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Florida Broward County
Guide to Broward County Florida genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Broward County, Florida | |||||||||
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 Location in the state of Florida | |||||||||
 Location of Florida in the U.S. | |||||||||
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| Founded | April 30, 1915 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Fort Lauderdale | ||||||||
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County Courthouse
Broward County Courthouse
201 SE 6th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Phone: 954.765.4578
Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, probate divorce, court and land records from 1915[1]
History
Parent County
1915- Broward County was created 30 April 1915 from Dade and Palm Beach Counties.
County seat: Fort Lauderdale [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places / Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
FLGenWeb Broward Co. Cemeteries
Census
For tips on accessing Broward County, Florida census records online, see: Florida Census.
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1920 | 5,135 | ||
| 1930 | 20,094 | 291.3% | |
| 1940 | 39,794 | 98.0% | |
| 1950 | 83,933 | 110.9% | |
| 1960 | 333,946 | 297.9% | |
| 1970 | 620,100 | 85.7% | |
| 1980 | 1,018,200 | 64.2% | |
| 1990 | 1,255,488 | 23.3% | |
| 2000 | 1,623,018 | 29.3% | |
FLGenWeb Broward Co. 1920 Census
Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records
- Fort Lauderdale
- Pompano
Cities
Court
Education
- Broward College yearbooks - various yearbooks from about 1961 to 2000 are freely available at the Internet Archive.
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
>>>World War I
1917 Draft Registrations @ learnwebskills.com
World War I Veterans @ learnwebskills.com
>>>World War II
Robert B. Conlon - Medal of Honor & Distinguished Service Cross Recipient...Broward Co, FLGenWeb
World War II, Missing and Dead (Army and Army Air Force) Broward Co, FLGenWeb
World War II Veterans @ learnwebskills.com
>>>Korean War
Korean War Fatal Casualties, Broward Co, FLGenWeb
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Executions in Broward Co.(FLGenWeb)
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
- Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
- Cocoa Florida Family History Center (Rockledge)
- Coral Springs Florida Family History Center
- Plantation Florida Family History Center
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Broward County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Broward County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Broward County, Florida. Page 133 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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