Florida Research
Facilities
Prices
of admission ( if listed) are as of August 2003. Subject
to change.
Holocaust
Memorial
Resource and Education Center of Central Florida
851
North Maitland Avenue, Maitland, Florida 32794, Phone - (407)
628-0555 Hours: Mon-Thur 9 am-4 pm; Fri 9 am-1 pm; Sun 1 pm-4 pm
The
Holocaust Memorial Center Library has a collection of over 5,000
volumes and over 500 videotapes. Holocaust books are in the majority;
related subjects include Anti-Semitism and racism, Jewish - Christian
relations, Jewish history and more. A Juvenile section is included. A
vertical file is available for the use of students and researchers.
Oral histories of Holocaust survivors and liberators are included in
the video collection. In the archival collection are Yiskor (memorial)
books and numerous artifacts from the Holocaust donated to the
Holocaust Memorial Center. Reference shelves include Holocaust
Encyclopedias, volumes of documentary material from Yad Vashem, Art
books and rare volumes.
Orange
County Regional
History Center
65
East Central Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32801. Phone: (407) 836-8500,
Toll Free: (800) 965-2030
Hours:
Mon - Sat 10 am - 5 pm; Sun - Noon - 5 pm Open Daily except
Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New
Year's Day. Admission: $7.00 Adult; $6.50 Seniors (60+) and Students;
$3.50 Children (3-12); Free Children under age 3. Located in downtown
Orlando, one block west of the
Orange County Public Library.
Orange
County Public Library
101
E. Central Blvd., Orlando, FL 32801, (407) 835-7323
It
has one of the finest genealogical collections in the Southeast. The
collection was started in 1923. In 1929, the Library became the
official repository
of the Florida State Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
The genealogy collection contains more than 25,000 books and bound
periodicals,
10,000 microfiche and over 15,000 reels of microfilm. They have the
complete
federal census from 1790-1930 on microfilm, Passenger List indices for
Baltimore,
Boston, Galveston, New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia and special
collections
such as Barbour (CT), Boston Transcripts, Massachusetts Indexes to
births,
marriage and death (1841-1895), Draper Manuscripts (southern states),
Grandparent
Papers of Florida, and the American Slave.
Rollins
College Olin
Library Archives and Special Collection
1000
Holt Ave. Winter Park, FL 32789 (407) 646-2421 Mon-Thu
8am-12am; Fri 8am-6pm; Sat9am-6pm; Sun11a-12am
Owns
microfilm of British and American Historical collections.
Excellent repository for central Florida historical resources.
4000
Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816, (407) 823-2562 / (866)
271-7589
Open
from 8 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri and is located on the 5th Floor of the
Library, Room 501. (407) 823-2576, Email: speccoll@mail.ucf.edu.West
Indies Collection has over 1,800 books and periodicals on the history,
geography, economy,
and social life of the West Indies and the Caribbean area. Thomas
&
Georginne Mickler collection contains books, pamphlets, maps, diaries,
photographs
and ephemera covering many topics related to Florida’s
history
and development. Other UCF sources include: Draper manuscript
collection on microfilm, U.S. Serial Set 1789- Pres., Index of Patents,
1842-Pres., Florida Sanborne Fire Insurance Maps, African American
Biographical Database, Index to Early American Periodicals (1741-1935).
More information: http://library.ucf.edu/GovDocs/genealogy.htm
Wells’
Built Museum of African
American History and Culture
511
West South Street, Orlando, FL 32805 Mon to Fri 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Office: (407) 245-7535
Listed
in the National Register of Historic Places, the Wells’
Built Museum opened in December 2000. Doctor William M. Wells, one of
Orlando’s early
African American physicians, constructed the building, formerly the
Wells’
Built Hotel, in 1929.
The
African-American
Research Library and Cultural Center
2650
Sistrunk Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311 (954) 625-2800 Email:
aarlcc@browardlibrary.org
Serves
as a research library and cultural center for scholars, students
and the general public, and contains more than 75,000 books, documents,
artifacts and related materials that focus on the experiences of people
of African
descent. Local history is a cornerstone of the available resources. The
auditorium and exhibit areas provide a forum to exchange ideas and
cultural values,
and to promote an understanding and appreciation of the contributions
of
persons of African descent. The 60,000 square foot library opened on
October
26, 2002.
Florida
State Archives
500
S. Bronough Street, R.A. Gray Building, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250,
(850) 245-6600 Hours: 8:00 am-5:00 pm Mon through Fri 9:30 am to 3:30
pm Sat
(excluding holiday weekends)
The
Archives maintains a collection of nearly 40,000 cubic feet of
records of state and local government, as well as papers of private
individuals,
families, businesses, and organizations. It also administers the
Florida
Photographic Collection of approximately 800,000 images and a
Genealogical
Collection of more than 10,000 books, 200 CD's, and 15,000 microfilm
rolls.
Indian
River
County Main Library
Julian
W. Lowenstein Florida History & Genealogy Department, 1600
21st Street, Vero Beach, Florida 32960, Phone: (772) 770-5060
x108Hours: Mon-Thur 10 am-8 pm; Fri 10am-5 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm; Sun 1-6
pm
Approximately
4000 square feet of room space includes over 20,000
titles, 35,000 microfiche, 9,000 microfilm and 9 computers that use
over 250 CD-ROM's and has access to all major genealogy Internet
subscriptions. All U.S. census from 1790-1930 is available in a variety
offormats. In addition, many special collections are available such as
Corbin of Massachusetts, Barbour and Hale of Connecticut, Rev. Joseph
Turner Brown of DelMarVa (Delaware, Maryland
& Virginia), Father Loiselle marriage indexes of Quebec, and
Francis
Crawn Collection of New Jersey.
Jacksonville
Public Library, Genealogy Department
122
N. Ocean Street Jacksonville, FL 32202 (904) 630-2665
Hours:
Mon - Thur 9am-8pm; Fri - Sat 9am-6pm; Sun * 1pm-6pm * except
April 20, May 11 & 25, August 31.
Jacksonville
Public Library's Genealogy Collection, located on the
first floor of the Main Library, houses genealogy materials relating to
the Southeastern United States, with particular emphasis on
Jacksonville and Duval County, including census rolls, family histories
and other resources. Includes reference materials for the original
thirteen colonies.
Miami-Dade
Public
Library, Special Collections
101
W. Flagler Street, Miami Florida 33130 (305) 375-5580 Library
Hours: Mon Sat 9:00 - 6:00 pm Thur 9:00 am-9:00 pm Suns 1:00
pm-5:00 pm (October-May only)
A
complete collection of the U.S. Census for all states and for all
available years is housed in this extensive reference department. Other
important
microfilm holdings include the U.S. City Directories covering major
cities
from 1860 through 1935, & immigration lists. The book
collection
emphasizes
the Eastern and Atlantic States.
The
Polk Co. Historical & Genealogical Library
Historic
Courthouse - 100 East Main Street, Bartow, FL 3830 Telephone:
(863) 534-4380, Hours: 9:00 am -5:00 pm Tue-Sat
Article
on the Library
Library
contains 12,800 books, manuscripts and typescripts and over
7000 microfilm on southeastern states. Complete census is available for
most
of the southern states from the earliest start date to 1930. They have
over
1500 compiled family histories and a large collection of Civil War
publications. This library has three floors of space and is housed in
the old Polk County Courthouse where the Polk County historical museum
is also located.
St.
Augustine
Historical Library
6
Artillery Lane, St. Augustine, FL 32084 (904) 825-2333, Email:
sahs@aug.com Hours: 9:00 am-4:30 pm, Tues-Fri.
The
Research Library of the St. Augustine Historical Society. A major
source for St. Augustine and Florida history, it contains more than
8,500 books, documents, manuscripts, and historical papers available
for research.
State
Library of
Florida (See
Florida State
Archives above)
The
Florida Collection, housed in the Dorothy Dodd Room, is one
of the most comprehensive collections of Floridiana. It includes
materials
covering all aspects of Florida's past, present and future. Books,
manuscripts,
maps, memorabilia and periodicals are just some of the 60,000 items to
be
found in the collection.
Tampa-Hillsborough
County-John F. Germany Public Library
Genealogy
Department, 900 North Ashley Drive, Tampa, FL 33602-3788
(813) 273-3652 -
<http://www.hcplc.org/hcplc/liblocales/jfg/H&G/genealogy.html>.
With
a geographic emphasis on Florida, the southeast region, original
thirteen colonies and all other states bordering on the Mississippi
River, the collection includes numerous magazines and journals as well
as extensive Federal census and Soundex holdings. It also covers a wide
range of topics including how-to guides, county and local histories and
indexes of records such as marriage, death, cemetery, probate,
military, pension and passenger arrival.
The
Thomas B. Mack Florida Citrus Archives
Florida
Southern College Citrus Archives, 111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive,
Lakeland, FL 33801-5698, (863) 680-4583.
On
1 July 2001, the State of Florida declared this collection to be the
official archives of the Florida citrus industry. The purpose of the
Thomas B Mack FL Citrus Archives is to gather, collect, procure, accept
and properly prepare for storage, historical data, writings and
publications, printed materials,
books and periodicals, pictures and photographs, maps, and various
other
manner of citrus memorabilia of significance.
University
of Florida,
Smathers Libraries
P.
O. Box 117007, Gainesville, FL 32611-7001 (352) 392-9075, ext. 306
Library
hours are too extensive to print here, but can be found at
their web site. They have a very unusual collection of British
documents including “parish registers.” They have
many
volumes of the state archive series for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and
Maryland. Also, allow some time for their
Special and Area Studies Collections. The P.K. Younge Florida history
collection
is one of the best in Florida.
This page updated by Fran Smith 13 September, 2008
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