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<center>''The Florida Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Florida. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.''</center><br>
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=== Florida Research Strategies  ===
=== Florida Research Strategies  ===
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=== Florida Record Finder  ===
=== Florida Record Finder  ===


This brief 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. '''For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Florida Record Finder]].'''
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.  


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| style="padding:10px"| '''1. What you are looking for:'''  
| '''1. What you are looking for:'''  
| style="padding:10px"| '''2. Try these records first:'''  
| '''2. Try these records first:'''  
| style="padding:10px"|'''3. Other useful records'''
| '''3. Other useful records'''
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| Birth information  
Birth information  
| [[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]]  
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| [[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906), [[Florida Bible Records|Bible records]], [[Florida Military Records|Military records]] (pension)
*[[How to Find Florida Birth Records|Birth records]]
*[[How to Find Florida Death Records|Death records]]
*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Florida Church Records|Church records]]  
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*[[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible records]]
*[[Florida Military Records|Military records]]  
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|-
| style="padding:10px"|Marriage information  
| Marriage information  
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| [[How to Find Florida Marriage Records|Marriage records]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Florida Bible Records|Bible records]]  
*[[How to Find Florida Marriage Records|Marriage records]]
| [[Florida Church Records|Church records]], [[Florida Probate Records|Probate records]], [[Florida Military Records|Military records]]
*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible records]]  
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*[[Florida Church Records|Church records]]
*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate records]]
*[[Florida Military Records|Military records]]
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|-
| style="padding:10px"|Death information  
| Death information  
| style="padding:10px"|
| [[How to Find Florida Death Records|Death Records]], [[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[How to Find Florida Death Records|Death Records]]
| [[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Florida Church Records|Church Records]], [[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Florida Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
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*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Florida Bible Records|Bible Records]]
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| style="padding:10px"|Parents  
| Parents  
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| [[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]]  
*[[How to Find Florida Birth Records|Birth records]]
| [[Florida Biography|Biography]], [[Florida Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[How to Find Florida Death Records|Death records]]
*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Florida Census|Census]]
*[[Florida Church Records|Church records]]  
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*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
*[[Florida, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
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| Maiden name  
Maiden name  
| [[How to Find Florida Marriage Records|Marriage Records]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Florida Probate Records|Probate records]]  
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| [[Florida Church Records|Church Records]], [[Florida Military Records|Military Records]] (pension)
*[[How to Find Florida Marriage Records|Marriage Records]]
*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Florida Probate Records|Probate records]]  
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*[[Florida Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Florida Military Records|Military Records]]  
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| Immigration date  
Immigration date  
| [[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906), [[Florida Census|Census]]  
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| [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Florida Biography|Biography]], [[Florida History|History]]
*[[Florida Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Florida Census|Census]]  
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*[[Florida Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
*[[Florida History|History]]
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| Naturalization  
Naturalization  
| [[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906), [[Florida Census|Census]], [[Florida Court Records|Court Records]]  
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| [[Florida Voting Records|Voting Records]], [[Florida Biography|Biography]], [[Florida Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Florida Census|Census]]
*[[Florida Court Records|Court Records]]  
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*[[Florida Voting Records|Voting Records]]
*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
*[[Florida Periodicals|Periodicals]]
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| Physical description  
Physical description  
| [[Florida Military Records|Military Records]], [[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906) (after 1906)  
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| [[Florida Biography|Biography]], [[Florida History|History]]
*[[Florida Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Florida Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1906)  
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*[[Florida Biography|Biography]]
*[[Florida History|History]]
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=== Further Florida Research  ===
=== Further Florida Research  ===
*'''Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Florida Record Finder]].'''
 
*For online record collections, go to [[Florida Online Genealogy Records|'''Florida Online Genealogy Records.''']]
For more research on Florida, including research at the county level, visit the [[Florida Genealogy|Florida]] page on the Research Wiki.  
*For more research on Florida, including research at the county level, visit the [[Florida, United States Genealogy|'''Florida''']] page on the Research Wiki.
 
*Search all of the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/34?region=United%20States%20of%20America Florida record collections] at FamilySearch.<br>  
Search all of the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/34?region=United%20States%20of%20America Florida record collections] at FamilySearch.<br>  


[[Category:Florida, United States]][[Category:United States Research Strategies]]
[[Category:Florida, United States]][[Category:United States Research Strategies]]
[[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]]
[[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]]

Latest revision as of 21:33, 11 January 2024

Florida Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
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Cultural Groups
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Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page

The Florida Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Florida. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

Florida Research Strategies

Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Florida

Florida Online Genealogy Records
How to find Florida Birth Records
How to find Florida Marriage Records
How to find Florida Death Records

Florida Research Tips

These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Florida.

  • Birth information: Statewide registration of births began in 1899 in Florida with general compliance by 1920. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other substitute records to improve accuracy.
  • Finding Parents: Statewide registration of deaths began in 1899 in Florida; however, general compliance did not begin until 1917.. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. Search Florida death records
  • Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. Search U.S. Censuses.

Florida Record Finder

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
(after 1906), 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
(after 1906), Census 		Obituaries, Biography, History
Naturalization Naturalization and Citizenship
(after 1906), Census, Court Records 		Voting Records, Biography, Periodicals
Physical description Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
(after 1906) (after 1906) 		Biography, History

Further Florida Research

For more research on Florida, including research at the county level, visit the Florida page on the Research Wiki.

Search all of the Florida record collections at FamilySearch.

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