Miami-Dade County
Genealogy and History
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Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy
This site is now hosted by Kim Torp
(who has no further information to give other than what is on this site. Sorry!)
Our goal at Genealogy
Trails is to transcribe and post genealogical data
so that family researchers can track their ancestors through time, throughout the country.
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a better site.
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County History
Such a diverse place!
Where else can "snow-birds", political refugees, millionaires, and alligators be found living so closely
together?
Such diverse landscapes as well --- art deco, big city skyscrapers, small communities of many different ethnicticities,
and the Everglades - a place like no other....
Formerly known as Dade County, and often referred to
as Metro-Dade, on November 13, 1997, voters changed it to Miami-Dade County.
The county seat is Miami, located in the northeastern part of the county.
Dade County was created on January 18, 1836 and was named after Major Francis L. Dade, a soldier killed in 1835
in the Second Seminole War, at what has since been named the Dade Battlefield.
At the time of its creation, Dade County included the land that now contains Palm Beach and Broward counties, together
with the land of present day Miami-Dade County. The county seat was originally at Indian Key in the Florida Keys,
then moved in 1844 to Miami.
In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed from the northern portion of what was then Dade County, and then in 1915,
Palm Beach County and Dade County contributed nearly equal portions of land to create what is now Broward County.
There have been no significant boundary changes to the county since 1915.
From wikipedia:
The county is home to 35 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas. The northern, central and eastern portions
of the county are heavily urbanized with many high rises up the coastline, as well as the location of South Florida's
central business district, Downtown Miami. Southern Miami-Dade County includes the Redland and Homestead areas,
which make up the agriculture economy of Miami. Agricultural Redland makes up roughly one third of Miami-Dade County's
inhabited land area, and is sparsely populated, a stark contrast to the densely populated, urban northern Miami-Dade
County. The western portion of the county extends into the Everglades National Park and is unpopulated. East of
the mainland in Biscayne Bay is also Biscayne National Park.
Website Updates:
Jan 2012: BUCKINGHAM-THOMPSON, SEAY-VANANDER marriage announcements; Marriage Licenses from Jan 4, 1924; Bio of
PEDEN; Obits for WILSON, BACHUS, PAUST, BARNES, PREUNE, MCARTHUR, VONDRESKY, FLATTERY, STANTON, ARMINGTON, CROWELL;
Members and picture of the Miami High School 1923 Latin Club; 1885 State Census transcription;
Nov 2011: ABBOTT bio; HAWKES, METCALFE, WILSEY, SHEFFER, MCDONALD, GOODWIN, MCDONALD, GOODWIN obits; 1901-1902
gossip and community news items. CASH Kidnapping. 1926 Hurricane News stories
Oct 2011: List of Cemeteries
Sep 2011: obits for LAMB, MAURER
Apr 2011: crime news for WRIGHT and WILLIAMS; obit for WINGO
Mar 2011: History in Postcards; Seminole Indian postcards; Hurricane of 1926 postcards; Reminscences of Miami's
1920's Boom Time by Real Estate Agent A.J. Manning (under county history)
Feb 2011: More newspaper gleanings! Lots of Gossip/Gone Visiting items; Crime news gleanings,
birth announcement for LESESNE, Biography of Henry Flagler; Towns/Cities/CDP's in the county with community map
(under County Records)
Jan 2011: History of Fort Dallas; Travelogue of a Boat Trip from Miami to Key West in 1878-79; Description of camp
life in Miami during the Spanish War; Bios of COPELAND, FOREMAN, ZIMMERHACKEL; Excerpts from the 1925 book "Historical
sketches and sidelights of Miami, Florida" Obits for SULLIVAN, GORDON, POND, FELTON, NEIL; Deaths of BARNES,
CARLTON, PORCH, PORTS; Wedding announcement for BULL-BERRY, YOUNG-LEE; Birth Announcement for KINSKERN; Lots of
Political, Gossip/Visiting and "miscellaneous" news items added
Previous Updates: Post Office Location, Casualties of Vietnam and Korean War; obituaries
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