Hello Margie, Did you know there were Higginbotham's in Manatee County? I'm sure someone here could help you. The Tampa- Hillsborough Public Library has indexes for marriage, divorce and death indexes since 1927. The Special Collections Department: 1-813-273-3652, ext. 6 Florida Deaths, 1877-1996 Marriages, 1927- 1996 Divorces, 1927- 1994 or you can write to: State of Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Svc. Vital Statistics P. O. Box 210 Jacksonville, FL 32231-0042 Cost of copies: Birth: $9.00 Marriage/Divorce: $5.00 Death: $5.00 Duplicate Copies: $4.00 (if ordered at the same time). Please note that birth records are confidential in the State of Florida. You must be named on the birth certificate in order to obtain a copy of the record. (Only parents or the child, if over the age of 18, will be sent copies of the birth record). If you venture toward the Library in Tampa the address is: Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System 900 North Ashley Drive Tampa, FL. 33602 Good Luck! Matthew S. Lindsay Palmetto, FL. Manatee County http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Starlabs/index.html Edmargiepc@aol.com wrote: > I have ordered a copy of my great grandfather's death certificate and have a > ten year search ordered to find our when he died inFlorida. I used a credit > card and it was not cheap. By doing it this way you get it sooner but it will > have cost me about 39.00 and if they do not find out anything I will be out > the money. I called the State office in Florida. They are very nice,but it > still costs money. Are there any people willing to do lookups on the Florida > Census or marriage records or birth records that would not cost an arm and a > leg? My William (Doc) Higginbotham married a T. Thompson and she was born in > 1870 and he was born in 1859.T. was his 3rd wife. I guess he made the rounds. > The 1910 census only shows their names and how old they were at the time and > their childrens names and ages. The birth towns and birth dates were not on > it. The 1920 census only lists the children and no parents. This new info that > he had other wives opens many questions as when he married the others and who > child was from which mom. I would love to hear from anyone who has some > suggestions for me to try. Margie