Friday, July 26, 2013

Florida Public Death Records

By Claire Dowell


Many people looking for information on their ancestors skip right past the death record, heading in a beeline for other vital information such as marriage and birth. One might not imagine what a document about death could possibly do with the living. As a matter of fact, a death record could bring light some significant information for the descendants of the deceased especially when searching for one's genealogy. Perhaps one of the most relevant areas of this vital record is the cause of death. At the present time, with the knowledge of how genetics contribute to health and diseases, the fact that an ancestor may have died from a genetically predisposed disease is paramount. Florida death records not only state the cause of death, but may also include any contributing factors and so many other important details about the decedent. In Florida, these records can be accessed through the Department of Health.

The Bureau of Vital Statistics is the fundamental repository of vital records in Florida. Death notices that date back to 1917 can actually be acquired from such office. Each death certificate is worth $5. There are many things you can do in order to obtain a death record. One way is by mailing the office the Vital Statistics. Another is by filing a formal request for a death record through calling or by going to their office directly. Death records in Florida can actually be obtained from other sources. One of which is by going to a local county health organizations. As a matter of fact, these death certificates that are obtained locally are essentially more informative than death registrations simply because these death certificates have more information like the decedent's family, the cause of death and other really significant details.

In the Sunshine State of Florida, any member of the public can obtain a death certificate without a cause of death. A death certificate that includes the cause of death of the decedent is confidential according to the law of the state. This kind of certificate can only be issued to the family of the deceased only, to the spouse, parent, child of legal age, sibling or it can be any person who can provide proof that he or she is acting on the behalf of any of the persons mentioned above. Fifty years after the year of death, the information about the cause of death becomes public and can already be accessed by anyone who wishes to.

In order to obtain death records in Florida, you must have all your requirements handy. All you need is the complete name of the decedent, gender, date of death, county of death, social security number of the deceased if you know it, and also your information as the requestor. That includes your full name, relation to the deceased in case you are asking for the "cause of death", phone number where you can be reached, funeral director or attorney's license number if they are requesting the death certificate. The expected turnaround time for your request to be processed is usually two to five business days. If you want to have the record fast, you are to pay and additional of $10 for rush requests.

With the world's rapidly advancing technology, things have been made easier for mankind. With the Internet as the trend, even acquiring death records have been made easy too. Hence, if you want to have a more efficient and practical way of obtaining such records, you can actually hire the services of several online record providers. What's good about trying their service is that you don't need to worry about paying them for each request. You just have to pay a minimal fee and you can access unlimited records for free. More so, instead of a turnaround of three to five business days, you can get the death record that you want in minutes.

Knowing these death notices will not only help you track genetic predisposing factors about the family's health and diseases, but also help you with details such as who bought and sold property, who was related to who and other things. Indeed, these records provide a simple and yet important tool. They document the death of an individual, the cause of death, who that individual was related to as well as where he lived. Siblings, parents, children and even other relatives are on these documents as well. For many people, these records are very rich in information and can be an ideal search choice for genealogy research.




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