Another thought. The Tampa Library keeps Hillsborough and Pinellas county newspapers on microfilm. This is a great source for obit copies. I believe (?) that obits were indexed or there was a search feature. One obit I pulled up, while doing some volunteer research, listed some distant relatives of the deceased who resided in Tampa. As it turned out, the grave I was searching for at GoM was in the name of one of those family members. Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: <Womanola@aol.com> To: <FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 7:59 AM Subject: [FLHILLSB-L] Researching in Hillsborough County... > Hello, > I'm planning a short trip from NC to Tampa to do some research on my Ybor > City roots. I only have 2 days there; Thursday March 23 and Friday March 24. > I'm hoping to find birth, death, marriage and immigration records. I have > family buried at L'Union Italia cemetary and at Garden of Memories. I don't > know my way around downtown Tampa very well, but a cousin of mine is willing > to drive me around one of those days. Can anyone suggest a starting point? I > found some interesting information on Ybor City's Sicilian heritage online at > the USF Special Collections library. Where is USF? Tampa? I'm going to do a > little groundwork here in Raleigh at our archives as far as census records > go... any information to help me plan my trip wisely would be greatly > appreciated! > Kindest Regards, > Amber Parker > > Surnames: ROMANO, BRUNO, TRIPOLINO, RESTIVO, VETZEL, SAUNDERS, MCKENDREE, > GASKINS > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >