Preserving Florida’s History
Researchers at USF St. Petersburg are working to digitize a treasure trove of Spanish documents that shed light on Florida’s past in St. Augustine.
Exciting news -- the new professor at USF Saint Petersburg, J Michael Francis, has students digging into the original Spanish archives.
Wonder if we can locate more records on Francisco? Was there ever a marriage between him and Beatriz de Piedra? Can we find earlier family records?
Soon they will be online. Check out the story in the USF magazine:
http://www.magazine.usf.edu/2013/spring/features/preserving-floridas-history.aspx
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I saw a similar announcement on MSN news, http://news.msn.com/pop-culture/americas-oldest-documents-from-1500s-florida-getting-digital-archive#tscptme
I hope Professor J. Michael Francis is as good as it sounds.
As for Beatrice Stone (aka, Beatriz de Predia) you best look through the English records.)
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