Lynn, The State's Marriage and Divorce Index now covers 1877-1997? Did they say anything about that being a new range of coverage? Our library's set covers 1927-1991, and prior to that there was, according to what Vital Statistics has always told me (personally!), no central registration of those matters. If they didn't misstate, this is good news for everyone, as well as a real surprise to me. In fact, the BVS web site also says 9as of five minutes ago) that they have marriage and dissolution records from June of 1927, so I don't know where they'd get the fiche for the preceding fifty years. Did these folks give their names at the lecture? Thanks! --Brian **************************************************** William White wrote: > > I recently attended a lecture and the guest speakers were from the > State Office of Vital Statistics. They gave us a handout that has the > Microfiche Index Fee Schedule...... here are some of the costs: > Death Index (1877-1997) $262.96 > Marriage (1877-1997) $560.12 > Divorce (1877-1997) $150.98 > That is just for the whole set, or you can purchase by the year. If > you were to purchase all of the above it would be $974.06 plus $33.00 > for processing and postage! > > Lynn > > >Mary Ellen, actually, I haven't been asked that before,. > > > >When I ordered the "Florida Combined Death Index" for our local > public > >library in Palatka, it was--I believe--something like $491, but don't > >quote me. That also included the marriage & marriage dissolution > indexes > >(which begin in the mid-'20s--before that they're available only in > the > >67 courthouses). That was five or more years ago, so I would not > presume > >to give a definitive answer as to availability or price. It was a > fairly > >long hassle to get ours, as I recall. > > > >The folks at the Bureau of Vital Statistics, P.O. Box 210, > Jacksonville, > >FL 32231 can answer your question with much more authority, so I'll > >refer you to them and wish you good luck! --Brian > > > >P.S. I'd love to know what you learn.... > >************************************************* > > > >Mary Ellen Wexler wrote: > >> > >> Brian, I am sure you have been asked this before, so please > forgive! Is the film or fiche for sale and if so how much and how to obtain it? > >> > >> Thanks so much. > >> > >> Mary Ellen > >> > >> e-mail: mewexler@buffnet.net > >> Co-host Okaloosa County FLGenWeb page: > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~flokaloo/Okaloosa.htm > >> Edge mailing list: EDGE-L@rootsweb.com > >> Harvey mailing list: HARVEY-L@rootsweb.com > >> EDGE/HARVEY family page: http://www.buffnet.net/~mewexler/ > >> Genealogy Help page: http://www.buffnet.net/~mewexler/help_pg.htm > >