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Record Finder Table for Florida[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Florida topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Birth date and place	Vital Records Church Records Cemeteries Newspapers Obituaries	Bible Records Census
Marriage place and date	Vital Records Church Records Census Newspapers	Bible Records Cemeteries Military Records Probate Records Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Land and Property
Death date, place, and burial	Vital Records Church Records Obituaries Cemeteries Newspapers	Probate Records Bible Records Military Records

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Maiden name	Vital Records Church Records Newspapers Bible Records	Cemeteries Military Records Probate Records Obituaries
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members	Vital Records Church Records Census Probate Records Obituaries	Bible Records Newspapers Emigration and Immigration
Living relatives	Directories Court Records Obituaries	Census Biography Societies Church Records Probate Records

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Immigration date	Emigration and Immigration Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Societies	Census Newspapers Biography
City or Country of foreign birth	Vital Records Church Records Emigration and Immigration Census Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906)	Newspapers Obituaries Military Records Biography Societies

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Residence	Census Land and Property Vital Records Directories Taxation	Obituaries Probate Records Military Records Biography Societies

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Nationality or ethnicity	Census African American Record Finder African Americans Indigenous Peoples Cultural Groups Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906)	Church Records Emigration and Immigration Periodicals Societies
Occupation	Census Directories Emigration and Immigration	Newspapers Court Records Biography
Religion	Church Records Biography	Bible Records Cemeteries
Social activities	Biography Newspapers Societies	Obituaries Court Records Cemeteries Directories
Physical description	Military Records Biography	Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Vital Records Emigration and Immigration

Adoption[edit | edit source]

For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: United States Adoption Research.

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+[[Category:Record Finder]]__TOC__
-== Record Finder Table for [STATE] ==
+== Record Finder Table for Florida ==
 The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
 === Order of Records ===
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 == List of Topics ==
-This Record Finder table links to the [STATE] topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
+This Record Finder table links to the Florida topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 ===Vital Events ===
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 | align="left" | Birth date and place
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
+*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
-*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
-*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
+*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
+*[[Florida Census|Census]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Marriage place and date
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
+*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
+*[[Florida Census|Census]]
-*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
+*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
-*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Florida Military Records|Military Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
+*[[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
-*[[[STATE] Land and Property|Land and Property]]
+*[[Florida Land and Property|Land and Property]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
+*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
-*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
-*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
+*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Florida Military Records|Military Records]]
 |-
 |}
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 | align="left" | Maiden name
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
+*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
-*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
+*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
-*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Florida Military Records|Military Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
+*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
+*[[Florida Census|Census]]
-*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
+*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
-*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Living relatives
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
+*[[Florida Directories|Directories]]
-*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
+*[[Florida Court Records|Court Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
+*[[Florida Census|Census]]
-*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
-*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
+*[[Florida Societies|Societies]]
-*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]]
 |-
 |}
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 | align="left" | Immigration date
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
+*[[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
-*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
+*[[Florida Societies|Societies]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
+*[[Florida Census|Census]]
-*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
-*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
 |-
 | align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
+*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
+*[[Florida Census|Census]]
-*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
+*[[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
-*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
-*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Florida Military Records|Military Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
-*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
+*[[Florida Societies|Societies]]
 |}
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 | align="left" | Residence
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
+*[[Florida Census|Census]]
-*[[[STATE] Land and Property|Land and Property]]
+*[[Florida Land and Property|Land and Property]]
-*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
+*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
+*[[Florida Directories|Directories]]
-*[[[STATE] Taxation|Taxation]]
+*[[Florida Taxation|Taxation]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
-*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Florida Military Records|Military Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
-*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
+*[[Florida Societies|Societies]]
 |}
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 | style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
 |-
-| align="left" | Nationality or Race
+| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
+*[[Florida Census|Census]]
+*[[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;"|
-*[[[STATE] Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
+*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
+*[[Florida Periodicals|Periodicals]]
-*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
+*[[Florida Societies|Societies]]
-| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[[STATE] Periodicals|Periodicals]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Occupation
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
+*[[Florida Census|Census]]
-*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
+*[[Florida Directories|Directories]]
-*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
-*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
+*[[Florida Court Records|Court Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Religion
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
+*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Social activities
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
-*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Florida Newspapers|Newspapers]]
-*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
+*[[Florida Societies|Societies]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
-*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
+*[[Florida Court Records|Court Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
-*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
+*[[Florida Directories|Directories]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Physical description
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Florida Military Records|Military Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
+*[[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
-*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
+*[[Florida Vital Records|Vital Records]]
-*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 |-
 |}