Marianne, 1- David Copeland does not appear in the index for 1877-1916. These are very scattered and spotty early records. All forty years' worth of extant records are indexed on ten microfiche. 2- If the two Tanners are listed (not very likely), they are on fiche #9 of the ten. That fiche is missing, misfiled, or stolen. The Jacksonville Public Library would probably check their copy for you. Don't be overly optimistic about finding them, though. 3- Have you tried the mortality schedule of the 1880 US census? If David Copeland died in FL in the year preceding the actual census enumeration, he SHOULD be in the mortality census (no guarantees, of course). 4- There are some published cemetery surveys or indexes, I think, for Tampa and Hillsborough County. I would query the Special Collections folks at the Tampa Public Library if I were you. Allbest, Brian Michaels *********************************************** James Crews wrote: > > Dear Brian, > Would you please check the FL death records indexes for: > > 1. David Copeland -b. SC-We have been told he disappeared in June 1879 and > would like to know if a death was reported about then. He lived in Columbia > Co. this man was my great grandfather and no one would ever talk about > this. I am having no luck locating him and decided this is a long shot but > who knows at this point? > > 2. Alfred Tanner-b. NC or VA died 1887-88. He is buried in Hillsborough > Co. I need to get a death certificate hoping to learn his parents names. > > 3. William Charles Tanner-b. NC, died in Tampa, Fl. 1903-04. I need to > know if the death certificate is on file. > > Thank you for your time. > > Marianne Crews > mjcrews@cimtel.net