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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
 * Leon County Department of Health birth, death, and burial records.
 * Leon County Clerk of Circuit and County Courts marriages, divorce, probate, court, and land from 1825, military discharges since 1914.


 * 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
 * Tallahassee Genealogical Society about them, resources, publications, and queries.


 * County and local genealogical societies
 * Jewish Genealogical Society of Tallahassee facilitates genealogical research activities by providing general knowledge of research sources.
 * Tallahassee African American Genealogy Group promotes the study of African American genealogy and history.
 * Tallahassee Historical Society history of Tallahassee, Big Bend, and Florida.


 * Public Libraries
 * LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library houses the Tallahassee Genealogical Society collection.


 * Museums and heritage societies
 * Black Archives Research Center and Museum for African American history, institutions, and organizations: manuscripts, rare books, journals, magazines, maps, newspapers, and photographs.


 * Repositories in surrounding counties: in Florida: Gadsden, Jefferson, Liberty, Wakulla, in Georgia: Grady, and Thomas.
 * State Vital Records Office
 * State Historical Society
 * State Genealogical Society
 * University Libraries
 * Church archives
 * Trinity United Methodist Church – The Heritage Room circuit rider and parish registers online.


 * Alma C. Field Library of Florida History, Cocoa, Florida books, maps, photos, family histories, manuscripts, photos, Mosquito Beaters, Alice Strickland, and FL State Geneal. Soc. collections.
 * 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 Spanish 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.
 * Wakulla County Historical Society - Genealogy Group, Crawfordville, assist genealogists searching in our area of Florida.
 * 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 Municipal Archives, Mobile, AL, has records of early Alabama/Florida settlers: Spanish, French, and Anglo. This is the premier library for Gulf Coast settlers from Louisiana to Florida.
 * Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library, Thomasville, GA, southern states family history material including Florida.
 * Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library, Moultrie, GA, emphasizes Scottish Americans, but also has a good basic American genealogy collection including Florida.