Buried Treasures Journal

Buried Treasures was originally known as the Central Florida Genealogical and Historical Society Newsletter. The publication has been released continuously, typically on a quarterly basis, since January 1970. Its contents include family histories, bible records, wills, cemetery records, tombstone inscriptions, and queries. The issues are usually published in January, April, July, and October, with the exception of a skipped issue, and an inconsistent numbering system in the early 1970s.

We are pleased to announce that every issue ever published is now available for viewing. You are invited to browse through these issues and enjoy the countless articles, stories, and research strategies contained within them. The earlier files were scanned and may not be of sufficient quality to be accurately converted to text via optical character recognition (OCR). However, we have performed OCR on all issues, and they should be searchable. In some cases, the OCR results may not have captured the correct spelling or words accurately. Therefore, if you choose to copy text from these issues, we recommend that you double-check the resulting text for accuracy.

Most of the articles published in Buried Treasures have been indexed in PERSI (Periodical Source Index), which can be searched using Heritage Quest at the library and Ancestry.com.

The older issues are available to everyone, but the most recent and current issues are reserved for our members only and located on our Members Only page. 

* Volume and issue numbering standards were not always followed or were done in error from 1973-1976. The Volume 7 designation was skipped and never used.

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