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Record Group Number: 800000
Series/Collection Number: .L 257
Creator: Florida. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit : Franklin County)
Title, Dates: Delayed birth certificates, 1943-1960.
Amount: 1.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Biographical/Historical: ********** D E A C C E S S I O N E D **********    Franklin County was created by an act (No. 42, Laws) of the Legislative Council on February 8, 1832.  Originally part of Gadsden County, Franklin underwent one additional boundary change in 1851 (Ch. 412, Laws).  The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of deed, marriage, and probate records.
Summary: ********** D E A C C E S S I O N E D **********    The series consists of the delayed birth certificates of Franklin County, Florida from 1943 to 1960.  The delayed birth certificate is a record that registers a birth after the fact and is usually issued by a place of later residence rather than the place of birth.  The certificate provides such information as applicant's name, date of birth, and place of birth as well as the same information for the applicant's parents.  The information contained in the application can be supported by family, school, and insurance records or by affidavit of persons with definite knowledge of the facts.  Most certificates in the series abstract the supporting evidence and many have evidence attached.  Volumes 1 and 3 contain an index, Volume 2 is not indexed.
Finding Aids: Microfilm listing available.
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Reproduction Note: Microfilm.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit, Franklin County.  Office of the Clerk.  Apalachicola, Florida.
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Subject Access Fields: Registers of births, etc. Florida --Franklin County
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