Although such a database can never be complete or definitive, it will undoubtedly contain at least 20,000 names. In addition, a research library of published materials, manuscripts, microfilm materials, and a burgeoning photographic archive, currently containing about 2,500 images, supports the genealogical research. As natural adjuncts to this unique and important work, there are a number of other projects undertaken by the Department. Publications of scholarly books and journal articles disseminate information to the non-Seminole world, reminding them of the long and exciting story of the Seminole people. The Department offers assistance to individuals who are conducting genealogical research, looking for an ancestor whom they believe may have been a Seminole.
Requests come in from all over the world.
Documenting the family relationships that have sustained the Seminoles for thousands of years is an exciting task and one in which the Seminole Tribe has, once again, taken charge of its own destiny. Back to the History page.