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United States Florida  Archives and Libraries

These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Florida.

Out of State
National Archives at Atlanta 5780 Jonesboro Road Morrow, Georgia 30260 Phone: 770-968-2100 Fax: 770-968-2547 Internet: National Archives at Atlanta


 * Records from over 100 federal agencies and courts in Florida. Also includes Vice Admiralty Courts of SC, evolution of federal courts, 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.

Dallas Public Central Library 1515 Young St. Dallas, TX 75201-9987 Telephone: 214-670-1400 Internet: Dallas Public Library Genealogy


 * Outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including Florida, Oklahoma, the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.

Mobile Municipal Archives P.O. Box 1827 457 Church Street Mobile, Alabama 36633-1827


 * 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.

Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library Thomasville, Georgia Internet: Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library


 * Good collection of southern states family history material including Florida.

Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Moultrie, Georgia Internet: Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library


 * Emphasizes Scottish immigrants to America, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection including Florida.

Statewide
State Archives of Florida R.A. Gray Building 500 South Bronough Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 Telephone: 850-245-6700 Fax: 850-488-4894 Internet: Florida State Archives


 * A great Florida genealogy collection including state and county documents. This is the place to start research on Florida residents. Online collections include Confederate Pension Applications, Spanish Land Grants, and World War I Service Cards.

State Library of Florida R.A. Gray Building 500 South Bronough Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 Telephone: 850-245-6600 Fax: 850-245-6651 Internet: State Library of Florida


 * 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.

Florida Health Bureau of Vital Statistics Jacksonville


 * Births from some counties as early as 1893; marriages and divorces from 1927; and deaths from some counties as early as 1877.

Meek-Eaton Black Archives 445 Gamble Street Tallahassee, Florida 32307 USA Telephone: 850-599-3020 Internet: Black Archives Research Center


 * A statewide, regional, and national center for researching African American history and institutions: over 500,000 manuscripts, rare books, journals, magazines, maps, newspapers, and photographs.

Regional
Alma C. Field Library of Florida History 435 Brevard Avenue Cocoa, FL 32922 Phone: 321-690-1971 Fax: 321-690-4388 Internet: Florida Historical Society


 * Floridiana: books, maps, photos, family histories, manuscripts, photos, the Mosquito Beaters collection, the Alice Strickland collection, and the Florida State Genealogical Society collection.

Charlton W. Tebeau Library of Florida History


 * Their collection is strong on the history of southern Florida. They also have many documents related to Cuba and the Caribbean.

Hillsborough County Historical Commission County Courthouse 800 E Twiggs St. Tampa, FL 33602 Telephone: 813-272-3843


 * Their Museum, History and Genealogy Library  has the best indexes of Florida residents in the state.

Indian River County Main Library


 * A big genealogy collection that rivals Orlando in size and quality.

Jacksonville Public Library Main Branch


 * The Southeastern United States is covered well, including history, biography, genealogy, federal censuses and indexes. This is oldest collection of Floridiana in the state.

Orlando Public Library 101 East Central Boulevard Orlando, FL 32801 Telephone: 407.835.7323 Internet: Orlando Public Library


 * This is the largest genealogy reference collection in Florida. American genealogical sources are covered well, including censuses, biographies, histories, and genealogies. Two helpful guides for several important Florida archives and libraries are:
 * Catalog of the Florida State Archives. Tallahassee, Florida: Department of State, 1975.
 * Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in the United States: Florida. Jacksonville, Florida: Florida Historical Records Survey Project, 1940. (.)

P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History University Of Florida Smathers Library Room 100 P.O. Box 117007 Gainesville, FL 32611 Telephone: 352-392-0319 Fax: 352-392-4788 University of Florida


 * Their collection includes Spanish colonial sources, United States borderland records, and the best Florida newspapers collection in the state.

Polk County Historical and Genealogical Library


 * A very good genealogical collection.

St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library


 * 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.

University of South Florida Tampa Library Special Collections


 * They have a good collection of published Florida local histories and Hillsborough County records.

University of West Florida Archives and West Florida History Center John C. Pace Library 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 Telephone: 850-474-2424 Internet: University of West Florida Archives and West Florida History Center


 * This an excellent research facility. Make this your starting place for finding records of the earliest European settlers in the Florida panhandle.

Volusia County Public Library Daytona Beach Regional


 * Very good genealogy collection not just for Florida, but also for the entire eastern seaboard.

West Florida Public Library Genealogy Branch


 * A good genealogy collection. 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.

Family History Centers
Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of FamilySearch and the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. There are many centers located in Florida. Their goal is to provide resources to assist you in the research and study of your genealogy and family history by:


 * Giving personal one-on-one assistance to patrons
 * Providing access to genealogical records through the Internet or microfilm loan program
 * Offering free how-to classes (varies by location).

To find the nearest Family History Center:


 * Click on Find a Family History Center. Type your city and state in the search box, then tap [Enter]. A map showing nearby centers will appear. Click a FamilySearch Center icon on the map to view its address, phone, and hours.