I just wanted to make a couple of comments. 1 - Be aware of the fact that there are many mistakes in the Florida Vital Records death index. Several of the pages were not shipped with the orders and they have not (or will not) furnished the libraries with these additional pages. Also, the sex and race categories are not always correct. I have seen whole pages where everyone is listed as a black male. Yesterday I found in 1949 a Calvin B. as a white female and in 1951 a Catherine C. listed as a black male. Those are easy to determine as incorrect; however, if the name matches don't discount it as being the correct record because the race isn't the same. 2 - I own the 1885 Florida State Census index and will do limited lookups on specific names, including first name. Hopefully, not Smith and Jones. 3 - There have been some changes in the accessibility of birth records. The first part will not help us at the present time but it won't be long. "If the person listed on a certificate is over 100 years old (very few available for this time frame), a certified copy may be issued to anyone completing an application and paying the required fee. Also,if the registrant listed on the birth certificate is deceased and a certified copy is requested by the registrant's spouse, child, grandchild, sibling or the legal representative of any of these, it may be issued as long as the applicant can provide a certified copy of the registrant's death certificate." Leslie Jeffcoat Maddocks