Dean! Just today I've discovered that there's a "Who's Who" of Florida history and genealogy out there silently observing the list: you, Pam Hall, Leslie Maddocks, and who knows who else? You can all blame Leslie for all of this stuff I've been posting. I'd never really thought about joining the Florida list, since I have no Florida ancestors before my father, but Leslie said I ought to hook on, and the rest, as we say, is [genealogy?]. To you listers who may not know Dean, let me recommend him to you as a very knowledgeable and helpful individual. If he were old enough, I'd call him the grand old man of West Florida history and genealogy. Unfortunately, he's younger than I am, so that won't work. But it's always good to hear from him or of him. When he speaks (often hilariously after dinner) the wise among us listen carefully. Allbest, --Brian ************************************************************ Dean DeBolt wrote: > > I'd like to remind the list that the Special Collections and West > Florida Archives department of the John C. Pace Library, University > of West Florida, Pensacola, houses extensive holdings of > newspapers for the panhandle region. Some of these are unique, > some are on microfilm, some duplicate holdings at Gainesville > and elsewhere, and sometimes other Florida repositories have > papers where we have gaps. > > Our staff (myself, and Katrina King) are always willing to do lookups > of obituaries and other articles, make copies and mail them, or > send information via the internet.....depending, of course, on the > nature of the request. I realize the Williams death in 1928 would > be impossible to search in the newspaper but we also have quite > a few cemetery listings and other items that we sometimes check > to see if we can narrow down to a specific time period. > > I thank Brian for the information on the 1935 census and we may > try to go ahead and order that. Like most libraries, we often > microfilm newspapers to preserve the information before the > paper totally disintegrates, but copyright law prevents us from > selling microfilm copies. So research has to be done here, or > we will try to look things up. > > Dean > > Dean DeBolt, University Librarian > Special Collections and West Florida Archives > University of West Florida Library > 11000 University Parkway > Pensacola, FL 32514-5750 > Tele: 850-474-2213. Fax: 850-474-3338. > E-mail: ddebolt@uwf.edu