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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Florida]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Florida Vital Records''' <br> '''Introduction to Vital Records'''  
''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Florida]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Florida Vital Records''' <br> '''Introduction to Vital Records'''  


[[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]] consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], [[Adoption Research|adoptions]], [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], [[United_States_Divorce_Records|divorces]], and [[United States Death Records|deaths]] recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]]&nbsp;has&nbsp;additional research guidance&nbsp;on researching and using vital records. A copy or an extract of most original records can be&nbsp;purchased from&nbsp;the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/florida.htm Florida State Department of Health] or the&nbsp;County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. See also&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=keywords&searchCriteria=Florida+Statewide+Indexes&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Florida Statewide Indexes] at the Family History Library.  
[[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]] consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], [[Adoption Research|adoptions]], [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], [[United States Divorce Records|divorces]], and [[United States Death Records|deaths]] recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]]&nbsp;has&nbsp;additional research guidance&nbsp;on researching and using vital records. A copy or an extract of most original records can be&nbsp;purchased from&nbsp;the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/florida.htm Florida State Department of Health] or the&nbsp;County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. See also&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=keywords&searchCriteria=Florida+Statewide+Indexes&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Florida Statewide Indexes] at the Family History Library.  


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| valign="middle" | <center>'''&nbsp; [[Image:Vital Records.jpg|center|250px|Vital Records.jpg]]&nbsp;&nbsp; '''<br></center>  
| valign="middle" | <center>'''&nbsp; [[Image:Vital Records.jpg|center|250px|Vital Records.jpg]]&nbsp;&nbsp; '''<br></center>  
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| align="center" valign="middle" height="35" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''Marriage Records'''&nbsp;  
| height="35" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''Marriage Records'''&nbsp;  
| align="center" valign="middle" height="35" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''Death/Will'''&nbsp;'''Records'''
| height="35" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''Death/Will'''&nbsp;'''Records'''
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| align="center" valign="middle" height="35" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8784 1822 - 1875 &amp; 1927 - 2001]&nbsp;$  
| height="35" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8784 1822 - 1875 &amp; 1927 - 2001]&nbsp;$  
| align="center" valign="middle" height="35" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1595003 1877 -1939]
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== Florida Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online  ==
== Florida Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online  ==


{{Adoption FLGenWeb}} The following is a list of online resources useful for locating Florida Vital Records which consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], [[Adoption Research|adoptions]], [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], [[United States Divorce Records|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>'''  
{{Adoption FLGenWeb}} The following is a list of online resources useful for locating Florida Vital Records which consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], [[Adoption Research|adoptions]], [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], [[United States Divorce Records|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>'''  


*[http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/USA_States/States_Frames/Florida/florida.htm Florida Links] from [http://fhlfavorites.info/ fhlfavorites.info] -&nbsp;Free  
*[http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/USA_States/States_Frames/Florida/florida.htm Florida Links] from [http://fhlfavorites.info/ fhlfavorites.info] -&nbsp;Free  
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== Birth Records  ==
== Birth Records  ==


'''early -&nbsp;1899'''  
'''early - 1899'''  


The Family History Library has copies of original birth and death records for some counties of [[Florida]] as well as an extensive collection of delayed birth records dating to the 1960s. For example, there are 22 microfilms of delayed birth records for Leon County, 1874 to 1948, and two films of Pensacola birth and death records, 1891 to 1910.  
The Family History Library has copies of original birth and death records for some counties of [[Florida]] as well as an extensive collection of delayed birth records dating to the 1960s. For example, there are 22 microfilms of delayed birth records for Leon County, 1874 to 1948, and two films of Pensacola birth and death records, 1891 to 1910.  
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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.  
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.  


The Family History Library has 143 microfiche of the Florida Combined Death Index, 1877-1969. <ref>Family History Library microfiche {{FHL|6081769}}</ref>You can obtain copies of the state's records by writing to:
State records are closed to the general public. Conditions for obtaining a record may be obtained from the Office of Vital Statistics.


: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]
: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]
State records are closed to the general public. Conditions for obtaining a record may be obtained from the Office of Vital Statistics.


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| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Name of Child'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Name of Child'''  
| width="16%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | X
| width="16%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | X  
| width="16%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | X&nbsp;
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==== Adoption Records  ====
==== Adoption Records  ====


Adoption records are confidential.&nbsp; Medical background on the birth family is given to the adoptive family at adoption.&nbsp; It can be obtained by the adoptee at age eighteen&nbsp; from the Family and Children Services Program, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Servies.&nbsp;
Adoption records are confidential.&nbsp; Medical background on the birth family is given to the adoptive family at adoption.&nbsp; It can be obtained by the adoptee at age eighteen&nbsp; from the Family and Children Services Program, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Servies.&nbsp;  


== Marriage Records  ==
== Marriage Records  ==
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Florida Combined Marriage Index'',''1927-1969''. <ref>Family History Library microfiche {{FHL|6081726|film}}film numbers 6081726-68. </ref>These records are in the Office of Vital Statistics. ''  
Florida Combined Marriage Index'',''1927-1969''. <ref>Family History Library microfiche {{FHL|6081726|film}}film numbers 6081726-68. </ref>These records are in the Office of Vital Statistics. ''  


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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="50" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Types of Information'''  
| width="52%" height="50" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Types of Information'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''early&nbsp;-&nbsp;1927'''&nbsp;  
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''early&nbsp;-&nbsp;1927'''&nbsp;  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''1927 - present'''
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''1927 - present'''
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Name of Bride/Groom'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Name of Bride/Groom'''  
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| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | &nbsp;
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | &nbsp;
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Date of Marriage'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Date of Marriage'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" |  
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" |  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | &nbsp;
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | &nbsp;
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Location of Marriage'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Location of Marriage'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | &nbsp;  
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | &nbsp;  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | &nbsp;
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | &nbsp;
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Presiding Official'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Presiding Official'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | &nbsp;  
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | &nbsp;  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | &nbsp;
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | &nbsp;
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Date of Birth'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Date of Birth'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | <br>  
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | <br>  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | &nbsp;
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | &nbsp;
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | <br>  
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | <br>  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''&nbsp;'''
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''&nbsp;'''
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Residence at Time of Marriage'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Residence at Time of Marriage'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | <br>  
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | <br>  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''&nbsp;'''
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''&nbsp;'''
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== Death Records  ==
== Death Records  ==
'''early - 1917'''
The Family History Library has copies of original birth and death records for some counties of [[Florida]].
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.


'''1917 to Present'''  
'''1917 to Present'''  
State records are closed to the general public. Conditions for obtaining a record may be obtained from the Office of Vital Statistics.
The Family History Library has 143 microfiche of the Florida Combined Death Index, 1877-1969. <ref>Family History Library microfiche {{FHL|6081769}}</ref>You can obtain copies of the state's records by writing to:
: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]


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>  
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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| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''before&nbsp;- 1917<br>'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''1917 - present<br>'''
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Name of Deceased<br>'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Name of Deceased<br>'''  
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| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | <br>  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Date of Death'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Date of Death'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;  
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Place of Death'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Place of Death'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;  
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Date of Birth/Age'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Date of Birth/Age'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Place of Birth'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Place of Burial'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Place of Burial'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Parents' Names/Maiden'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Parents' Names/Maiden'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
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| align="center" width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Occupation of Deceased'''  
| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#99ccff" | '''Occupation of Deceased'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
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'''Marital''' '''Status'''  
'''Marital''' '''Status'''  


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| width="16%" align="center" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''  
| align="center" width="16%" valign="middle" | '''<br>'''&nbsp;
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