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== Adoption Records == | == Adoption Records == | ||
Adoption records are confidential. Medical background on the birth family is given to the adoptive faily at adoption. It can be obtained by the adoptee at age eighteen from the Family and Children Services Program, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Servies. | Adoption records are confidential. Medical background on the birth family is given to the adoptive faily at adoption. It can be obtained by the adoptee at age eighteen from the Family and Children Services Program, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Servies. | ||
= Marriage Records = | = Marriage Records = | ||
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An explanation of the history and availability of vital records is in ''Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in Florida'' (Jacksonville, Florida: Florida Historical Records Survey, 1941; Family History Library book 975.9 A5h; microfilm 1036590 item 3; microfiche 6019962). | An explanation of the history and availability of vital records is in ''Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in Florida'' (Jacksonville, Florida: Florida Historical Records Survey, 1941; Family History Library book 975.9 A5h; microfilm 1036590 item 3; microfiche 6019962). | ||
= Lost, Missing or Fragmented Records = | |||
When there is record loss usually there is an attempt to reconstruct some of the records; land records are reconstructed to establish clear or legal title, and for tax purposes. | |||
'''Counties with record loss:''' | |||
Santa Rosa (1869) and Wakulla (1896) | |||
= Substitute Records = | = Substitute Records = | ||