I asked earlier if death certificates and will were public records?

Question:and if they are how do I access them ,I am in florida and the death was in dec of 2007 does this help

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: and if they are how do I access them ,I am in florida and the death was in dec of 2007 does this help

The death certificate would come from the Florida Department of Health. Here is a website that will give you step by step instructions as to how to procede. You may need to send proof of your relationship and don't forget to send the appropriate amount of money

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval...

You WILL NOT find death certificates online. Death records are restricted in most states and the revenue generated from ordering them are a cash cow for most places.

As far as the will goes... Not everyone leaves a will. Sadly, most to not. However, after a persons death a will needs to be probated. If this person died in December, it may not have even gone through probate yet if they left one. You might want to check with the probate court in the appropriate county to see if it has been filed.

Florida does have procedures for distibution if the person did die without a will. They are as follows.

Florida law sets forth rules for the distribution of an estate if there is no will.

If these is a surviving spouse and no lineal descendants, the surviving spouse is entitled to the entire estate.

If there is a surviving spouse with lineal descendants, and all lineal descendants are also descendants of the surviving spouse, the surviving spouse is entitled to the first $20,000 of the probate estate, plus one-half of the remainder of the probate estate. The descendants share in equal portions the remainder of the estate.

If there is a surviving spouse with lineal descendants, and not all lineal descendants are also descendants of the surviving spouse, the surviving spouse is entitled to one-half of the probate estate, and the descendants of the deceased share the other half of the estate in equal shares.

If there is no surviving spouse and there are descendants, each child is entitled to an equal share, with the children of a deceased child sharing the share of their deceased parent.

If there is no surviving spouse and no children or other descendants, Florida law provides additional rules for distributing an estate in such circumstances.

Source http://florida-probate-lawyers.com/

Death certificate would be but not the will.

It won't be online.. that is very recent in genealogy terms. Any will or probate may still be in process. For that one.. you need to call the county records office to ask.
Yes, it helps totally. *smile*

Death certificates are public records and you can get them from the Public Recorders Office, the same place you would get a birth certificate. They will know more info about the will also.