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'''[[Dallas Public Central Library]]'''<br>1515 Young St.<br>Dallas, TX 75201-9987 USA[[Image:Dallas Public Central Library.jpg|right|280px|Dallas Public Central Library.jpg]]<br>Telephone: 214-670-1433<br>E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@dallaslibrary.org genealogy@dallaslibrary.org]<br>Internet: [http://dallaslibrary2.org/genealogy/index.php Dallas Public Library Genealogy]<br><br> | |||
:Outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including '''Florida''', Oklahoma, the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.<ref name="DB107">Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.</ref><br><br> | :Outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including '''Florida''', Oklahoma, the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.<ref name="DB107">Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.</ref><br><br> | ||
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=== Statewide Repositories === | === Statewide Repositories === | ||
[[Image:State Archives of Florida.jpg|right| | [[Image:State Archives of Florida.jpg|right|280px|State Archives of Florida.jpg]]'''[[State Archives of Florida]]'''<br>R.A. Gray Building<br>500 South Bronough Street<br>Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA<br>Telephone: 850-245-6700<br>Fax: 850-488-4894<br>E-mail: [mailto:archives@dos.myflorida.com archives@dos.myflorida.com]<br>Internet: [http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/index_researchers.cfm Florida State Archives] <br><br> | ||
:A great Florida genealogy collection including state and county documents. This is the place to start research on Florida residents.<ref name="DB31">Dollarhide and Bremer, 31.</ref> Online collections include Confederate Pension Applications, Spanish Land Grants, and World War I Service Cards.<br><br> | :A great Florida genealogy collection including state and county documents. This is the place to start research on Florida residents.<ref name="DB31">Dollarhide and Bremer, 31.</ref> Online collections include Confederate Pension Applications, Spanish Land Grants, and World War I Service Cards.<br><br> | ||
[[Image:State Archives of Florida.jpg|right| | [[Image:State Archives of Florida.jpg|right|280px|State Archives of Florida.jpg]]'''[[State Library of Florida]]''' <br> R.A. Gray Building<br>500 South Bronough Street<br>Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA<br>Telephone: 850-245-6600<br>Fax: 850-245-6651<br>E-mail: [mailto:library@dos.myflorida.com library@dos.myflorida.com]<br>Internet: [http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/library/ State Library of Florida] <br><br> | ||
:Published records of Florida, and state government publications, including 700,000 books, magazines, and newspapers, 2000 Florida maps, photos, and over 200,000 government documents.<ref>[http://dos.myflorida.com/library-archives/about-us/about-the-state-library-of-florida/ About the State Library of Florida] in ''Florida Department of State'' (accessed 4 May 2015).</ref> <br><br> | :Published records of Florida, and state government publications, including 700,000 books, magazines, and newspapers, 2000 Florida maps, photos, and over 200,000 government documents.<ref>[http://dos.myflorida.com/library-archives/about-us/about-the-state-library-of-florida/ About the State Library of Florida] in ''Florida Department of State'' (accessed 4 May 2015).</ref> <br><br> | ||
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:'''''Births ''''' since 1917, and from some counties as early as 1893; '''''marriages ''''' and '''''divorces ''''' since 1927; and '''''deaths ''''' since 1917, and from some counties as early as 1877. <br><br> | :'''''Births ''''' since 1917, and from some counties as early as 1893; '''''marriages ''''' and '''''divorces ''''' since 1927; and '''''deaths ''''' since 1917, and from some counties as early as 1877. <br><br> | ||
'''[[Image:Carnegie Library at FAMU.JPG|right| | '''[[Image:Carnegie Library at FAMU.JPG|right|280px|Carnegie Library at FAMU.JPG]][[Meek-Eaton Black Archives]]'''<br>Florida A{{Amp}}M University<br>445 Gamble Street<br>Tallahassee, Florida 32307 USA<br>Telephone: 850-599-3020<br>Internet: [http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?BlackArchives&Home Black Archives Research Center]<br><br> | ||
:A statewide, and southeastern states regional center for researching African American history and institutions: over 500,000 manuscripts, rare books, journals, magazines, maps, newspapers, and photographs.<ref>[http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?BlackArchives&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;History About the Archives - History] in ''FAMU - The Black Archives Research Center'' (accessed 7 May 2015).</ref> | :A statewide, and southeastern states regional center for researching African American history and institutions: over 500,000 manuscripts, rare books, journals, magazines, maps, newspapers, and photographs.<ref>[http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?BlackArchives&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;History About the Archives - History] in ''FAMU - The Black Archives Research Center'' (accessed 7 May 2015).</ref> | ||
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:A big genealogy collection that rivals Orlando in size and quality.<ref name="DB31" /><br><br> | :A big genealogy collection that rivals Orlando in size and quality.<ref name="DB31" /><br><br> | ||
[[Image:Jacksonville FL Public Library .jpg|right| | [[Image:Jacksonville FL Public Library .jpg|right|280px|Jacksonville FL Public Library .jpg]]'''Jacksonville Public Library Main Branch'''<br>303 N. Laura Street<br>Jacksonville, FL 32202 USA<br>Telephone: 904-630-2665<br>Internet: [http://jpl.coj.net/lib/branches/main.html Jacksonville Public Library Main Library] <br><br> | ||
:The Southeastern United States is covered well, including history, biography, genealogy, federal censuses and indexes. This is oldest collection of Floridiana in the state.<ref name="DB31" /><br><br> | :The Southeastern United States is covered well, including history, biography, genealogy, federal censuses and indexes. This is oldest collection of Floridiana in the state.<ref name="DB31" /><br><br> | ||
[[Image:Orlando Public Library.JPG|right| | [[Image:Orlando Public Library.JPG|right|280px|Orlando Public Library.JPG]]'''[[Orlando Public Library]]'''<br>101 East Central Boulevard<br>Orlando, FL 32801 USA<br>Telephone: 407.835.7323<br>E-mail: [http://askalibrarian.org/email.php?id=1590 Ask a Librarian]<br>Internet: [http://www.ocls.info/Locations/MainLibrary/DRI/genealogy.asp?bhcp=1 Orlando Public Library]<br><br> | ||
:This is the largest genealogy reference collection in Florida. American genealogical sources are covered well, including censuses, biographies, histories, and genealogies.<ref name="DB31" /> Two helpful guides for several important Florida archives and libraries are: | :This is the largest genealogy reference collection in Florida. American genealogical sources are covered well, including censuses, biographies, histories, and genealogies.<ref name="DB31" /> Two helpful guides for several important Florida archives and libraries are: | ||
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:*''Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in the United States: Florida''. Jacksonville, Florida: Florida Historical Records Survey Project, 1940. ({{FHL|142707|title-id|disp=FHL book 975.9 A1 number 130}}.) | :*''Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in the United States: Florida''. Jacksonville, Florida: Florida Historical Records Survey Project, 1940. ({{FHL|142707|title-id|disp=FHL book 975.9 A1 number 130}}.) | ||
[[Image:P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History.jpg|right| | [[Image:P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History.jpg|right|280px|P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History.jpg]]'''[[P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History]]'''<br>P.O. Box 117007<br>University Of Florida Smathers Library Room 100<br>Gainesville, FL 32611 USA<br>Telephone: 352-392-0319<br>Fax: 352-392-4788<br>E-mail: [http://cms.uflib.ufl.edu/ask Ask a Librarian]<br>[http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/ University of Florida]<br><br> | ||
:Their collection includes Spanish colonial sources, United States borderland records, and the best Florida newspapers collection in the state.<ref name="DB31" /><br><br> | :Their collection includes Spanish colonial sources, United States borderland records, and the best Florida newspapers collection in the state.<ref name="DB31" /><br><br> | ||