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Alternate Repositories
If you cannot visit or find a source at the , a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections


 * National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta), Atlanta, GA, records of federal agencies and courts for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, censuses, ships lists, naturalizations, Indian records, and military records.
 * Dallas Public Central Library, Dallas, TX, outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including Florida, Oklahoma, the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.

Similar Collections


 * State Archives of Florida, Tallahassee, a great Florida genealogy collection including state and county documents. This is the place to start research on Florida residents.
 * State Library of Florida, Tallahassee, 700,000 titles: published books, government papers, magazines, and newspapers, 2000 Florida maps, and photos.

Neighboring Collections


 * County Vital Records Office
 * City Vital Records Office
 * County Archives
 * County Orphan's Court
 * County Probate Court
 * County Recorder
 * County Coroner
 * U.S. District Court
 * County and local historical societies
 * County and local genealogical societies
 * Public Libraries
 * Museums and heritage societies


 * Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
 * State Vital Records Office
 * State Historical Society
 * State Genealogical Society
 * University Libraries
 * Church archives


 * Alma C. Field Library of Florida History, Cocoa,
 * Charlton W. Tebeau Library of Florida History, Miami, is strong on the history of southern Florida. They also have many documents related to Cuba and the Caribbean.
 * Hillsborough County Historical Commission, Tampa, their Museum, History and Genealogy Library  has the best indexes of Florida residents in the state.
 * Indian River County Main Library, Vero Beach, is a big genealogy collection that rivals Orlando in size and quality.
 * Jacksonville Public Library Main Branch, the southeastern USA is covered well, including history, biography, genealogy, federal censuses and indexes. This is the oldest Floridiana collection.
 * Orlando Public Library is the largest genealogy reference collection in FL. American genealogical sources are covered well, including censuses, biographies, histories, and genealogies.
 * P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History, Gainsville, includes Spanish colonial sources, United States borderland records, and the best Florida newspapers collection in the state.
 * Polk County Historical and Genealogical Library, Bartow, is a very good genealogical collection.
 * St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library has an excellent collection of records of the first colonists of east coast Florida, including parish record BMDs back to 1594.
 * University of South Florida Tampa Library Special Collections have a good selection of published Florida local histories and Hillsborough County records.
 * University of West Florida Archives and West Florida History Center, Pensacola, is an excellent research facility. Start here for records of the earliest European settlers in the FL panhandle.
 * Volusia County Public Library Daytona Beach Regional has a very good genealogy collection not just for Florida, but also for the entire eastern seaboard.
 * West Florida Public Library Genealogy Branch, Pensacola, is focused on the S.E. USA with a good collection for the N.E. and central states, Civil War, African Americans, family histories, and S.E. American Indians.
 * Repositories in surrounding states (or nations): Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Bahamas, and Cuba.
 * Mobile Muncipal Archives, Mobile, AL, includes records of early Alabama/Florida settlers, Spanish, French, and Anglo. This is the premier library for Gulf Coast settlers from Louisiana to Florida.