Mandarin Community Information & Resources including links to Jacksonville government offices, Jacksonville Libraries, Jacksonville historical societies and Jacksonville genealogical societies.
Duval County Courthouse 330 East Bay Street Jacksonville, FL. 32202-2909 Phone (904) 633-2572, (904) 630-2028 County organized in 1822 from St Johns County
Duval County Health Department County Birth/Death Certificates (see below for state-wide) 515 W. 6th Street Jacksonville, FL 32206 904.630.3330
LDS Family History Center 7665 Ft. Caroline Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32211 904-743-0527 Hours: Tues-Thurs: 10 a.m. -2 p.m. Tues & Thurs: 7 -9 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
The Jacksonville Historical Society Jacksonville University, University Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 904-744-3950 x7271 Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Collection specialties: Photographs of Jacksonville; biographical data for prominent Jacksonville individuals.
Jacksonville Maritime Museum Society, Inc. 1015 Museum Cir. Jacksonville, FL 904-398-9011 Hours: Mon, Wed-Fri 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun: 1 p.m.-5p.m. Collection specialties: Model Ships, paintings, photos and artifacts relating to local maritime history since 1842.
Mandarin Museum and Historical Society 12471 Mandarin Rd., Jacksonville, FL 904-260-9983 Hours: First and Third Sunday; 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Collection specialties: Renovated 1920 store and Post Office and temporary museum for town of Mandarin, FL
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum 101 W 1st St., Jacksonville, FL 904-356-2992 Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Collection specialties: Historical manuscripts concerning literature, science, music and politics. Email address: KMuseumJAX@aol.com
Museum of Southern History 4304 Herschel Street, Jacksonville, FL 904-388-3574 Hours: Tues-Sat: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Collection specialties: 3000-volume research library; records; genealogies of southern families and artifacts.
Southern Geneologist's Exchange Society (SGES), located at 6215 Sauterne Drive, in Jacksonville. Their phone number is 904-778-1000 and they are open Tuesday, Wedesdays, and Thursdays, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and Saturdays from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. Their mailing address is: PO Box 2801, Jacksonville, FL 32203-2801.
Amelia Island Genealogy Society The AIGS meets at 7 PM every third Tuesday in the Galleon Room at the Amelia Island Museum of History, 223 South Third Street in Fernandina.
The Florida State Genealogical Society, Inc., founded in 1977, promotes the study and research of genealogy and local history. We publish THE FLORIDA GENEALOGIST, a quarterly journal with a variety of articles on Florida families and research, and FLORIDA LINES, a newsletter featuring Society news and general items of interest to our members. We hold an annual conference each year in a different Florida location. This year's conference will be 29-30 October in Sarasota. We present awards yearly for Outstanding Achievement in genealogy and history and specifically in Florida genealogy and history. We also conduct the Florida Pioneer Descendants program. For more information, contact Linda Kleback.
The Florida Historical Society is the oldest cultural organization in Florida. It is the only state-wide historical society. The Society publishes The Florida Historical Quarterly, the official historical journal of the state. It also publishes Journeys for the Junior Historian, a youth history magazine. The Society holds an annual meeting once a year. This year it is from April 29-May 1 at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Daytona Be ach. The topic is "Planters in Paradise: Florida's Plantation Economy."
The Tebeau-Field Library of Florida History is home to the Society's impressive collection of Floridiana, including more than 1200 maps of Florida, dating from 1591. For subscription and membership information, visit the website or send an e-mail to wynne@metrolink.net.
