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Facility
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Contact
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Misc.
Information
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Desoto Co.
Historical Society |
P. O. Box
1824
Arcadia, FL
34265
(863)993-4876
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Mitzie McGavic
2009
president |
Desoto
County Courthouse
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mail
P.O. Box 591 Arcadia, FL 33821
location
115 E Oak Street
(863)
993-4876
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The Clerk
of Courts Office
contains thousands of original documents dating from the late 1880s. $1.00
per photo copy
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Desoto
County
Clerk
of Courts Office
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mail
P.O. Box 591 Arcadia, FL 33821
location
115 E Oak Street
(863)
993-4876
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The Clerk
of Courts Office
online database contains records from 1974 to the present. Ordering
options
for documents are available
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Desoto
County Library
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125
N. Hillsborough Ave.
Arcadia,
FL 34266
phone
(863) 993-4851
fax (863)
993-4809
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They
don't have much to
offer as far as genealogy books but do have old newspapers on microfilm
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Church
of the Latter
Day Saints - Family History Center
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1760
E. Gibson St. Arcadia, FL 33821
(863)
993-0996
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The
FHC is located in the rear of the church in a mobile unit.
Open:
Mon & Wed 1-4 PM
Fri 5-9
PM
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Ponger,
Kays, Grady
Funeral Home
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50 N
Hillsboro Ave Arcadia,
FL 33821
(863)
494-4101
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Robarts
Family Funeral
Home
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163 N
Brevard Ave Arcadia,
FL 33821
(863)
494-7646
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Desoto
County Chamber
of Commerce
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16
S. Volusia Ave. Arcadia, FL 33821
(863)
494-4033
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The
commerce building is
located across the street from the courthouse in the historic McSwain
house
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Desoto
County Dept of
Health
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34 S
Baldwin Ave Arcadia,
FL 33821
(863)
993-4601
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Manatee
County Historical Records Library
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mailing
P.O. Box 1000 Bradenton, FL 34206
location
1405 4th Ave W, Downtown Bradenton, FL
(941)
741-4070
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This
library holds the
original records of the old county seat located in Pine Level, FL.
$1.00
per photo copy
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Manatee
County
(Bradenton) Central Library
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1301
Barcarrota Blvd. Bradenton, FL
(941)
748-5555
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An
excellent genealogy
section located upstairs in the library
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Florida
Baptist
Childrens Homes
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1015
Sikes Blvd. Lakeland, FL
(863)
687-8811
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The state
office is located
in Lakeland, Polk Co, FL
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