Enter a first and/or last name to search Florida birth records. This website was created to provide genealogists with access to the Florida birth records from a single place. Additional information on how to obtain Florida birth certificates is available below.
Birth records contain information about a person's birth, including the date of birth, place of birth, sometimes the names of the mother and father, and even the physician who attended the birth. Birth certificates issued by state and local governments will often include the place of residence, and the mother's maiden name.
This webpage gives you access to all of the online databases containing Florida birth records, Florida birth ceritificates, Florida birth notices, Florida birth indexes, and other related Florida genealogy records.
Birth records have long been used to help with genealogy research. They are considered to be "primary source" records, because the information is recorded by an eye witness, at the time the birth takes place. The Internet has allowed people to store birth records into various online archives. This has brought access to online birth records much more easier for genealogy researchers.
Newspapers frequently publish notices of births, and in addition to birth certificates, are a popular source of research by genealogists. Newspapers typically do not announce the names of the newborn, but list the sex of the child, the names of the parents, the place and date of birth.
On this page you will find the most comprehensive databases containing birth records of Florida. We also suggest searching for "Florida birth records" using Google.com, which will yield all such databases.
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How to Obtain Florida Birth Certificates
Though statewide vital registration was mandated in 1899, birth and death records prior to 1917 are fragmented and inconsistent. Those after 1917 are deposited with the state's Bureau of Vital Statistics, as are most earlier birth and death registrations. That same office has jurisdiction over marriage records dated after 6 June 1927.
For birth and death records, and marriage records after 6 June 1927, write:
State of Florida Dept. of Health
Vital Statistics
1217 Pearl Street
P.O. Box 210
Jacksonville, FL 32231-0042
Tel: 904-359-6900
904-359-6911
For prior records, contact the clerk of the county in question.
Other Florida Birth Records Websites
- MyFlorida.com Birth Certificates
- I Dream of Genealogy Florida Births
- US Birth Guide Florida
- 50States.com Florida
Request Birth Certificates Online - VitalChek
- Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates! at Ancestry.com
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