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 > --------------------------------------------------------------