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This entry was originally written by the Florida Pioneer Descendants Certification Program Committee of the Florida State Genealogical Society, Inc. for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.

This article is part of the Florida Family History Research series.

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In the majority of counties, the original marriage records are retained in the office of the clerk of courts located in the county seat. Queries and requests for information from Florida counties should be addressed to: 'Clerk of Courts, ____ County Courthouse,' at the address given in the following county chart. Names in parentheses are former names of the county. The original birth and death records are available at the county health departments with few exceptions (see Vital Records). Many of the courthouse records have been microfilmed by the LDS church and can be ordered through the FHL.

By 2006, every county will make available indexes to 'official records' beginning no later than January 1, 1990, at www.myfloridacounty.com. Examples include deeds, marriage certificates, judgments, liens, probate, and other types of documents. Currently, many counties have indexes to earlier dates such as 1900. Once the record is found, records can be ordered and paid for online.

See www.myfloridacounty.com or www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/flcounties.htm for current county information.

Map	County	County Address	Date Formed	Parent County(ies)	Birth	Marriage	Death	Land	Probate	Court
B4	Alachua[1]	201 E University Ave P.O. Box 600 Gainesville 32602-0600	1824	Duval/ St Johns		1837		1826	1828	1828
A5	Baker	339 E. Macclenny Ave Macclenny 32063-2231	1861	New River		1877		1877	1877	1880
K3	Bay	300 E 4th St Panama City 32401-3056	1913	Calhoun/Washington		1913		1885	1913	1913
	Washington County land records transferred here
	Benton	(see Hernando)
A5	Bradford	P.O. Drawer B Starke 32091	1858	Columbia/(New River)		1875		1875	1868	1875
D7	Brevard	P.O. Box 999 Titusville 32781-0999	1844	Mosquito/(St. Lucie)	1930	1868		1871	1877	1879
J4	Caloun	20859 S. E. Central Ave Rm 130 Blountstown 32424-2263	1838	Franklin	1880	1862		1862	1877	?
G7	Charlotte	350 E Marion Ave P.O. Box 511687 Punto Gorda 33951-1687	1921	DeSoto	1922	1921	1917	1921	1921	1921
C4	Citrus	110 N. Apopka Ave Inverness 34450-2431	1887	Hernando		1887		1887	1887	1887
A5	Clay	825 N Orange Ave/ P.O. Box 698 Green Cove Springs 32043-0698	1858	Duval		1872		1871	1859	1859
H6	Collier	3301 Tamiami Trail East/ P. O. Box 413044 Naples 33941-3044	1923	Lee		1923		1923	1923	1923
A4	Columbia	173 N.E. Hernand/ P.O. Box 2069 Lake City 32056-2069	1832	Alachua		1876		1871	1868	1895
	Dade	(see Miami-Dade)
F5	DeSoto	115 E Oak St Rm 101 Arcadia 34266-2401	1887	Manatee		1887		1887	1887	1887
B3	Dixie	P.O. Box 1206 Cross City 32628-1206	1921	Lafayette		1924		1921	1871
A6	Duval	330 E Bay St Rm 103 Jacksonville 32202-2921	1822	St. Johns	1893	1822	1901	1901	1905	1901
J1	Escambia	190 Governmental Center Pensacola 32501-5773	1821	original	1891	1821	1919	1821	1821	1821
	Fayette	1832 (abolished, 1834; territory annexed to Jackson)
B6	Flagler	P.O. Box 787 Bunnell 32110-0787	1917	St. Johns/Valusia		1917		?	1917	?
B1	Franklin	33 Market St Ste 203 Apalachicola 32320	1832	Jackson		1887		1874	1832
A1	Gadsden	P.O. Box 1649 Quincy 32351-1649	1823	Jackson		1849		1849	1837	?
B4	Gilchrist	112 S Main St/ P.O. Box 37 Trenton 32693-0037	1925	Alachua		1926		1926	1926	1926
G6	Glades	500 Ave J/ P.O. Box 10 Moore Haven 33471-0010	1921	DeSoto		1921		1921	1921	1921
K4	Gulf	1000 Cecil G. Costin Sr Blvd Rm 148 Port St Joe 32456	1925	Calhoun		1925		1925	1925	1925
A3	Hamilton	207 First St N. E. Rm 106 Jasper 32052-6693	1827	Jefferson		1824		1836	1830	1881
F5	Hardee	P.O. Drawer 1749 Wauchula 33873-1749	1921	DeSoto		1921		1921	1921	1921
H6	Hendry	25 E Hickpoochee Ave/ P.O. Box 1760 Labelle 33975-1760	1923	Lee		1923		1923	1923	1923
D4	Hernando	20 N Main St Rm 130 Brooksville 34601-2800	1843	Alachua (Benton)		1900		1878	1900	1877
F6	Highlands	590 S Commerce Ave Sebring 33870-3867	1921	DeSoto		1921		1921	1921	1921
E4	Hillsborough	P.O. Box 1110 Tampa 33601-1110	1834	Alachua	1875	1846	1900	1837	1845	1846
J3	Holmes	P.O. Box 397 Bonifay 32425-0397	1848	Jackson/Walton		1902		1900	1902	1900
E7	Indian River	P.O. Box 1028 Vero Beach 32961-1028	1925	St. Lucie	1925	1925	1925	1925	1925	1925
J4	Jackson	P.O. Drawer 510 Marianna 32447-0510	1822	Escambia		1848		1848	1848	1848
A2	Jefferson	County Courthouse Rm 10 Monticello 32344-9539	1827	Leon		1827		1827	1900	1900
A3	Lafayette	P.O. Box 88 Mayo 32066-0088	1856	Madison		1857		1873	1838
D5	Lake	550 W Main St/ P.O. Box 7800 Tavares 32778-7800	1887	Orange/Sumter		1887		1887	1887	?
H5	Lee	P.O. Box 2469 Ft meyers 33902-2469	1887	Monroe		188?		?	?	?
A2	Leon	P.O. Box 726 Tallahassee 32302-0726	1824	Gadsden/Duval		1825		1825	1824	1825
C4	Levy	P.O. Drawer 610 Brason 32621-0610	1845	Alachua/Hillsborough		1854		1850	1847	1850
A1, K4	Liberty	P.O. Box 399 Bristol 32321-0399	1855	Gadsden		1857		1857	1859	1884
A3	Madison	P.O. Box 237 Madison 32341-0237	1827	Jefferson		1831		1831	1846	1838
F5	Manatee	P.O. Box 25400 Brandenton 34206-5400	1855	Hillsborough	1901	1856	1915	1843	1857	1858
C5	Marion	110 NW 1st Ave Ocala 34475	1844	Alachua/Mosquito		1844		1844	1846	1849
G8	Martin	100 E ocean Blvd Rm 200 Stuart 34994	1925	Palm Beach/St. Lucie		1925		1925	1925	1925
J8	Miami-Dade	73 W Flager St Ste 242 Miami 33130-1731	1836	Monroe (Dade)	1914	1840		?	?	1888
K7	Monroe	500 Whitehead St Key West 33040-6581	1823	St Johns		1826		1826	1888	?
	Mosquito	(see Orange)
A5	Nassau	P.O. Box 456 Fernandina Beach 32035-0456	1824	Duval		1867		1840	1873	1873
	New River	(see Bradford)
J2	Okaloosa	101 E James Lee Blvd Crestview 32536	1915	Santa Rosa/Walton		1915		1915	1915	1915
F7	Okeechobee	304 N W Second St Rm 101 Okeechobee 34972-4146	1917	Osceola/Palm Beach/ St Lucia	1915	1925	1915	1887	1917	1917
D6	Orange	425 N Orange Ave/ P.O. Box 4994 Orlando 32801-4627	1824	St Johns (Mosquito)		1869		1847	1871	1847
E6	Osceola	2 Courthouse Sq Ste 2000 Kissimmee 34741-5487	1887	Brevard/Orange		1887		1887	1887	1887
G7	Palm Beach	301 N Olive Ave West Palm Beach 33401	1909	Dade		1909		1909	1909	1909
D4	Pasco	38053 Live Oak Ave Dade City 33523-3894	1887	Hernando		1887		1876	1882	1887
E4	Pinellas	315 Court St Clearwater 33756-5165	1911	Hillsborough		1912		1911	?	1911
E5	Polk	P.O. Box 9000 Drw CC-1 Bartow 33831-9000	1861	Brevard/Hillsborough	1892	1862		1862	1861	1867
B5	Putnam	P.O. Box 758 Palatka 32178-0758	1849	Alachua/Marion/St Johns				1849	1849	1849
A6	St Johns	P.O. Box 300 St Augustine 32085-0300	1821	original		1823		1821	1844	1821
	St Lucie (1)	1844 (renamed Brevard, 1855)
F8	St. Lucie (II)	221 S Indian River Dr Ft Pierce 34950-4350	1905	Brevard		1905		?	1905	?
J1	Santa Rosa	P.O. Box 472 Milton 32572-0472	1842	Escambia		1869		1869	1878	1869
G5	Sarasota	2000 Main St Sarasota 34237-6022	1921	Manatee		1921		1921	1921	1921
D6	Seminole	301 N Park Ave/ P.O. Box 8099 Sanford 32772-1243	1913	Orange		1913		1913	1913	1913
D5	Sumter	209 N Florida St Bushnell 33513-6146	1853	Marion		1853		1854	1856	1853
A3	Suwannee	200 S Ohio Ave Live Oak 32064-3200	1858	Columbia		1859	1859	1859	1860	1859
A2	Taylor	P.O. Box 620 Perry 32347-0620	1856	Madison		1857		1857	1870	1857
A4	Union	55 W Main St Rm 103 Lake Butler 32054-1600	1921	Bradford		1921	1921	1921	1921	1921
C6	Volusia	101 N Alabama Ave DeLand 32724-4316	1854	Orange		1856		1869	1855	1855
A1	Wakulla	3056 Crawfordville Hwy/ P.O. Box 6048 Crawfordville 32327-3136	1843	Leon		1892		1843	1892	1843
J2	Walton	571 Hwy 90 East DeFuniak Springs 32433	1824	Escambia/Jackson		1885		1886	1882	1886
J3	Washington	1293 W Jackson Ave/ P.O. Box 647 Chipley 32428-0647	1825	Jackson/Walton		1877		1880	1880	1890