Volusia County, Florida Genealogy

United States

Florida

Volusia County

Guide to Volusia County, Florida ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Florida Online Genealogy Records

County Facts County seat: De Land Organized: December 29, 1854 Parent County(s): Orange Neighboring Counties Brevard • Flagler • Lake • Marion • Orange • Putnam • Seminole See County Maps Courthouse Location Map

County Information

Description

The county was named for the Community of Volusia. The county is located in the northeastern area of the state.

County Courthouse

Volusia County Courthouse
123 W Indiana
De Land, FL 32720
Phone 904-736-5920
Volusia County Website

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, court probate and land records

Volusia County, Florida Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1899	1856	1899	1855	1869	1855	1830
*Statewide registration of births and deaths began in 1899. General compliance by 1920.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

1854--Volusia County was created 29 December 1854 from Orange County. County seat: De Land Florida Individual County Chronologies - Newberry Library list of all boundary changes by county Florida Historical Borders - Map at Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; Also at: mapofus.org - animated maps illustrating Florida county boundary changes

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Daytona Beach Daytona Beach Shores DeBary DeLand Deltona	Edgewater Holly Hill Lake Helen New Smyrna Beach Oak Hill	Orange City Ormond Beach Port Orange South Daytona
Towns
Pierson Ponce Inlet
Unincorporated communities
Alamana Ariel Bakerstown Barberville Benson Junction Beresford Bethune Beach Blake Blue Springs Landing Bluffton Boden Cassadaga Cabbage Bluff Connersville Conrad Cow Creek Creighton Cypress Lake Estates Daisy Lake Daytona Highridge Estates	Daytona Park Estates Deadman Landing DeLand Highlands DeLeon Springs Heights Edgewater Junction Eldridge Ellinor Village Emporia Enterprise Farmton Fatio Fort Florida Glenwood Halifax Estates Harbor Oaks Hucomer Isleboro Kalamazoo Lake Ashby Shores	Lemon Bluff Maytown Maytown Mound Grove National Gardens, Florida Orange City Hills Ortona Osteen Packwood Place Pennichaw Riverside Seabreeze Senyah Stone Island Sugar Mill Estates Tomoka Estates Valdez Volusia Wilbur-By-The-Sea
Census-designated places
DeLand Southwest DeLeon Springs	Glencoe North DeLand

Resources

Bible Records

• Volusia County, Florida Bible Records at USGenWeb Archives

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Volusia, Florida online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	BillionGraves Find a Grave Interment.net RecordAGrave Index USGW Tombstone Transcription Project
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	FamilySearch Catalog WorldCat.org
List of Cemeteries in the County	BillionGraves FamilySearch Places Find a Grave
See Florida Cemeteries for more information

Census Records

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1860	1,158	—
1870	1,723	48.8%
1880	3,294	91.2%
1890	8,467	157.0%
1900	10,003	18.1%
1910	16,510	65.1%
1920	23,374	41.6%
1930	42,757	82.9%
1940	53,710	25.6%
1950	74,229	38.2%
1960	125,319	68.8%
1970	169,487	35.2%
1980	258,762	52.7%
1990	370,712	43.3%
2000	443,343	19.6%
2010	494,593	11.6%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

For tips on accessing census records online, see: Florida Census.

• 1783 Spanish Census USGenWeb
• 1821 Census/Tax List Index USGenWeb
• 1823 Census/Tax List Index USGenWeb
• 1880 Census African Born Blacks and Mulattos USGenWeb
• 1885 Florida State Population Census includes sex, age, relationship, occupation, place of birth of each family member and parents. Also census for agriculture, manufacture and mortality. - How to Use this Collection
• 1935 1935 Florida State Census at MyHeritage - index ($))
• Federal Census Information from National Archives USGenWeb
• State Census Information from Florida State Archives USGenWeb
• Census of Pensioners Revolutionary Military Service USGenWeb

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Florida denominations, view the Florida Church Records wiki page.
List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places

Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Daytona Beach

Directories

• 1970-2024 United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, coverage may vary

Emigration and Immigration

• NARA Ships Passenger Lists - These passenger lists cover:
  • 1834-1897 - Immigration of Russians to the United States
    
  • 1/12/1846-12/31/1851 - Irish Famine
    
  • 1850-1897 - Germans to the United States
    
  • 1855-1900 - Italians to the United States

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

African American

• USGenWeb Florida African American Griots Project

Funeral Homes

Daytona Beach

Woodward Funeral Home and Cremation Services Pinello Funeral Home R J Gainous Funeral Home, Inc. Haigh-Black Funeral Home and Cremation Services

Ormond Beach

Woodward Funeral Home and Cremation Services Volusia Memorial Funeral Home and Park Lohman Funeral Homes Haigh-Black Funeral Home and Cremation Services

DeLand

Unity Funeral Home, Inc. Lankford Funeral Home and Crematory Allen-Summerhill Funeral Homes and Crematory Unity Funeral Home, Inc. Lankford Funeral Home and Crematory

DeBary

Altman-Long Funeral Home and Crematory

Deltona

Haigh-Black Funeral Home and Cremation Services

Port Orange

Shannon Maloney Funeral Home Haigh-Black Funeral Home and Cremation Services

Orange City

Deltona Memorial Funeral Home and Gardens Baldauff Family Funeral Home and Crematory Allen-Summerhill Funeral Homes and Crematory Alavon Direct Cremation Services

New Smyrna Beach

Settle-Wilder Funeral Home and Cremation Service Baldwin Brothers Funeral and Cremation Society of Florida Alavon Direct Cremation Services

South Daytona

Cardwell, Baggett and Summers Funeral Home Alavon Direct Cremation Services

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Florida Land and Property for additional information about early Florida land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.

Online Land Indexes and Records

• Florida Territorial Land Records
• Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

Local Histories

Local histories are available for most counties. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Florida Local Histories.

Maps and Gazetteers

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• 1821-1997 Maps of Florida
• 1870 Gray's Atlas Panhandle Portion of StateUSGenWeb
• 1882 Rand McNally Panhandle Portion of StateUSGenWeb
• Exploring Florida, FCIT Maps University of South Florida
• FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

• Florida State Military Files USGenWeb
• Florida state pension records from various wars Pension Transcriptions USGenWeb
• 1812-1813 1812-1813 Residents of East Florida Patriots or Loyalists at Genealogy Trails - index

Civil War

• 1861-1865 Florida Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1861-1865 Florida Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry (free)
• 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry (free)
• 1885-1955 Florida Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1955 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

World War I

• 1917-1920 Florida, World War I Navy Card Roster, 1917-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

World War II

• 1940-1945 Florida, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Korean War

• Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict distantcousin.com

Vietnam War

• Distantcousin.com Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War

Naturalization and Citizenship

• 1862-1960 Florida, United States Naturalization Records, 1862-1960 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection, Inventory; index & images, coverage may vary

Newspapers

• 1800s-Current Florida, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
• Florida Digital Newspaper Library at George A. Smathers Libraries
• Early Florida Newspapers at the Florida State Library

Obituaries

• USGenWeb Obituaries Project Obituary transcriptions from Florida counties

Probate Records

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1784-1990 Florida Probate Records, 1784-1990(*) at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; images
• 1827-1950 Florida, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1827-1950 at Ancestry ($)
• 1855-1922 Probate Records, 1855-1872, 1874-1922(*); County Judge's Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1855-1962 General Index to County Judge's Office, from Earliest Records (ca. 1855) to 1962(*); County Judge at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

Taxes were levied on free white males over 21 and slaves aged 21 to 60. These persons are referred to as "polls." Tax listings, or digests, of a county generally list the taxable landowners and other polls and the amount of tax. The records for each county are divided by militia district. For more information see the wiki page Florida Taxation.

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Florida State Archives, or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred.

Birth

• 1880-1935 Florida, Births and Christenings, 1880-1935 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Marriage

• 1802-1998 Florida, United States Marriages at Findmypast $
• 1822-1875 and 1927 - 2001 Florida, Marriage Index, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1823-Onward Florida Marriages at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1830-1957 Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1830-1993 Florida, Marriages, 1830-1993 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1837-1974 Florida, Marriages, 1837-1974 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1970 - 1999 Florida, Marriages, 1970 - 1999 at MyHeritage - index ($))

Death

• 1877-1939 Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1877-1998 Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1900-1921 Florida, Deaths and Burials, 1900-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Divorce

• 1927-1950 Florida Divorce, 1927-1950 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1927-2001 Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001 at Ancestry - index ($)
• 1970 - 1999 Florida, Divorces, 1970 - 1999 at MyHeritage - index ($))

Voting Records

• 1867-1868 Web: Florida, U.S., Voter Registration Rolls, 1867-1868 at Ancestry - index ($)
• 1880-Onward Florida, Voter Registrations at MyHeritage — index & images ($)

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Volusia County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Florida Archives and Libraries.

FamilySearch Centers

FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries

• FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Daytona Beach Florida FamilySearch Center
• DeLand Florida FamilySearch Center

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Volusia County. For state-wide library facilities, see Florida Archives and Libraries.

Daytona Beach Regional Library
105 Jackie Robinson Pkwy
Daytona Beach, Florida 32124
Phone: 386-257-6036
Website

The County Library system has fourteen library's and branches. Check website for location and address.

Societies

Listed below are societies in Volusia County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Florida Societies.

Halifax Genealogical Society
PO Box 5081
Ormond Beach, Volusia County, Florida 32174-5081
Email:halifaxgensoc@aol.com
Website
Facebook

John Knox Village Genealogy Society
698 Monastery Rd.
Orange City, Florida 32763
Telephone 386-775-0788
Website

Volusia County Genealogical Society
105 E. Magnolia Ave.
Daytona Beach, Florida 32114
Telephone 386-257-6036 x16313
Website
Facebook

West Volusia Historical Society
137 W Michigan Ave.
Deland, Florida 32720
Telephone 386-740-6813
Email: info@westvolusiahistoricalsociety.org
Website
Facebook

Websites

• FLGenWeb
• Volusia County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.