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Record Group Number: 800000
Series/Collection Number: .L 291
Creator: Florida. Circuit Court (5th Circuit : Lake County)
Title, Dates: Apprenticeship records, 1890-1914.
Amount: 1.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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Biographical/Historical:     Lake County was created by an act of the State Legislature on May 7, 1887 (Chap. 3771, Laws).  It was formed from portions of Sumter and Orange Counties.  The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of deed, marriage, and probate records.
Summary:     This series consists of a microfilm copy of the apprenticeship records of Lake County, Florida from 1890 to 1914.  The series contains names of apprentices, their parents and the sponsors (1890-1914).
    Apprentices were contracted as children by their parents to work under a skilled artisan or business person (sponsor) and learn a skill or trade.  The children usually began the apprenticeship around the age of ten and were finished at the age of eighteen or twenty-one.  When the apprenticeship was indentured, an agreement was made between the apprentice and the sponsor as a payment of debt.  An indentured apprenticeship could begin and end at any age.
Finding Aids: Microfilm listing available.
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Reproduction Note: Microfilm.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, Lake County.  Office of the County Clerk, Tavares, Florida.
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Subject Access Fields: Apprentices Florida
Indentured servants Florida
Lake County (Fla.)
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