This page provides information on obtaining copies of Florida
birth certificates, Florida marriage licenses, Florida divorce
decrees and Florida death records. There are also useful
links to past Florida Vital Records for those of you conducting
family history research. General information about US vital
records can be viewed on the Vital Records Index Page
Florida birth, marriage and death certificates may be obtained
from the following government office:
Department of Health
Office of Vital Statistics
P.O. Box 210
1217 Pearl Street Jacksonville, FL 32231-0042
Florida birth, marriage and death certificate order forms as
well as more information are available on the following
pages:
The Florida Department of Health may be contacted
by phone on (904) 359-6900 or online at
http://www.floridahealth.gov/certificates/certificates/index.html
Remarks: State office has some birth records dating back
to April 1865. The majority of records date from January
1917.
Birth, Marriage and Death Historical Record Collections at
FamilySearch.org
over 700 million records online, search Florida
birth, marriage and death certificate databases from the 1800s and
1900s
Vitalcheck Express
Certificate Service
order copies of Florida birth, marriage and
death certificates online
Vital Records Search at Ancestry.com
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marriages, deaths, divorces, obituaries and wills; a database of over 9
Billion records