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THIS COUNTY UP FOR ADOPTION We appreciate all help we can get to make this a better site. Anything sent to us that we use will have full credit given.   Our goal at Genealogy Trails is to transcribe and post genealogical source data so that family researchers can track their ancestors through time, throughout the country. These Florida County websites need a dedicated host to make these sites the best that they can be! If you think that you may be interested in volunteering to host a county or state please view our Volunteer Information page here and email Kim. (A desire to transcribe data and the know-how to make a basic webpage is required)	Humans have occupied the county for 12,000 years and the Ais inhabited Brevard when the Spanish explorers discovered the area. Juan Ponce de León is said to have arrived in Florida at the shores of the future county in 1513. The last naval battle of the American Revolutionary War was fought off the shores of Cape Canaveral in 1783, between the USS Alliance and the HMS Sybill. "Mosquito County" was formed while the state was still a territory, and on some maps was absorbed into an unofficial "Leigh Read" county between 1839 and 1845. This eventually became three new counties one of which was "Saint Lucia County" on March 14, 1844 - it was renamed Brevard County in 1855 after Theodore Washington Brevard, who served as Florida State Comptroller from 1854 to 1860. In 1905 St. Lucie County was created from the southern third of the county In the 1800s, the Hernandez-Capron Trail passed through the county. Join our mailing lists for researchers looking to connect and share information. You never know who you might meet and what family data they may share with you -- it could start a whole new branch of the family! We also use the mailing lists to announce our website updates. Florida is covered under the South-Eastern Region Mailing List Remember to look around at the other states and consider donating your source information -- every little bit helps someone. Please contact Fawn if you have any questions or comments on the Florida site.
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