Florida Vital Records: Difference between revisions

[[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]] consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]] recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] has additional research guidance on researching and using vital records. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/florida.htm Florida State Department of Health] or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. See also [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=FL_BMDT3_Statewide_Indexes.ASP#Step Florida Statewide Indexes and Collections] at the Family History Library.  

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== Florida Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online  ==

The following is a list of online resources useful for locating Florida Vital Records which consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]]. Check [[Florida_Vital_Records|Florida Vital Records Online]] for more information about the resources listed below. Most online resources for Florida Vital Records are indexes. After locating a person in an index always consult the original record to [[Contradictions and discrepancies|confirm the information]] in the index. '''<br>'''

Statewide registration of births and deaths began in 1899 and was generally complied with by 1920. Some earlier city and county records have been deposited with the state office. They include incomplete records of births from 1865 to 1917 and incomplete records of deaths from 1877 to 1917.  

:Office of Vital Statistics<br>1217 Pearl Street<br>P.O. Box 210<br>Jacksonville, FL 32231-0042<br>Telephone: 904-359-6900 <br>Fax: 904-359-6931 <br>Internet: [http://www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/vital_statistics/index.html Florida Office of Vital Statistics]

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Statewide registration of marriages began in June 1927. The Family History Library has 471 microfiche of the ''Florida Combined Marriage Index'',''1927-1969''. <ref>Family History Library microfiche {{FHL|497719|title-id|disp=6081726-68}}. </ref>These records are in the Office of Vital Statistics.  

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An explanation of the history and availability of vital records is in ''Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in Florida''. <ref>Jacksonville, Florida: Florida Historical Records Survey, 1941; Family History Library book 975.9 A5h; microfilm 1036590 item 3; microfiche 6019962. </ref>

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== References  ==

[[Category:Florida|Vital]] [[Category:Record_Types_of_the_United_States]] [[Category:United_States_Vital_Records]]