Brenda, I once found that a death certificate never made it to the State Vital Records Office, but I did find the death recorded at the County Office. You might want to try both sources. Lynn -----Original Message----- From: Brenda Antal <bantal@magicnet.net> To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com <FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, April 03, 1999 12:53 PM Subject: death records >With all the talk of vital records: I wonder about the chances of people >being left off the death index while there could in fact be a death >certificate. > >My gggrandfather, Zeb R Jones died in Graceville, Jackson Co, FL on Nov 19, >1927 or 1928. I would have expected a death certificate. I checked the >death index myself and did not find it. State of FL says there is none. > >Does anyone know if the vital stat office checks the certificates or just >the index? Is there a reliable way to have them search the certificates? > >Thanks for any help, >Brenda > >Jones: GA>AL>FL >Paulk: GA>FL >Crawford: SC?>GA>FL >Griffin: GA>FL >