Florida Vital Statistics Information

At the very top of the page, in the drop down menu, choose "Certificates, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce" to see important information about records available, current fees, and forms that can be printed to order records.

Records 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 of 1901 destroyed most records prior to that date.

Florida State Archives
Bureau of Archives Management
Division of Library & Information Services
Public Services Section
R.A. Gray Building
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
Tel: 904-487-2073
http://stafla.dlis.state.fl.us/

Florida Division of Historical Resources
500 S. Bronough Street
Tallassee, FL 32399
Tel: 904-488-1480
http://www.dos.state.fl.us/dhr/

State Library of Florida
Florida Collection
Division of Library & Information Services
R.A. Gray Building
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
Tel: 904-487-2651
http://stafla.dlis.state.fl.us/

Florida Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 18624
Tampa, FL 33679-8624

Florida State Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 10249
Tallahassee, Florida 32302
E-mail: [email protected]
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/index.htm

Florida Historical Society
1320 Highland Avenue
Melbourne, FL 32935
Tel: 407-259-0947
http://www.florida-historical-soc.org/

Florida GenWeb Project
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~flgenweb/index.html

Florida State Archives Photographic Collection (Over 790,000photographs)
http://www.dos.state.fl.us/fpc/

Seminole Tribe of Florida - History
http://www.seminoletribe.com//news/access/history.shtml

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