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== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Florida ==

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== National Repositories ==

'''[[National Archives at Atlanta]]'''<br>5780 Jonesboro Road<br>Morrow, Georgia 30260 USA<br>Phone: 770-968-2100<br>Fax: 770-968-2547<br>E-mail: [mailto:atlanta.archives@nara.gov atlanta.archives@nara.gov]<br>Website: [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/ National Archives at Atlanta]

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== Statewide Repositories ==

'''[[Florida Health Bureau of Vital Statistics]]'''<br>1217 North Pearl Street<br>Jacksonville, FL 32202 USA<br>Telephone: 904-359-6900 x1024 <br>Fax: 904-359-6931<br>E-mail: [mailto:VitalStats@FLHealth.gov VitalStats@FLHealth.gov]<br>Website: [http://www.floridahealth.gov/certificates/index.html Florida Health Certificates and Registries]<br>  

:'''''Births&nbsp;''''' since 1917, and from some counties as early as 1893; '''''marriages&nbsp;''''' and '''''divorces&nbsp;''''' since 1927; and '''''deaths&nbsp;''''' since 1917, and from some counties as early as 1877. <br><br>

[[Image:Carnegie Library at FAMU.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Meek-Eaton Black Archives in Tallahassee]]'''[[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>Website: [http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?BlackArchives&Home Black Archives Research Center]<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}}History  About the Archives - History] in ''FAMU - The Black Archives Research Center'' (accessed 7 May 2015).</ref><br><br>

[[Image:State Archives of Florida.jpg|thumb|right|280px|State Archives of Florida in Tallahassee]]'''[[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>Website: [http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/index_researchers.cfm Florida State Archives] <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|thumb|right|280px|State Library of Florida in Tallahassee]]'''[[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>Website: [http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/library/ State Library of Florida] <br>  

== Regional Repositories ==

'''[[Alma C. Field Library of Florida History]]'''<br>435 Brevard Avenue<br>Cocoa, FL 32922 USA<br>Phone: 321-690-1971<br>Fax: 321-690-4388<br>E-mail: [mailto:myfloridahistory.org myfloridahistory.org]<br>Website: [http://www.florida-historical-soc.org/ Florida Historical Society]<br>  

:Floridiana: books, maps, photos, family histories, manuscripts, photos, the ''Mosquito Beaters'' collection, the ''Alice Strickland'' collection, and the Florida State Genealogical Society collection.<ref>[http://www.visitspacecoast.com/listings/The-Alma-C-Field-Library-of-Florida-History/246/ The Alma C. Field Library of Florida History] in ''Florida's Space Coast'' (accessed 5 May 2015).</ref> <br><br>

'''Charlton W. Tebeau Library of Florida History''' <br>101 W Flagler St.<br>Miami, FL 33130 USA<br>Telephone: 305-357-1492<br>Fax: 305-372-6313<br>Website: [http://www.historical-museum.org/collect/rc.htm Historical Museum of Southern Florida Research Center]<br>  

:Their collection is strong on the history of southern Florida. They also have many documents related to Cuba and the Caribbean.<ref name="DB31" /><br><br>

'''Indian River County Main Library''' <br>1600 21st Street<br>Vero Beach, FL 32960 USA<br>Telephone: 772-770-5060 x5<br>Fax: 772-770-5446<br>E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@irclibrary.org genealogy@irclibrary.org]<br>Website: [http://www.irclibrary.org/genealogy/ Lowenstein Genealogy Department]<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|thumb|right|280px|Orlando Public Library]]'''[[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>Website: [http://www.ocls.info/Locations/MainLibrary/DRI/genealogy.asp?bhcp=1 Orlando Public Library]<br>  

:*''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}}.)<br><br>

[[Image:P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History.jpg|thumb|right|280px|P.K. Yonge Library of FL History in Gainsville]]'''[[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>  

:Their collection includes Spanish colonial sources, United States borderland records, and the best Florida newspapers collection in the state.<ref name="DB31" /><br><br>

'''Polk County Historical and Genealogical Library'''<br>100 East Main Street<br>Bartow, Florida 33830-4629 USA<br>Telephone: 863-534-4380<br>Fax: 863-534-4382<br>Email: [mailto:Dorinda.Garrard@mypclc.info Dorinda.Garrard@mypclc.info]<br>Website: http://library.mypclc.org/historical/ Polk County Genealogical Library]<br>  

:A very good genealogical collection.<ref name="DB31" /><br><br>

'''St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library'''<br>12 Aviles Street <br>St. Augustine, FL 32084 USA<br>Telephone: 904-824-2872<br>Fax: 904-824-2569<br>E-mail: [mailto:sahsdirector@bellsouth.net sahsdirector@bellsouth.net ]<br>Website: [http://www.staugustinehistoricalsociety.org/library.html St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library]<br>  

:An excellent collection of records about the first colonists on the east coast of Florida. Their Spanish holdings include parish record births, marriages, and deaths back to 1594.<ref name="DB31" /><br><br>

'''[[University of South Florida Tampa Library Special Collections]]'''<br>4202 E. Fowler Ave. LIB122 <br>Tampa FL 33620 USA<br>Telephone: 813-974-6725<br>E-mail: [mailto:libraryservicesdesk@usf.edu libraryservicesdesk@usf.edu]<br>Website: [http://www.lib.usf.edu/special-collections/ USF Libraries: Special Collections]<br>  

:They have a good collection of published Florida local histories and Hillsborough County records.<ref name="DB31" /><br><br>

'''[[University of West Florida Archives and West Florida History Center]]'''<br>John C. Pace Library<br>11000 University Parkway<br>Pensacola, FL 32514 USA<br>Telephone: 850-474-2424 <br>E-mail: [http://www.lib.usf.edu/special-collections/contact-us/ Contact Us]<br>Website: [http://libguides.uwf.edu/universityarchives University of West Florida Archives and West Florida History Center]<br>

:This an excellent research facility. Make this your starting place for finding records of the earliest European settlers in the Florida panhandle.<ref name="DB31" /><br><br>

'''[[Volusia County Public Library Daytona Beach Regional]]'''<br>105 E. Magnolia Ave.<br>Daytona Beach FL 32114 USA<br>Telephone: 386-257-6036<br>E-mail: [mailto:showes@volusia.org showes@volusia.org]<br>Website: [http://volusialibrary.org/VCPLbranches-dab.html#CIT Daytona Beach Regional Library]<br>  

:Very good genealogy collection not just for Florida, but also for the entire eastern seaboard.<ref name="DB31" /><br><br>

'''[[West Florida Public Library Genealogy Branch]]'''<br>Genealogy Branch Library<br>5740 N. 9th Avenue<br>Pensacola, FL 32504 USA<br>Telephone: 850-494-7373 <br>Fax: 850-436-5039<br>E-mail: [mailto:RefStaff@mywfpl.com RefStaff@mywfpl.com]<br>Website: [http://mywfpl.com/research/west-florida-genealogy-library/ Ask a Genealogy Expert]<br>  

:A good genealogy collection.<ref name="DB31" /> Focused on the southeastern states with a good selection for the northeastern and central states, Civil War, African Americans, family histories, local American Indian Cherokee and Creek tribes with some Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole tribes.<ref>[http://mywfpl.com/research/west-florida-genealogy-library/ Ask a Genealogy Expert] in ''West Florida Public Library System'' (accessed 29 April 2015).</ref><br><br>

[[Image:Dallas Public Central Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Dallas Public Central Library in Texas]]'''[[Dallas Public Central Library]]'''<br>1515 Young St.<br>Dallas, TX 75201-9987 USA<br>Telephone: 214-670-1433<br>E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@dallaslibrary.org genealogy@dallaslibrary.org]<br>Website: [http://dallaslibrary2.org/genealogy/index.php Dallas Public Library Genealogy]<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>

'''[[Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library]]'''<br>Moultrie-Colquitt County Library<br> 204 5th Street, S.E.<br>Moultrie, Georgia 31768 USA<br>Telephone: 229-985-6540<br>E-mail: [mailto:mccls@mccls.org mccls@mccls.org]<br>Website: [http://www.mccls.org/odom_gen.htm Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library]<br>  

:Emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection including '''Florida'''.<ref name="DB33">Dollarhide and Bremer, 33.</ref><br><br>

'''[[Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library]]''' <br>Street address: 20 S. College St.<br>Mailing address: P.O. Box 595<br>Homerville, GA 31634<br>Telephone: 912-487-2310<br>E-mail: [mailto:huxford.spearlibrary@windstream.net huxford.spearlibrary@windstream.net]<br> Website:[https://huxford.com/ Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc.]<br>  

:This collection covers the southeast United States well,<ref name="DB33" /> including 14,000 files on families from south Georgia and north '''Florida'''.<ref>[https://www.huxford.com/History.html Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library History] in ''Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc.'' (accessed 15 January 2016).</ref><br><br>

'''[[Mobile Municipal Archives]]'''<br>'''Mail address:''' P.O. Box 1827<br>Mobile, Alabama 36633-1827 USA<br>'''Street address:''' 457 Church Street<br>Mobile, Alabama 36602 USA <br>Telephone: 251-208-7740<br>Fax: 251-208-7428<br>E-mail: [mailto:archives@cityofmobile.org archives@cityofmobile.org]<br> Website: http://www.cityofmobile.org/archives/ Municipal Archives<br>  

:Includes records of early Alabama/'''Florida''' settlers: Spanish, French, and Anglo especially during the Spanish period. This is the premier library for Gulf Coast settlers from Louisiana to Florida.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 11.</ref><br><br>

'''[[Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library]]'''<br>135 North Broad Street<br>Thomasville, Georgia 31792 USA<br>Telephone: 229-226-9640<br>Fax: 229-226-3199<br>E-mail: [mailto:glibrary@rose.net glibrary@rose.net]<br>Website: [http://home.rose.net/~glibrary/ Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library]<br>