CFGS Published Books

List of Books Available for Sale

The following books are available for purchase from CFGS. The titles, prices and shipping are subject to change. They can be ordered and picked up at CFGS meetings, purchased online with PayPal, or ordered via mail or email using a check or purchase order.  Some books are for sale online at Amazon or CreateSpace. Click on the links below for each publication. Additional information on ordering, shipping or tax can be found at the bottom of this page.

Note that CFGS members recorded all information that was on the record books that make up these publications at that time. However, official records sometimes have missing data or forms or licenses were not properly recorded. The result is that many records have some blank columns. 

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City of Orlando Ledger Records

During the period of 1910-1922, several Florida cities kept detailed records of those who died within the city. These records were kept by the cities of Orlando, Ocala, St Augustine and Escambia county – and probably others. They were kept in large ledger books by the Orlando City Department of Health. These were moved to the Florida State Office of Vital Statistics in Jacksonville and are now only available for viewing by appointment. The Orlando ledgers were not continued after 1929.

CFGS previously published two books, Orlando Births 1910-1922 and Orlando Deaths 1910-1922, covering the records in Volume 1 of the Birth & Death Register. This newest book covers deaths from October 22, 1922 to April 30, 1929. The Orlando ledgers were not continued after that date.

Orlando Births

Extract of records from the Register of Orlando Births. Information includes (when given) the names of child and each parent, residence, race, birthplace of each parent, and occupation of father, 180 pages, every name and geographical index. Soft cover, perfect binding.

Orlando Births 1910-1922: $18.00 plus $2.50 shipping and for Florida Residents or non-tax exempt $1.11 tax

Orlando Births 1910-1922

This book is temporarilyout of stock.

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Orlando Deaths & Funeral Home Records

During the period of 1910-1922, several Florida cities kept detailed records of those who died within the city. These records were kept in large ledger books by the Orlando City Department of Health. These were moved to the Florida State Office of Vital Statistics in Jacksonville and are now only available for viewing by appointment.

Florida Sanitarium (now Florida Hospital) opened in 1908; Orange General Hospital (now Orlando Health) opened in late 1918. These attracted patients from all of central Florida, as well as many visitors to the area. Thus the records of Orlando deaths include many who were not from Orlando, but died here. This Orlando Death volumes provides the name, date of death, residence, occupation, place of death, length of time in Orlando, cause of death and burial place.

Orlando Deaths each volume $18.00 plus $2.50 shipping and for Florida Residents or non-tax exempt $1.11 tax

Orlando Deaths 1910-1922

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Orlando Deaths 1922-1929

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Hawthorne Funeral Home Records Vol 1 (1954-1961)

Records of funerals handled by the Hawthorne Funeral Home from Jan 1954 to 24 Mar 1961 as extracted from original funeral home ledgers and accompanying documents. Published July 2003 {220 p., 3 indices]

$21 plus $2.50 shipping and handling and Florida Residents pay $1.35 sales tax

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Marriages of Orange County, Florida Vol. 1: 1869-1909

196 pages – $18.00 plus $2.50 shipping

THIS VOLUME IS AVAILABLE TO VIEW FOR FREE ONLINE

Marriages of Orange County, Florida Vol. 2: 1910-1924

165 pages – $18.00 plus $2.50 shipping

Also available from Amazon and CreateSpace

Marriages of Orange County, Florida Vol. 3: 1925-1929

180 pages- $18.00 plus $2.50 shipping

Also available from Amazon and CreateSpace

Greenwood Cemetery Historical Trail

A visit with over 435 historic Orlandoans at their final resting place written by CFGS member Steve Rajtar. Steve, as a hike leader for the Florida Trails Association, has developed a number of historical hikes in Central Florida and farther afield. One of these was a tour of the city-owned Greenwood Cemetery, which is among the oldest of Central Florida’s cemeteries. Through research into a variety of sources, Steve has documented more than 435 of the people who played a part in the history of the area and matched them up to their tombstones in Greenwood. A stroll through Greenwood with the book in hand provides a mini-history of Orlando and surrounding area. [215 pages, with photos and index] $21.00 plus $2.50 shipping

Also available on Amazon.com and CreateSpace.com

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Greenwood Cemetery: Volume 1 Sections A-J

Orlando’s largest and oldest cemetery – these sections include the stones for many of Orlando’s early settlers. Records include not only tombstone readings, but also the office information to include date of purchase, purchaser of plot, often addresses and sometimes relationships. Arranged by lot. 270 pages, every name indexed, softcover, perfect binding. $21.00 plus $2.50 shipping

Also available on Amazon.com and CreateSpace.com

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Greenwood Cemetery: Volume 2 Sections K-W

Orlando’s largest and oldest cemetery – this volume includes the stones for many of Orlando’s early settlers. Records include not only tombstone readings, but also the office information to include date of purchase, purchaser of plot, often addresses and sometimes relationships. Arranged by lot. 310 pages, every name indexed, softcover, perfect binding. $21.00 plus $2.50 shipping

Also available on Amazon.com and CreateSpace.com.

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Powell Cemetery: Orange County, Florida 1880-1950

An in-depth study of the tiny Powell Cemetery, south of Orlando in Orange County. The cemetery, the land and the people are covered. Each of the 35 families represented here is traced for several generations. 134 pages, soft cover, perfect binding. $13.00 plus $2.50 shipping
This book is temporarily out of stock but available on Amazon.com and CreateSpace.com

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Volume 1: The Smaller Cemeteries of Southwest Orange Co. Florida

Includes listings for 13 cemeteries Beth Israel, Beulah Baptist, Dann Family, Dr. Phillips, Garden of Life, Garden of Eternal Rest, Lake Hill, Oakridge, Ohev Shalom, Old Gotha, Powell, Vineland and Zion. 124 pages, indexed, soft cover, perfect binding. $16.00 plus $2.50 shipping

Also available on Amazon.com and CreateSpace.com

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Volume 2: The Larger Cemeteries of Southwest Orange Co. Florida

Washington Park and Winter Garden $21.00 plus $2.50 shipping

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Glen Haven Cemetery, Winter Park, FL – Vol. 1: Sections A-H

$18.00 plus $2.50 shipping

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1887 Orange County, Florida, Gazetteer & Business Directory

A reprint of the 1887 directory with added index. Orange County included parts of Lake, Seminole & Osceola Counties including city directories for Orlando, Tavares, Sanford, Eustis, Apopka, Kissimmee, Winter Park & Longwood. First reprinting in over a century and with newly researched, complete index – over 8,000 entries! 300 p. directory; 66 p. index. 8 1/2 x 11″, $26.00 plus $2.50 shipping

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Miller’s Orlando [FL] City Directory 1907

A reprint of the 1907 directory, with added index 115 pages, 8 1/2 x 11″ softbound, indexed $15.00 plus $2.50 shipping

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Orlando [FL] City Directory 1912

Reprint of the Orlando FL City Directory of 1912, with added indices for every name, street, locale and occupation. 234 pages, soft cover, perfect binding.  $21.00 plus $2.50 shipping

This book is temporarily out of stocke but also available from Lulu.

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