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== Record Finder Table for Florida ==
This Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Florida topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
===Vital Events ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Florida Census|Census]]
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Florida Census|Census]]
*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Florida Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Florida Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Florida Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Florida Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Florida Census|Census]]
*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Directories|Directories]]
*[[Florida Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Census|Census]]
*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
*[[Florida Societies|Societies]]
*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|}
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"| '''1. What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"| '''2. Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"| '''3. Other useful records'''
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Florida Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Census|Census]]
*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Florida Census|Census]]
*[[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Florida Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
*[[Florida Societies|Societies]]
|}


=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Birth information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[How to Find Florida Birth Records|Birth records]], [[How to Find Florida Death Records|Death records]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Florida Church Records|Church records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Florida Bible Records|Bible records]], [[Florida Military Records|Military records]] (pension)
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[How to Find Florida Marriage Records|Marriage records]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Florida Bible Records|Bible records]]  
*[[Florida Census|Census]]
| [[Florida Church Records|Church records]], [[Florida Probate Records|Probate records]], [[Florida Military Records|Military records]]
*[[Florida Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Florida Directories|Directories]]
*[[Florida Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Florida Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
*[[Florida Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Death information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[How to Find Florida Death Records|Death Records]], [[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Florida Church Records|Church Records]], [[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| Parents
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[How to Find Florida Birth Records|Birth records]],[[How to Find Florida Death Records|Death records]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Florida Census|Census]], [[Florida Church Records|Church records]]  
*[[Florida Census|Census]]  
| [[Florida Biography|Biography]], [[Florida Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[African American Record Finder]]
*[[African American Resources for Florida|African Americans]]
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Florida|Indigenous Peoples]]
*[[Florida Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Florida Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Florida Societies|Societies]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[How to Find Florida Marriage Records|Marriage Records]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Florida Probate Records|Probate records]]  
*[[Florida Census|Census]]
| [[Florida Church Records|Church Records]], [[Florida Military Records|Military Records]] (pension)
*[[Florida Directories|Directories]]
*[[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Florida Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Immigration date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Florida Census|Census]]  
*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Florida Biography|Biography]], [[Florida History|History]]
*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Naturalization
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Florida Census|Census]], [[Florida Court Records|Court Records]]  
*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]  
| [[Florida Voting Registers|Voting Registers]], [[Florida Biography|Biography]], [[Florida Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Florida Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Florida Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Florida Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description  
| Physical description  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Florida Military Records|Military Records]], [[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1906)  
*[[Florida Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Florida Biography|Biography]], [[Florida History|History]]
*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|}
|}
 
[[Category:Florida, United States]] [[Category:Record Selection Tables]]
=== Adoption ===
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].

Revision as of 11:53, 9 June 2016

Florida Wiki Topics
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Florida Record Finder[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.

1. What you are looking for: 2. Try these records first: 3. Other useful records
Birth information Birth records, Death records, Obituaries, Church records Cemeteries, Naturalization and Citizenship, Bible records, Military records (pension)
Marriage information Marriage records, Obituaries, Bible records Church records, Probate records, Military records
Death information Death Records, Cemeteries, Obituaries Probate Records, Church Records, Bible Records
Parents Birth records,Death records, Obituaries, Census, Church records Biography, Genealogy
Maiden name Marriage Records, Obituaries, Probate records Church Records, Military Records (pension)
Immigration date Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census Obituaries, Biography, History
Naturalization Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Court Records Voting Registers, Biography, Periodicals
Physical description Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Biography, History
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