Florida Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

{{TOC left}}{{Adoption FLGenWeb}}These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Florida.<br><br>  

[[National Archives at Atlanta]]{{·}} [[Florida Health Bureau of Vital Statistics]]{{·}} [[Meek-Eaton Black Archives]]{{·}} [[State Archives of Florida]]{{·}} [[State Library of Florida]]{{·}} [[Alma C. Field Library of Florida History]]{{·}} [[Charlton W. Tebeau Library of Florida History]]{{·}} [[Indian River County Main Library]]{{·}} [[Jacksonville Public Library Main Branch]]{{·}} [[Orlando Public Library]]{{·}} [[P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History]]{{·}} [[Polk County Historical and Genealogical Library]]{{·}} [[St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library]]{{·}} [[University of South Florida Tampa Library Special Collections]]{{·}} [[University of West Florida Archives and West Florida History Center]]{{·}} [[Volusia County Public Library Daytona Beach Regional]]{{·}} [[West Florida Public Library Genealogy Branch]]{{·}} [[Dallas Public Central Library]]{{·}} [[Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library]]{{·}} [[Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library]]{{·}} [[Mobile Municipal Archives]]{{·}} [[Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library]]

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[[Image:NARA Atlanta.jpg|thumb|right|280px|National Archives at Atlanta (in Morrow)]]<br>

'''[[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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:The National Archives at Atlanta has records from over 100 federal agencies and courts in '''Florida'''. Also includes Vice Admiralty Courts of SC, Constitutional rights, Revolutionary War, Civil War, reconstruction, World Wars I and II, and space exploration. Microfilms for censuses, diplomatic missions, military service records, bounty-land applications, passenger arrival lists, naturalizations, American Indians, and African Americans.<ref name="DB127">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 127-28. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>

'''[[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>  

: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>

'''[[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>  

:A big genealogy collection that rivals Orlando in size and quality.<ref name="DB31" /><br><br>

[[Image:Jacksonville FL Public Library .jpg|thumb|right|280px|Jacksonville Public Library Main Branch]]'''Jacksonville Public Library Main Branch'''<br>303 N. Laura Street<br>Jacksonville, FL 32202 USA<br>Telephone: 904-630-2665<br>Website: [http://jpl.coj.net/lib/branches/main.html Jacksonville Public Library Main Library] <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>  

=== Out of State Repositories  ===

[[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>  

:Good collection of southern states family history material including '''Florida'''. <br><br>

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