vendredi 21 février 2014

Florida Death Notices

By Ben Kingsley


More often than not, when people do a genealogy research about their ancestors, they head in a beeline for other significant information such as the individual's marriage and birth while they skip right past the death record. Today, one might not be able to conjure up in his mind how on earth a death record can possibly help the living. However, people often forget to think that this simple and seemingly irrelevant record can actually bring light some essential information for the descendants of the deceased. Probably one of the most important information such record can provide is the cause of death. With today's people's knowledge of genetic disorders, the mere fact than an ancestor may have succumbed to death from a hereditary disease is very significant. Florida death records not only state the cause of death, but may also include any contributing factors.

Florida's primary repository of vital records is the Bureau of Vital Statistics, which operates under the Department of Health. All birth and death records from 1917 to present can be accessed from this office. Each record is worth $5. To obtain a death record in Florida, one of the best ways is to mail the Vital Statistics office. Another is to make a formal request for death records by calling or visiting the office. Such information is also available through other sources. One of which is to go to the County clerk's offices to find local records for those prior to 1917 in the state. More often than not, Florida death certificates that are obtained from local county health organizations can actually be more informative than death registrations as these certificates contain more information such as information of the next kin, cause of death and other important details.

In Florida, anyone may request for a Florida death certificate without cause of death. A Florida death certificate with cause of death is confidential by the state's law and may only be issued to the decedent's spouse, parent, child of legal age, sibling, or any person who provides documentation that he or she is acting on the behalf of any of the before named persons. Eventually, fifty years following the year of the death, "cause of death" becomes public information and anyone may obtain a death certificate with such information.

If you need to obtain Florida death records faster, then you need to have all the requirements on hand. Requirements include the full name of the deceased, sex, date of death, county of death, social security number if known, and you information as the one requesting for the record. That consists of your complete name, your relation to the decedent if you want to know the cause of death, your phone number where the office of the Vital Statistics can reach you, the funeral director or attorney's professional license number if they are ordering the death certificate. Usually, the processing time for the record to be issued is three to five business days. However, if you want to acquire it fast, you can request it to be rushed but you are going to pay an additional $10.

What's good about it is that you'll get the death records in a matter of minutes instead of three or five business days. Best of all, you don't need to pay for every request you make. What you only need to pay is a minimal fee once and you'll enjoy unlimited access to their database. You can access all the public records you want anytime without worrying about fees.

Having a death record of an ancestor handy does not only help you identify contributing factors to the family's wellness including diseases but also, it can actually provide you details such as who bought and sold a certain property, who was related to who and other significant things. Undeniably, death notices are simple yet very essential tool in so many areas. One of which is genealogy research as these records document the death of an individual, the reason of the death, who that person was related to, where he lived, siblings, parents and even other relatives.




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