. White 1822
                                          • Claims to Land in West Florida: Garcon Point
                                          • WFGS Publications
                                          • Memorials to Pensacola's Community Builders
                                          • Will of Elizabeth Suarez 1835
                                          • The Marriage of Dona Luisa de la Rua
                                          • Will of Benito Caro
                                          • Land Transaction of John H. Howard
                                          • Will of Josefa Falcon de la Rua
                                          • Edward Gale Quina
                                          • Charles Leonard LeBaron
                                          • F. E. de la Rua
                                          • William L. Williams
                                          • John C. Avery
                                          • Thodore T. Wentworth, Jr.
                                          • Lola Lee Daniell Bruington
                                          • Bibliography of Resources for West Florida Research
                                          • Surname Index
                                              Volume No. 21, Millennium Edition
                                            • History of the West Florida Genealogical Society
                                            • Charter Members
                                            • Executive Board Members 1982 to present
                                            • Obituary-Charles Kennedy
                                            • Autobiography & Ancestry of Members
                                            • Surname Index
                                                Volume No. 22, 2001
                                              • The Scotland House
                                              • The Other Bauer Store
                                              • Undertakers & Cemeteries of Pensacola, FL
                                              • The Spearman Brewing Company
                                              • Myrtle Grove Elementary School
                                              • Gadsden Street Methodist Church
                                              • Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
                                              • The Pensacola Equal Suffrage League
                                              • Philip A. Caro, Last Will & Testament
                                              • From Spain to Pensacola, FL: Caro Genealogy
                                              • William W. J. Kelly, Pensacola lawyer, soldier & statesman
                                              • Fallen Hero
                                              • Juan Luis Borras (1854-1911) Spanish Vice Consul
                                              • Rev. James Lazarus Bryars
                                              • William N. Richbourg
                                              • The August Waldimer Johnson Family
                                              • Darleen Lew Young Johnson
                                              • Arthur William Davis & His Oakfield House
                                              • WFGS Publications
                                              • Surname Index
                                                  Volume No. 23, 2002
                                                • WFGS Officers 2001-2002
                                                • WFGS Officers 2002-2003
                                                • The President's Message
                                                • In Memoriam ~ Frank Biasco & Helen Amelia Mieras
                                                • Poem: Heredity, by Edgar A. Guest
                                                • Daniel W. McMillan, MD
                                                • Bear Families of Pensacola
                                                • Rev. John Thomas Fillingim
                                                • Autobiography of J. George White
                                                • John "Scottie" Campbell
                                                • John Campbell's Obituary
                                                • Captain Benjamin Pitt Edmundson
                                                • Isabella Ann Broadbent
                                                • Captain Robert Broadbent
                                                • Caro Marriages ~ St. Michael's Catholic Church
                                                • Hallmark & Pfeiffer Nuptials ~ Evangelical Lutheran Church
                                                • Kelly's West Florida Company
                                                • Mrs. Stroud's Barber Shop
                                                • History of Ferry Pass ~ Whitmire Cemetery Circa 1820-1910
                                                • Mulat
                                                • Mary McMillan
                                                • Muscogee
                                                • Cantonment
                                                • Elim Baptist Association
                                                • Charter Members of the Bible Society of Milton, Florida, September 1870
                                                • This Old Home
                                                • Escambia High School
                                                • Pensacola High School 1906 Annona
                                                • Pensacola High School 1909 Annona
                                                • Pensacola Junior College 1950 Tide
                                                • Comprehensive Index
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