How to Find Relatives Around Jacksonville, FL
Either planning a family reunion or researching your family history, finding relatives around Jacksonville, Florida, requires patience and time. It also requires knowing some personal information about your relatives. Information such as your relatives' name, occupation, birth place or last residence will aid your search. Once you have some basic information about your long lost family members, you can use a variety of resources to help you on your journey.
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Search a public records website. Use a website such as floridapublicrecord.com. Public record websites give you access to a variety of information including birth, divorce, criminal, court and marriage records. Perform a search by relative's name, city, county and/or public record type. A few counties surrounding Jacksonville include Nassau, Baker and Clay, where you can also perform the search.
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Use genealogy websites. Websites such as Ancestry.com and Genealogy.com contain family history information. Enter the requested information. Include cities surrounding Jacksonville, Florida such as Baldwin, Dinsomre and Englewood. The websites may return a variety of records pertaining to your relatives.
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Contact the Duval County Vital Statistics office. Jacksonville is located in Duval County. The county maintains a database of marriage, birth and death records of residents in and around Jacksonville. The Florida Department of Health has a telephone directory of all the county vital statistics offices on its official website.
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Place an ad in local Florida newspapers asking for information about your relatives. Explain why you want this information and include a safe contact information where you can be reached at.
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