Pensacola Florida FamilySearch Center

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Center Contacts and Hours
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9490 Fox Run Road;  Pensacola, Florida 32514


 * 1) The entrance to the center is on the north side of the Fox Run Stake Centre building, the side nearest 9 Mile road. The doors are locked and there is a bell to ring for admittance.

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Phone: (850) 969-1254

E-mail: [mailto:FL_Pensacola@ldsmail.net FL_Pensacola@ldsmail.net]

Open Hours:  Tues. 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM;

Weds. 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Thurs. 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Holiday Schedule: We are closed on all national holidays. Additionally are closed Thanksgiving week, 21-25 Nov 2011 and for the Christmas holidays, 19 Dec 2011 thru 1 Jan 2012. In the event of hazardous weather we may be closed.

Collections

 * Family History Library Catalog:


 * LDS Southern States Missions: Alabama &amp; Florida Membership records, 1888-1943, Film # 1880; South Florida District, 1938-1943; Film # 1910, West Florida, 1907-1951, Film # 1825 Olive &amp; Pensacola Branches Film # 1909


 * Florida Combined Death Index, 1877 - 1969 Fiche # 6081769 - 6081817 Calfornia Death Indexes. 1940 - 1983 Fiche # 6332560-64 Cook County, IL Birth &amp; Death Indexes 1871 - 1916 Fiche # 6016532 - 33 South Carolina Death Certificate Index, 1915 -1944 Fiche # 6334926 - 28 Wisconsin Birth &amp; Death Indexes 1850 - 1907 Fiche # 6331472-73


 * Leonardo Andreas Collection. (54+ reels of microfilm) Andreas was a professional genealogist in Columbia, SC during the 1950s. Collection consists of folders of genealogical correspondence between researcher and patron. Primarily Southeastern families. Index fiche # 6019560 Film # 954247 - ???


 * South Carolina- Name Index to Genealogical Records Collected by the DAR Fiche #6052835 Many of the source films available at the Center.


 * The Bowman Files. Records of George Bowman, founder and president of the Massachusetts Mayflower Society. (221 microfiche) # 6331448 - 6331471


 * Large microfiche collection on indefinite loan for FHL which covers the U.S as well as International subjects.


 * Old Parochial Registers of Scotland. These indexes cover births and marriages in the Old Parochial Registers of the Established Church of Scotland (Presbyterian). They cover approximately three hundred years prior to 1855. Fiche # 6025611 – 6025739

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Hardware and Equipment

 * Our Center has five patron computers, three microfilm readers, 2 microfiche readers and a microfilm/fiche copier.

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Resources in the Local Area

West Florida Genealogy Library The West Florida Genealogy Library is located at 5740 N. 9th Avenue, near Pensacola State College. The non-circulating library houses a collection of local history and genealogical resources including holdings owned by the West Florida Genealogical Society. Library staff and WFGS volunteers are available to assist with your information searches.

Specific inquiries regarding obituaries or other local information may be requested via email or by phone at (850)494-7373 or 7375. The fee for out of town residents is $3.00 for each item requested. Please contact them before mailing requests. Escambia County residents are encouraged to visit the library for assistance.

Pensacola Historical Resource Center &amp; Library 110 E. Church St.. Pensacola, FL 32502 (850) 595-5840 Tuesday – Friday Hours: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM The Pensacola Historical Society's Resource Center houses their collections and research library, and is accessible to Society members free of charge, and to the general public for a nominal fee. The Resource Center is currently located in the Beacon Building (which the Society has renamed the Norman Simons Building) at 110 Church Street.

Escambia County Clerk of Circuit Court 221 Palafox Street Pensacola, FL 32502 850) 595-3930 Official Records Archives Records Center 120 East Blount Street Pensacola, FL 32501 (850) 595-4146

The John C. Pace Library at the University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514

University Archives and West Florida History Center http://libguides.uwf.edu/universityarchives The Special Collections maintains the Panton, Leslie Papers (1783–1821) a significant block of material on British and Spanish West Florida trade with Native Americans. In addition, the collections’ focus is on the history and development of Pensacola and the West Florida region (ten counties of the Florida Panhandle, between the Perdido and Apalachicola rivers) from earliest settlement to the present time. It is the largest West Florida research collection in existence and a major repository dealing with Florida and the Gulf Coast region.

Santa Rosa County Archives 6444 Open Rose Drive, Milton, FL 32570 Phone: 850-626-0113 Hours: 8:00 - 4:30 Monday - Friday This facility has probate records from 1869, Tax records for 1872 - 1907 &amp; some delayed birth certificates (bible records may be included).

Milton Public Library 5541 Alabama Street, Milton, Florida 32570 (850) 623-5565 Monday-Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

This library has a growing genealogical section. ===

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Links
West Florida Genealogical Society, Inc. (WFGS)

Escambia County Florida Cemeteries

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