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

• Florida Department of State

Bureau of Archives and Record Management
Mail Station 9A
R.A. Gray Building
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
Telephone: 904-487-2073
Fax: 904-488-4894

• National Archives—Southeast Region (Atlanta)

1557 St. Joseph Avenue
East Point, GA 30344
Telephone: 404-763-7477
Fax: 404-763-7815

• Florida State Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 10249
Tallahassee, FL 32302
Telephone: 1-813-872-0280

• Florida Historical Library

435 Brevard Ave.
Cocoa, FL 32922
Telephone: 1-407-690-1971

• Florida University

Department of Special Collections
Smathers Library Room 100
P.O. Box 117007
Gainesville, FL 32611
Telephone: 352-392-0319
Fax: 352-392-4788

• University of West Florida

John Chandler Pace Library
11000 University Parkway
Pensacola, FL 32514-5750
Telephone: 850-474-2492
Fax: 850-474-3338

• University of Miami

Otto G. Richter Library
P.O. Box 248214
Coral Gables, FL 33124
Telephone: 305-284-3551
Fax: 305-665-7352

• Orange County Library System

101 East Central
Orlando, FL 32801
Telephone: 407-425-4694
Fax: 407-648-0523

Catalog of the Florida State Archives. Tallahassee, Fla.: Department of State, 1975. (FHL book 975.9 A5fs no. 1.)

Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in the United States: Florida. Jacksonville, Fla.: Florida Historical Records Survey Project, 1940. (FHL book 975.9 A1 no. 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

Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:

• 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. As of April 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:

• USGenWeb

http://www.usgenweb.com/
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.

• 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 Research Outline (30972), 2nd ed., “Archives and Libraries” section.

FamilySearch™

The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.

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