Florida Resources
Here are some resources that are available for
genealogical research in Florida:
For vital records, write to:
- Department of Health and Rehabilitation Services
Office of Vital Statistics
P.O. Box 210
1217 Pearl Street
Jacksonville, FL 32231
Phone:(904) 359-6900
- They have birth records since 1865, marriage and divorce records since June 1927, and death records since 1877. Call for costs. Also check the County where the event took place.
For information on State Archives & Libraries, write to:
- Florida State Archives
Bureau of Archives and Records Management
Division of Library and Information Services - Public Services Section
R.A. Gray Building
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
- Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00, Saturday 9:00-3:00, closed Sunday and all state holidays.
- They have a 7,000 volume collection of published materials for Florida and most Southeastern states, census records from 1830 to 1920 on microfilm, service records from the Revolutionary War, Indian Wars, and the Mexican War, confederate pension records, a compiled index of Civil War soldiers, vital records for the early 20th century, state census records from 1845-1945, maps, Spanish land grant records, tax records, cemetery records, militia records, state troops records, and national guard records.
For information on state Genealogical Societies, write to:
- Florida Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 18624
Tampa, FL 33679-8624
- Publications: Journal, Newsletter
- Florida Society for Genealogical Research
8461 54th Street North
Pinellas Park, FL 33565
- Florida State Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 10249
Tallahassee, FL 32302-2249
- Publications: The Florida Genealogist, Florida State Genealogical Society Newsletter.
