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Florida Dept of Health
Vital Statistics
1217 Pearl Street
PO Box 210
Jacksonville FL 32231-0042
TELEPHONE: (904) 359-6900 Ext. 1024
The following records are available:
Birth: Limited records of Florida births dating from 1865
Death: Limited Florida death records dating from 1877
Marriage: Marriage records dating back to June 1927. Records before this date are only available from the clerk of the circuit court in the county where the marriage license was issued. Marriage records filed in the office beginning 1972 also include the marriage application.
Divorce: Florida divorces dating from June 1927. Divorces occurring before this date are only available from the clerk of the circuit court in the county where the divorce was granted.
A fire in Jacksonville in May 1901 destroyed most records prior to that date.
State Library of Florida
Division of Library & Information Services
R A Gray Building
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee FL 32399-0250
PHONE: 850-245-6600
Florida State Archives
Bureau of Library & Information Services
R A Gray Building
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee FL 32399-0250
PHONE: 850-245-6719
Florida State Archives Florida Memory Project
Florida State Archives Photographic Collection (Over 790,000 photographs)
Florida Division of Historical Resources
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee FL 32399-0250
PHONE: 850-245-6300
Florida State Genealogical Society
PO Box 10249
Tallahassee FL 32302-2249
List of Genealogical Societies in Florida
Florida Historical Society
1320 Highland Avenue
Melbourne FL 32935
PHONE: 407-259-0947
FLORIDA COUNTIES - Dates of Creation
Florida Department of Transportation -- County Maps: These maps sell for $0.30 each; most counties have just one map, but a few have two. The maps shows three features that genealogy researchers like that are not on most other maps: (1) the townships, ranges, and sections, if you are investigating land deeds, and some land grants as well; (2) many of the rural churches and cemeteries, and (3) many of the rural towns, subdivisions, and state management areas by name, but not all. These maps ARE NOT genealogically useful for URBAN areas. There are 67 counties but who needs all the counties? There are legends, but no indices on the maps; you need to search the map for a particular name or place. The above web site gives you the details to acquire your own county maps.
Florida African American Roots
Seminole Tribe of Florida - History
Uchee Indians - Note statement that "Yuchis were enrolled as Creek Indians on the roll of the Creek Nation created by the Dawes Commission."
University of Florida (Gainesville) Libraries: Online catalog and tons of other information
FLGenWeb Florida Special Collections & Archives
Florida Tombstone Transcription Project
Florida Map & County Information
Florida Society Sons of the American Revolution
Florida Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
Barrancas National Cemetery -- Online (Pensacola FL)
Florida Newspaper Search -- This site lets you search the archives of several Florida newspapers, some as far back as 1982. There is a fee for downloading articles, but in the case of obits, there may be enough free data shown.
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This page was last updated on: 29 Apr 2008