Sue Ann, It appears that your man was James Ernest Calkins, who died in January of 1963 in Dade County at age 82. His death certificate is filed w/the state in Volume #2425 as certificate #1504. His obituary appeared in the Florida Times-Union of 28 January 1963, p 18, col 8. I have a hard copy on the way as I write this. If you'll give me your snail-mail address, I'll send it as soon as it arrives early next week. I would also suggest that you ask Miami-Dade for their local obituary notice(s). There could be several, given his importance, and he probably died on or after 25 January. His entry in a political directory states that he served from Nassau County in the FL House of Reps in the biennial sessions of 1907 and -09. He was in the Senate representing the 16th District in 1911 and -13, was president pro tem in 1915, was senate president in 1917 and continued to serve in the sessions of 1919, -21, -23, and -25. Hard copy of that is on the way, too. Hope this helps. --Brian *************************************************** Sue Ann Sanders wrote: > > Gee whiz Brian, you are just a wealth of knowledge. > > Boy, could I put the microfiche of the Florida Death Index to work! So > many of my relatives are from there. Some born there, some died there, > some both. > > I live in Wisconsin, so going to a FL library isn't really possible > except when I'm visiting the state. In July of this year, I plan on doing > a genie trip with my mother that will be in the Gainesville and Jax area. > I don't think we'll be any further south (on the east coast) than St. > Augustine. > > I don't suppose you would have an email address for Glen Emery or Anne > Josberger McFadden? > > Sue Ann > > >Sue Ann, you are more than welcome. > > > >The Haydon Burns Library in Jacksonville has typescript obituary indexes > >to local papers (FT-U and Journal), which should tell you quickly > >whether he died in Nassau or Duval. As a prominent person, he may be > >indexed even if he died elsewhere. Mr. Glen Emery is now in charge of > >the Florida Collection. Nice guy--Query him! > > > >Anne Josberger McFadden has done a great deal on transcribing Dade > >County obits. Contact the M-D library genie collection. Renee and > >company there will either have Ms. McFadden's work or can put you in > >touch with her. > > > >The genie collection at Haydon Burns also has the microfiche Florida > >Death Index, which should solve your problem statewide. Sorry, I'm > >obviously getting senile--should have suggested that first off! If you > >can't get to Haydon Burns, I'll be glad to check it here in Palatka. We > >have it, too. > > > >Regards, > > > >--Brian Michaels > >******************************************************* > > > >Sue Ann Sanders wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for all the info Brian. Sounds like you know of a ton of books and > >> other resources - many I've never heard of. Hopefully these will be > >> available in either the UF library or the Hadon Burns in Jax. > >> > >> I did a search on the law firm in Miami and came up empty. I don't have a > >> specific death date so that makes it harder to find an obit. Plus, I'm > >> just guessing he died in Dade Co, but I don't know for sure. It could've > >> been Duval or Nassau. > >> ---------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Ann Sanders Duval Co, FL GenWeb Coordinator > sasanders@wisc-dtp.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~flduval > Rootsweb Sponsor SANDERS, PHILLIPS, COPELAND, WALL > --------------------------------------------------------------

Looking for Wherrit/ Wheriot/ Whiriat LEWIS Born - 1772 (where?) Died - 1836 Buried - Wilcox County, Alabama Appeared in Baldwin County, Georgia, in 1813. . Signed voucher, dated 1814, for service in the War of 1812. Found in 1825, in the Territorial Papers of Florida, on the land of Eli Scurlock in the Holmes Valley, Jackson County, Florida. Appeared on the 1830 census. Jackson County, Territory of Florida Married Ann EDWARDS in 1834, in Leon County, Territory of Florida; Buried on Oak Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama, in 1836, in the Jenkins' graveyard. Were Paul Hamilton Lewis, William Fishburn Lewis and James J. Lewis his sons? Other children? Parents? Other wives? Any information, no matter how small, would be gratefully accepted. simsmoody@aol.com

Cheryl, Here's an overview clipped from the home page of THE FLORIDA NEWSPAPER PROJECT, which is based at UF's P.K. Yonge Library. Hope it helps. --Brian Michaels, Palatka "Some of the Major Newspaper Collections in Florida "The P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History at the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, holds the largest collection of newspapers in the state. A collection and preservation effort begun in 1944 called for acquisition of at least one newspaper from each of Florida's 67 counties on an ongoing basis. The library began to produce in-house microfilm copies of its Florida newspapers in 1947 and films 64 current Florida newspapers on a regular basis today. Additional microfilm of current and back runs is purchased from commercial microform publishers, and retrospective microfilming is undertaken in-house whenever possible. Nevertheless, almost no cataloging had been done prior to the first implementation phase of the Florida Newspaper Project, 1995-1997. "Other major collections in the northern and western parts of the state are at the State Library in Tallahassee, reporting 454 titles; the Robert Manning Strozier Library at Florida State University in Tallahassee, reporting 286 titles; and the John C. Pace Library at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, reporting 293 titles. These collections largely overlap and complement holdings at the University of Florida. "Two major collections in the southern part of the state are at the University of Miami's Otto G. Richter Library, a reported 324 titles; and the University of South Florida's Tampa Campus Library, reporting 112 titles. Most of the unique titles at the University of Miami constitute its Cuban Exile Collection. The collection covers a broad range of special interests within the Cuban community, but runs tend to be relatively recent, short, and scattered. "Other newspaper collections of note in Florida are held by Miami-Dade Public Libraries, reporting 71 titles; the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society, reporting 88 titles; the Florida Historical Society in Tampa, reporting 58 titles; Hillsborough County Public Library in Tampa, reporting 59 titles; Orange County Library in Orlando, reporting 62 titles; Orange County Museum in Orlando, reporting 46 titles; St. Augustine Historical Society, reporting 46 titles. "Of the more than 2,000 titles listed on the survey database, nearly half are held by the University of Florida." You'll find the site at <caroline.eastlib.ufl.edu./flnews/>. Good luck. --Brian ************************************************************** Casivers@aol.com wrote: > > Does anyone know where microfilm copies exist of the following newspapers that > were published in the 1880's and 1890's in Key West? They are: > > The Democrat -1880 > The Equator-El Equator (English and Spanish Paper) - 1887 > Equator (joined with the democrat in 1888) > > If anyone knows of any microfilm copies outside of Key West, please let me > know. > > Thanks, > > Cheryl Sanchez-Sivers

I find the best place to look for old newspapers of Florida is in the University of Florida collection. I don't think the lend the films, but you know where they are if you go that way. I do this on the internet through http://www.fcla.edu , next I select: "UF", then I search using the Basic Search "SUBJECT - Key West", then selecting NEWSPAPERS and finally surfing through the titles and holdings. I found that a lot of newspapers were published in Key West and I am reminded that it was a major port in Florida. From what I found I know that in the Library West, Microfilm Collection there are the following: TITLE: Key West dispatch; Key West, Fla. : H.A. Crane; Began in 1867; ceased in 1880? LIBRARY HAS: 1872: July 13 (film 2D), 1873: Jan.4 (film 2D), 1879: Feb.22 Mar.22, 1880: Mar.6 (film 2D) TITLE: Island City news;Key West, Fla. : Jefferson B. Browne LIBRARY HAS: 1882: Mar.16,23; Apr.20 TITLE: The evening call; Key-West, Fla. : Began May 16, 1887; ceased in 1888? LIBRARY HAS: 1887: Nov.7 TITLE: The Daily Key; Key-West, Fla. : Bryson & Jenks Began Jan. 1, 1888? LIBRARY HAS: 1888: Jan.13dhld 2 TITLE: Key West Democrat; Key West, Fla. : C.B. Pendleton; Began in 1880. LIBRARY HAS: 1880: Nov.1,17, 1881: June 8, 1882: Apr.29, 1883: Aug.18; Sept 1-15, 1886: Mar.20 (film 3B/12), 1887?: Jan.15 TITLE: The Daily equator-Democrat; Key West, Fla. : Equator Pub. Co. LIBRARY HAS: 1889: Mar.26; Apr.10 (film 2H/3), 1889: Mar.(trade ed.); Apr.24-29; June 5-12, 1890: June 6 (film 2H/3) TITLE: The Key of the Gulf; Key West, Fla.; Key West, Fla.: H.A. Crane; Began in 1874; ceased in 1887. LIBRARY HAS: 1876: Jan.8; July 1,8(film 2D/17) 1877: May 26 (film 2H-2), 1878: Oct.26, 1880: Apr.17; May 8; Nov.27, 1881: May 7, 1882: Apr.29 (film 4E/21), 1882: Oct.14; Nov.4-11, 1887: Aug.6, TITLE: El Yara; Key West, Fla. : J.D.P. Estenoz; Began in 1878. LIBRARY HAS: 1889: Mayo 25 (film 5E-2) Obviously the collections are not continuous. And I only chose newspapers near the period you were looking, there are many more newspapers published in Key West. And I cut and snipped to keep this correspondence short. My grandfather came to Key West as a boy of about 16 to work in the Cigar Factories there. He with family move to Tampa. My father told me that in the factories there were readers hired by the workers to read the newspapers aloud while they worked. The readers also read novelettes and other short works. Tom Santa Cruz Cheryl Sanchez-Sivers (Casivers@aol.com) wrote: > Does anyone know where microfilm copies exist of the following newspapers that > were published in the 1880's and 1890's in Key West? They are: > > The Democrat -1880 > The Equator-El Equator (English and Spanish Paper) - 1887 > Equator (joined with the democrat in 1888) > > If anyone knows of any microfilm copies outside of Key West, please let me > know.

Sue Ann, it is likely that the contemporaneous editions of the Martindale-Hubbell directories of lawyers and law firms would give you more specific dates, education, etc. They can be found in large libraries, law libraries, old established law firms, and elsewhere. The Florida State Archives, the offices of the Florida Senate, the Florida Bar, the American Bar Association, and the biographical files of the Florida Room of the State Library of Florida might also be helpful sources for you. Might check for obits with the Miami-Dade public library's genealogy/Florida room, too, along with Ann Josberger McFadden and/or her works down there. Does the firm of Loften, Stokes still exist? They might help. Or someone in Miami might know the whereabouts of their files/records. There is also a volume called Who Was Who in Florida. Not a great work, but it may--if he was listed--give you dates. You might also check the "mug book" sections of some of the multivolume histories of Florida in the first half of this century. He'd have been in his thirties or forties when some of them came out. Hope this helps. Good luck! Brian Michaels (Palatka) ************************************************ Sue Ann Sanders wrote: > > Looking for info on James E. CALKINS. b. abt 1878 - d. abt 1963 > > Served in Florida Legislature for 20 years while practicing law in > Fernandina. Became President of the Senate, after which he became a > member of the law firm Loften, Stokes & Calkins in Miami, one of the > largest law firms in the state, representing many prominent people, two > of which were Carl Fisher (the developer of Miami Beach), and Ringling > Brothers Circus. > > Please let me know if you know where I can find more info on him. > > Sue Ann > sorry for the cross-posting. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Ann Sanders Duval Co, FL GenWeb Coordinator > sasanders@wisc-dtp.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~flduval > Rootsweb Sponsor SANDERS, PHILLIPS, COPELAND, WALL > --------------------------------------------------------------

Houston Co AL Cemeteries......we have finished the typing and internet pages of Houston Co AL Cemeteries. This project was done in the 1950's. We have put it on the internet for use of all persons doing research in Houston Co AL. If anyone has a new survey of the cemeteries please send and we will put on the internet also as a seperate page. <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/bettymaes/houston/main.html"> http://members.aol.com/bettymaes/houston/main.html</A> Thanks to the Jackson Co FL group of volunteers. Betty

Looking for info on James E. CALKINS. b. abt 1878 - d. abt 1963 Served in Florida Legislature for 20 years while practicing law in Fernandina. Became President of the Senate, after which he became a member of the law firm Loften, Stokes & Calkins in Miami, one of the largest law firms in the state, representing many prominent people, two of which were Carl Fisher (the developer of Miami Beach), and Ringling Brothers Circus. Please let me know if you know where I can find more info on him. Sue Ann sorry for the cross-posting. -------------------------------------------------------------- Sue Ann Sanders Duval Co, FL GenWeb Coordinator sasanders@wisc-dtp.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~flduval Rootsweb Sponsor SANDERS, PHILLIPS, COPELAND, WALL --------------------------------------------------------------

One possibility is that the land was obtained through provisions of the Armed Occupation Act of 1842; perhaps the family had already found and built on a spot they liked and were able to acquire it then. There were also some early Spanish land grants, large and small. Some of these were used to entice early settlers into the territory of Florida. Have you already looked at the Bureau of Land Management records for Florida? Kathleen Marsh kmarsh@innet.com -----Original Message----- From: Richard & Deborah Callicott <Callicott@pobox.com> To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com <FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 26, 1999 8:45 AM Subject: Land Patents and other ownership can not find a US land patent ever being issued on the property. (cash sale or homestead).. Were there other ways to obtain property here in FL? The land had been lived on by the family since the 1830's.

My daughters password was stolen while we were on vacation this pass week and they used her name to spam a lot of junk mail. If anyone received any of this mail please just delete it as AOL has taken care of the problem. Thanks Betty

Is there anyone on this list who lives in Broward County? I'm looking for an obit from Dura Anderson DICKEY who died in 1938 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Dania. Does anyone know the name of the newspaper that would have been published in 1938. I know that the obits in Fort Wayne are indexed and it isn't hard to find a person but I don't know if that would be the case there. Thank you. Patricia (Pat) in Fort Wayne

>I did check there, but the obit was not very imformative. The person ( >James Laurie Mock) >was from Fernandina, and I thought maybe the local paper there would have a >more informative >obit. I am not familar with the paper there in Fernandina if there is one. Can't help you there. I don't live in that area. Maybe you could get the obit from the jax times if you emailed them. I doubt that Fernandina would have a newspaper with obits. They are part of the greater Jax area. They may have a local newspaper (don't know) but would probably be news on limited basis for Fernandina, doubt that it would be a daily. Anne Futch

While I don't like to throw cold water, and don't doubt the veracity of the story about the soldier finding his son on the battlefield, I'm afraid the "Taps" part of the story is apocryphal. "Taps" was written by Union Brigadier General Dan Butterfield, Joe Hooker's Chief of Staff. He wrote the tune to be used in place of "Lights Out". It caught on due to its haunting melody. This story is nicely told by Bruce Catton in Glory Road. I guess it is possible that the dead boy had heard the tune and written it down, though. Paul M. Hendricks

Does anyone know where microfilm copies exist of the following newspapers that were published in the 1880's and 1890's in Key West? They are: The Democrat -1880 The Equator-El Equator (English and Spanish Paper) - 1887 Equator (joined with the democrat in 1888) If anyone knows of any microfilm copies outside of Key West, please let me know. Thanks, Cheryl Sanchez-Sivers

I am forwarding this from another list since it is so interesting...... ---------- > Subject: CIVIL WAR STORY -- TAPS > Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 1:07 PM > > I'm passing on this interesting story for all rooters who have ancestors > who were involved in the Civil War. > > Taps > It all began in 1862 during the Civil War, when Union Army Captain > Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison's Landing in Virginia. > The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip of land. > During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moan of a soldier who > lay mortally wounded on the field. Not knowing if it was a Union or > Confederate soldier, the captain decided to risk his life and bring the > stricken > man back for medical attention. Crawling on his stomach through the gunfire, > the > captain reached the stricken soldier and began pulling him toward his > encampment. > > When the captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered it was > actually a Confederate soldier, but the soldier was dead. The captain > lit a lantern. Suddenly, he caught his breath and went numb with shock. > In the dim light, he saw the face of the soldier. It was his son. The > boy had been studying music in the South when the war broke out. Without > telling his father, he enlisted in the Confederate Army. > > The following morning, heartbroken, the father asked permission of his > superiors to give his son a full military burial despite his enemy > status. His request was partially granted. The captain had asked if he could > have a group of Army band members play a funeral dirge for the son at the > funeral. That request was turned down since the soldier was a Confederate. > Out of respect for > the father, they did say they could give him only one musician. The captain > chose a bugler. He asked the bugler to play a series of musical noteshe had > found on a piece of paper in the pocket of his dead son's uniform. This wish > was granted. This music was the haunting melody we now know as "Taps" that is > used at all military funerals. > > In case you are interested, these are the words to "TAPS": > Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lakes, From the hills, From the sky. > All is well. Safely rest. God is nigh. > > Esther Snively, proud sponsor of Roots Web > >

Sharon, The following obit is from JACKSONVILLE.COM's Florida Times-Union online obituaries. Unless I missed one, this is the only Fernandina-related obit, though you didn't say whom you were seeking. Hope it helps.... MOCK - Funeral services for James Laurie Mock, 82 of Fernandina Beach, will be held 11:00 A.M. Thursday, March 25, 1999 at Calvary Baptist Church on Bailey Road in Fernandina Beach, with Rev. Matthew Tauschert, Pastor, officiating. Interment will follow at Bosque-Bello Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 P.M. Wednesday (Today) at Oxley-Heard Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Calvary Baptist Church Bldg. Fund - P.O. Box 347 - Fernandina Beach, FL 32035. Oxley-Heard Funeral Directors. --Brian Michaels (Palatka, FL) ******************************************* afutch wrote: > > Sharon wrote: > > >Can anyone who lives in Fernandina please send me an obit from today's > >paper 24 March 1999? > >I will pay for the postage to send. Please contact me through my > >e-mail. > > Who are you looking for? > > In today's Jacksonville Times Union is a list of obituaries online. The > Times Union would be the major daily for the Fernandina area. > > http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/obituaries/ > > Anne Futch

I am asking for any help in finding my mother. I am attaching my sisters' web site that contains a picture. She was last heard from in 1969 at Chicago, Ill. She would be 82 now. She is 5'2, 130 pounds, gray hair, hazel green eyes and goes by the name of Frances Kay Martin Lucas. Any help would be appreciated. thank, kathy lucas thompson Kjt54@aol.com <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/smartmcs/family/index.htm">Smartmcs's Family Search</A>

Sharon wrote: >Can anyone who lives in Fernandina please send me an obit from today's >paper 24 March 1999? >I will pay for the postage to send. Please contact me through my >e-mail. Who are you looking for? In today's Jacksonville Times Union is a list of obituaries online. The Times Union would be the major daily for the Fernandina area. http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/obituaries/ Anne Futch

Can anyone who lives in Fernandina please send me an obit from today's paper 24 March 1999? I will pay for the postage to send. Please contact me through my e-mail. Thanks, Sharon Broward Davis

Fernandina is in Nassau County now, as it was well before the Civil War. Richard White Tallahassee William Brown wrote: > > Three of my Page ancestors (brothers) enlisted at Madison, but a fourth > one, Ephraim left home very young and enlisted at Fernandina. What > county is or was Fernandina in during the 1860s? Thanks. Bill > willbees@mediaone.net

Three of my Page ancestors (brothers) enlisted at Madison, but a fourth one, Ephraim left home very young and enlisted at Fernandina. What county is or was Fernandina in during the 1860s? Thanks. Bill willbees@mediaone.net