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Research Tips and Strategies

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

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

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