Florida Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services helpful for genealogical research.  

=== Florida Department of State ===

Bureau of Archives and Record Management<br>Mail Station&nbsp;<br>R.A. Gray Building<br>500 South Bronough Street<br>Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250<br>Telephone: 850-245-6700<br>Fax: 850-488-4894<br>Internet: http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/index_researchers.cfm  

As of January 1984 the genealogy collection of the Florida State Library was transferred to the Florida State Archives. However, the Florida State Library, which is also in the R.A. Gray Building, still has references of interest to the genealogist, especially in the "Florida Collection."  

'''National Archives—Southeast Region (Atlanta)'''<br>5780 Jonesboro Road<br>Morrow, Georgia 30260 <br>Phone: 770-968-2100<br>Fax: 770-968-2547<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/southeast/  

'''Florida State Genealogical Society'''<br>P.O. Box 10249<br>Tallahassee, FL 32302-2249<br>Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/index.htm  

'''University Of Florida'''<br>Smathers Library Room 100<br>P.O. Box 117007<br>Gainesville, FL 32611<br>Telephone: 352-392-0319<br>Fax: 352-392-4788<br>Internet: http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/  

'''University of West Florida'''<br>John C. Pace Library<br>11000 University Parkway<br>Pensacola, FL 32514<br>Telephone: 850-474-2424 <br>Internet: http://uwf.edu/library/  

'''University of Miami'''<br>Otto G. Richter Library<br>1300 Memorial Drive<br>P.O. Box 248214<br>Coral Gables, Florida 33124-0320<br>Phone 305-284-3233<br>Fax 305-284-4027<br>Internet: http://www.library.miami.edu/about/contactus/helpdesks.html  

'''Orange County Library System'''<br>101 East Central Boulevard<br>Orlando, FL 32801<br>Telephone: 407.835.7323<br>Internet: http://www.ocls.info/Locations/MainLibrary/DRI/genealogy.asp?bhcp=1  

Two helpful guides for several important Florida archives and libraries are:  

''Catalog of the Florida State Archives''. Tallahassee, Florida: Department of State, 1975. (FHL book 975.9 A5fs number 1.)  

''Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in the United States: Florida''. Jacksonville, Florida: Florida Historical Records Survey Project, 1940. (FHL book 975.9 A1 number 130.)  

To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Florida counties, use the 12 inventories of the county archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Copies are at the Family History Library.  

=== Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards ===

The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchersin the following ways:  

*Locate other researchers  

*Post queries  

*Send and receive e-mail  

*Search large databases  

*Search computer libraries  

*Join in computer chat and lecture sessions

You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Florida in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.  

Addresses on the Internet change frequently. The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:  

=== [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]]<br> ===

A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->  

=== Roots-L ===

http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/  

A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.  

For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the United States "[[United States Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" section.  

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