Bobbye, yes, it's a rough one, but by no means impossible! By the way, there is a fairly new printed index to the 1885 Florida STATE census. Write a large FL library like JAX or Miami and ask them to xerox all Williams entries for you. Then do follow up with the Soundex index to 1900 (and the later ones), being sure to check for Fletcher and for Hannah, in case he was so inconsiderate as to die young. They are STATEWIDE indexes and you might pick up your folks, regardless of where they might have been residing. I'll subside, now. Again, good luck! --Brian ******************************************************************** BOBBYE wrote: > > I don't have any census areocrds or any thing from Fl. in my local > library. Guess I will have to rent them from Nara a little at a time > and look. Sure wish they weren't so hard to find. I have interviewed > every living Williams relative I have found and none of them know any > thing beyond William Norman Williams my gg grand father. The only info > on Flethcer was that he moved to Florida and his wife's name was > Hannah. Not much to start with. > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian E. Michaels <michaels_b@popmail.firn.edu> > To: BOBBYE <bobbye@microsped.com> > Cc: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com <FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 11:33 AM > Subject: Re: Williams Death records in Florida > > >Bobbye, I checked, but nothing good resulted, I regret to report. > > > >In the 1877-1916 there were 18 James Williamses, with no way to > >distinguish among them except date and place of death. Age and > >birthplace are not part of the index. > > > >There was no Fletcher at all in 1877-1916. There was one bl. male > >Fletcher Williams, d. DeSoto Co, 1922. > > > >There were 3 Hannahs, all black females in Jax., DeSoto County, and > >Jefferson Co--2 died in 1905, 1 in 1914. > > > >There were 34 Jameses in the 1917-22 alone, along with 80 Williamses > >w/no first name given. > > > >One Walter (bl. male) died Jax 1916; one Walter T. (wh. male) d > Escambia > >Co. d. 1916. > > > >My fears were realized; sorry. > > > >If I were you, I'd check the indexed US censuses for Florida in 1900, > >1910, and 1920--and the unindexed state census for 1935--to see if I > >couldn't come up with some y closer estimates and parameters. > > > >FYI: Florida began requiring death certificates after 1899, but > records > >before 1917 are really spotty and some people don't have records even > >into the 1930s. Marriage records date back to territorial days in the > >counties; central registration of marriages and annulments and > divorces > >began 6 June 1927. Prior to that, the records are found only in the > >several counties. > > > >Good luck! > > > >--Brian > >********************************************** > > > >BOBBYE wrote: > >> > >> Brian this is the best that I can do: > >> On the 1880 census in Sumter Col . Fletcher was 48 . I made a > mistake > >> on his date of birth. He would have been born @ 1832. So I am > guessing > >> he may have lived 20 to 25 years or more. That would be in the > early > >> 1900's for a death date. Hannah may have followed behind that. I > would > >> check up through 1910 to be safe. > >> Wilson C. was already 76 so he may have died before 1900. > >> > >> I would add about 50 years or so to the other boys to give a wide > >> margin on them. > >> I am sorry that I can't be more specific but it is really hard to > >> trace these people. > >> Maybe some of them could be found in some cemetery records. > >> I am not familiar with when Fl. started keeping marriage and death > >> records. > >> Thanks, > >> Bobbye > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Brian E. Michaels <michaels_b@popmail.firn.edu> > >> To: BOBBYE <bobbye@microsped.com> > >> Cc: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com <FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 1:36 PM > >> Subject: Re: Williams Death records in Florida > >> > >> >Bobbye, I'll be happy to check the index for you. Unfortunately, > >> though, > >> >I'll need some close estimates of death dates. The index is mostly > >> year > >> >by year and on microfiche. And since Williams is one of the top > ten > >> US > >> >surnames by frequency, there'll be bunches of each of them--more > than > >> >one might reasonably expect to be able to sort out. > >> > > >> >If you can give me some better parameters, I'll do my best. > >> > > >> >Good luck! > >> > > >> >--Brian Michaels (Palatka, FL) > >> >*************************************************************** > >> >BOBBYE wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Would some some please look on the Fl. death index for death > dates > >> of > >> >> : > >> >> Fletcher Williams born in Al. @ 1823 > >> >> Hannah Williams born @ in Ga. about 1839 > >> >> Wilson C. Williams born Ga. @1803-4 > >> >> > >> >> Fletcher Williams born Fl. @1870-71 > >> >> James Williams born Fl. @ 1876-77 > >> >> Walter william born Fl. @ 1870-71 > >> >> Any help greatly appreciated. I am a long way from Florida. > >> >> Bobbye > >> > > >