Florida Online Genealogy Records

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Florida

Online Genealogy Records

Florida Statewide Online Genealogy Records This table shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections on the county level, use the county Wiki pages. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a FamilySearch center or FamilySearch affiliate library.
For United States nationwide collections, go to the United States Online Genealogy Records page.
Vital Records Births 1880-1935: Florida Births and Christenings at FamilySearch; index only Marriages 1802-1998: US Marriages – Florida at Findmypast; index & images ($) 1822-1850: Florida Compiled Marriages at Ancestry; index only ($) 1822-1875, 1927-2001: Florida Marriage Index at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($) 1823-1982: Florida County Marriages Records at Ancestry; index only ($) 1823-Onward Florida Marriages at MyHeritage; index & images ($) 1830-1957: Florida County Marriages at FamilySearch; index & images 1830-1993: Florida Marriages at FamilySearch; index & images 1837-1974: Florida Marriages at FamilySearch; index only 1905-1915: Selected Florida County Marriages at Ancestry; index only ($) 1970-1999: Florida Marriages at MyHeritage; index only ($) Florida County Marriages at MyHeritage; index & images ($) Deaths 1877-1939: Florida Deaths at FamilySearch; index & images 1877-1998: Florida Death Index at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($) 1900-1921: Florida Deaths and Burials at FamilySearch; index only 1936-2007: US Social Security Applications and Claims Index at Ancestry; index only ($) US Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch; index only Divorce 1927-1950: Florida, Divorce at FamilySearch; index & images 1927-2001: Florida Divorce Index at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($) 1970-1999: Florida Divorces at MyHeritage; index only ($) African American See US African American Online Genealogy Records Archives and Libraries University of Florida Digital Collection at UF George A Smathers Libraries Biographies County and Town Histories, includes biographies Cemetery Records BillionGraves Index at FamilySearch; index & images Cemetery Search at BillionGraves Florida Cemetery Records at Find a Grave Census See US Census Online Genealogy Records 1783: Spanish Census of Eastern Florida at USGW Archives 1820-1890: Florida Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1867-1945: Florida, State Census at Ancestry; index only ($) 1885: Florida State Census at FamilySearch; index & images 1935: Florida State Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at MyHeritage ($) 1945: Florida State Census at FamilySearch; index & images Church Records 1750-1899: U.S., Southern Baptist Church Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1834-1997: Florida Church Records at FamilySearch; index & images Compiled Genealogies 1500-2000: North America, Family Histories at Ancestry; index & images ($) Court and Criminal Records 1767-1805: The Natchez Court Records at Ancestry; index only ($) 1875-1959: Florida, U.S., State Prison Register, 1875-1959 at Ancestry; index & images ($) Directories 1902-1960: Ohio and Florida, City Directories at Ancestry; index & images ($) History County and Town Histories, includes biographies Immigration Records See US Immigration Online Genealogy Records 1820-1873,1893-1959: US Atlantic Ports Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1820-1873: Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 5 at Ancestry; index only ($) 1820-1873: Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 2 at Ancestry; index only ($) 1820-1874: US Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports at FamilySearch; index & images 1895-1956: US Border Crossings from Canada at MyHeritage; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Florida 1895-1964: All US Border Crossings from Mexico to US at Ancestry; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Florida 1898-1945: Florida Key West Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Findmypast ($) 1898-1945 Florida, Passenger Lists at MyHeritage; index & images ($) 1898-1945: Florida Tampa, Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Findmypast ($) 1898-1963: Florida Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1900-1945: Florida, Pensacola, Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1908-1912: Florida, Knights Keys Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1924-1948: Florida, Pensacola, Passenger lists of citizens and aliens arriving and departing at Pensacola at FamilySearch; index & images 1926-1941: Florida, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at St. Petersburg] at FamilySearch; index & images 1930-1942: US Florida, Index to Alien Arrivals by Airplane at Miami at FamilySearch; index only. Also at Ancestry ($) 1932-1951: Florida, Port Everglades Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1944-1945: Florida and South Carolina, Airplane Arrival Manifests at FamilySearch; images only Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild at MyHeritage; index only ($)	Cultural Immigration Groups 1513-1762,1784-1821,1762-1784: The Italians in colonial Florida at FamilySearch; e-book 1920-1939: Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Florida Germans Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Florida Italians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Florida Russians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Florida Indigenous Peoples of Florida See US Native American Online Genealogy Records Land Records 1763-1821: Florida Spanish Land Grants at FamilySearch; index & images 1783-1821: Spanish Land Grants at Florida Memory 1800-1955: US Bureau of Land Management Tract Books at FamilySearch; index & images Pre-1908: Florida Homestead and Cash Entry Patents at Ancestry; index only ($) Pre-1908: Land Patents - Florida at MyHeritage; index only ($) Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary Maps Atlas of Historical County Boundaries at The Newberry Library Maps of Florida at MapOfUS Military Nationwide Databases US Military Online Genealogy Records General Records 1837-1970: Florida, Military Discharge Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1908-1929: Florida, US, Confederate Old Soldiers and Sailors Home at Ancestry — index & images ($) Florida Statewide Military Archives at USGW Archives Indian Wars, dates vary See US Military Online Genealogy Records Revolutionary War, 1774-1783 See US Military Online Genealogy Records War of 1812, 1812-1815 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Mexican War, 1846-1848 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Florida War, 1855-1858 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1835-1858: Florida, Compiled Service Records, Florida Indian Wars at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1836-1842: Florida War Death List at Ancestry; index only ($) Civil War, 1861-1865 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Florida Confederate Pension Application Files at Florida Memory 1861-1865: Florida Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers at FamilySearch; index & images 1861-1865: Florida Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers at FamilySearch; index & images 1885-1955: Florida Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications at FamilySearch; index & images 1888-1938: Florida Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home records at FamilySearch; index & images Spanish-American War, 1898 See US Military Online Genealogy Records World War I, 1917-1918 See US Military Online Genealogy Records World War II, 1941-1945 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1940-1945: Florida WW II Draft Registration Cards at FamilySearch; index & images Korean War, 1950-1953 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Florida Soldiers Killed in Korean War at USGW Archives Vietnam War, 1964-1972 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Florida Soldiers Killed in Vietnam Conflict at USGW Archives Naturalization See US Naturalization Online Genealogy Records 1795-1925: US Passport Applications at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1847-1995: Florida Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1862-1960: Florida, United States Naturalization Records at FamilySearch; index & images Newspapers 1783–1984: Florida Newspaper Archives at GenealogyBank 1800-Current: Florida, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current at Ancestry; index ($) Florida County Newspapers & Periodicals at Ancestry ($) Florida Newspapers at Chronicling America Digital Newspaper Collection at UF George A Smathers Libraries Names and Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com™ (Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi) at MyHeritage; index & images ($) Obituaries 1980-2014: US GenealogyBank Obituaries at FamilySearch; index & images Occupations Florida, State Employees at MyHeritage - index ($) Periodicals PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at Allen County Public Library; index Probate Records 1784-1990: Florida Probate Records at FamilySearch; images only 1827-1950: Florida Wills and Probate Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary Tax Records 1862-1874: US Internal Revenue Assessment Lists at FamilySearch; images only Voting Records 1867-1868: Florida Voter Registration Rolls at Ancestry; index only ($) 1867-1868: Voter Registration Rolls at Florida Memory 1867-1905: Florida County Voter Registration Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1880-Onward: Florida, Voter Registrations at MyHeritage; index ($)

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