Martin Co., FL, Gen Web
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Genealogical Information:
Cemeteries:
- The Martin Co. Gen. Soc. has a new website. Use a search engine with mcgensociety.
- The Martin Co. Genealogical Society's (MCGS) website where they have had a cemetery project for many years. So, for this county, MCGS is your best source.
- US Gen Web Tombstone Transcription Project: A small listing of county cemeteries with a partial list of burials.
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, Maine controls 65 cemeteries in and around Portland. They are in the process of digitizing these burial records.
Obituaries:
- The MCGS webpage where the obit indexes are given from 1913 to 1990 and beyond. More indexing is in progress and are added as they become available.
- Paul Beall is no longer able to respond to obit requests. Many thanks to Paul for providing this service over many, many years for MCGS. See our CONTACTS web page if you need help.
- For OBITS in the current and past three (3) years, go to TCPalm.com. Click on OBITS. Then scroll down to SEARCH OPTIONS. Select "Search By Date" by using the "arrows" on either side of the "calendar". Click on the death date. Another webpage will open, allowing you to "Modify Your Search". Change the end date for a few weeks of time. Enter the last name; click on search. Link to TCPalm.com.
- Date of deaths can be obtained via the Social Security Death Index on Roots Web.com.
- For OBITS in the older computer and internet era, go to www.TCPalm.com/archives/ (Website changed Oct 2009.) In the TCPalm Archive Search Box, in the "Search ...for" keyword box, input "Obituaries last name". Use your surname of interest in place of "last name". In the next input box, click in the circle next to the "Articles from" date selection box. Select the appropriate month and year. Select "Return best matches first". Click on "Begin Search". The cost for getting the full obit is about $3.00. Link to TCPalm.com. (Stuart News dates from Jan. 1996 to present. But the search routine is not the best and thus no guarantees that the obit will be retrievable from the archive.)
- If you use Legacy.com's SEARCH OBITUARIES box, select USA, Florida and TC PALM for the Treasure Coast newspapers. Link to Legacy.com.
- The following indexes are NOT to be copied / added to other databases. They will eventually be on the Martin County Genealogical Society's website.
- Temporary indexes for clipped obits, newspaper dates:
- Dec. 1997 and Jan. 1998, Feb. and Mar., 1998,
- April and May, 1998., June and July, 1998.
- Feb. and Mar., 1999
- Temporary obit indexes: microfilmed, and others:
April, 2006. - Temporary obit indexes: microfilmed, and others:
Local Family History Center in Palm City:
- The local LDS Church, with its' Family History Center is located at 2401 SW Matheson Road, Palm City, FL, 34990. It is right next to the Cummings Library, enlarged in 2008-2009, at the NE corner of Matheson Road and Martin Downs Blvd. Telephone # 772-287-0167. Normal days and/or nights of operation are Tues., Thur. and Sat. They have a new piece of equipment that can convert a microfilm page into a digital page for download into your travel drive.
Surname Index of Bible Records:
An index of family names on Bible Records located in a notebook in the Genealogy Room of the Blake Library, 2351 SE Monterey Road, Stuart, FL.
Birth date calculator:
Determine a 39% accurate birth date, when the death date and age at death is known.
Census: 1935 Florida, Martin Co. Index web page.
Census: 1945 Florida, Martin Co. Index web page.
Martin Co Library System:
The Martin Co. Library System maintains a Genealogy Room in the Blake Library, which has books, etc. provided by the Library System, the Genealogical Society, donated collections, and others.
To find a "book" in the Gen Room, click on the Library Catalog option. Then enter your research area, along with "genealogy", i.e. "New England genealogy", "Germany genealogy". Then click on subject. This action will result in a listing of the books, etc. available in the Gen Room for that particular region.
Volunteers from the MCGS "man" the Gen Room from 10 am to 4 pm weekdays and are available to do look ups. See Contacts + to get more details on how to make a request.
Martin Co. has six branch libraries. The Blake Library has genealogy books available for home use. Check 929's in the stacks. Generally, the books in the Gen Room are not available for check out and home use. The other branches may also have some 929's. 929 is the Dewey Decimal System number for genealogy.
Florida State Genealogical Society and Events:
The Fl State Gen Soc has its' Pioneers Project as well as a Calendar of Genealogical Events for the entire state of Florida. Click on "Calendar" to view and to submit events. FLSGS' publications are also available online. Many links under Resources.