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    US TERRITORY OR
    COLONY SETTLED

    1822

    STATEHOOD

    1845

    AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
    (OR SIMILAR)

    1783, 1786, 1790, 1793, 1814, 1825, 1837, 1845, 1855, 1865, 1868, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1935, 1945

    FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS

    1830

    PUBLIC-LAND OR
    STATE-LAND STATE

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    BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
    BEGIN

    1899

    MARRIAGE RECORDS
    BEGIN

    1899

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    Office of Vital Statistics
    Box 210
    Jacksonville, FL 32231
    (904) 359-6900

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