Research Guides : Factual Research: Public Records

Vital records

Official addresses
Where to order birth, death, marriage, and divorce records from each state. Cost varies from state to state.
RootsWeb
Includes Birth Records, Cemetery Records, Census Indexes, Court Records, Death Records, Deeds, Directories, Divorce Records, Groups (Professional, Society, Religious, etc.), Land Records, Marriage Records, Military Records, Mortality Schedules, Native American Records, Naturalization Records, Obituaries, One-Name Studies, Plat Indexes, POW-MIA Records, Tax and Voter Lists.
Death indexes

Licensing Boards

Florida's professional license search

Public Records Requests

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is found in Title 5 of the United States Code, Section 552. FOIA generally provides that any person has the right to request access to federal agency records or information except to the extent the records are protected from disclosure by any of nine exemptions contained in the law or by one of three special law enforcement record exclusions

http://www.rcfp.org/foialetter/index.php FOIA letter generator

--FLA 119

Free Metasites for Public Records

Although the public records law in each jurisidiction are different, some websites attempt to provide access to all states and all types of public record information available online.