Also might check the Special Collections Department at the University of South Florida, Tampa campus. They have a lot of records for Ybor city clubs, etc. The website for USF has a link to Special Collections, and you can view the index of their holdings, and some of the photographs on file of members of the Cuban club, etc. Joyce MICHAEL MARTINEZ wrote: > Regarding factory records: > > The only place that I know of that might....and I mean might....at least > know where to go would be the Tampa History center in downtown Tampa. > > Well, I guess I can think of two. There is an Ybor City museum that might > also. > > Kathy in FL mamkmm2@prodigy.net > > > I have recently learned that my gggrandfather, Jose PEREZ LLORENT, was one > > of the first "tabaqueros" (tobacco workers?) at the Fabrica de Martinez y > > Ybor on 9th Ave and 14th St. Does anyone on the list know if there is > > someplace in Tampa that might have old cigar factory records, specifically > > of employess? > > > > Thanks, > > Loretta > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp