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Suwannee County, Florida
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Location in the state of Florida
Location of Florida in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	December 21, 1858
County Seat	Live Oak
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

History

Parent County

1858--Suwanne County was created 21 December 1858 from Columbia County.
County seat: Live Oak ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Columbia
• Gilchrist
• Hamilton
• Lafayette
• Madison

Resources

African American 

Florida African American Griots Project USGenWeb 

• Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Cemeteries

• Florida Tombstone Transcription Project USGenWeb
  *Interment.net - Florida cemetery records by County

Census

• 1783 Spanish Census USGenWeb Archives Project
  *1821 Census/Tax List Index USGenWeb Archives Project
  *1823 Census/Tax List Index USGenWeb Archives Project
  *1880 Census African Born Blacks and Mulattos USGenWeb Archives Project
  *Federal Census Information from National Archives USGenWeb Archives Project
  *State Census Information from Florida State Archives USGenWeb Archives Project
  *Census of Pensioners Revolutionary Military Service USGenWeb Archives Project

Church

Court

Land

Florida Territorial Land Records

Local Histories

A history of the county and those who lived there is:

Suwannee 2000 County History Committee. Echoes of the Past: A History of Suwannee County, 1858-2000. St. Petersburg, Florida: Southern Heritage Press, 2000

Some historical photographs of the county have been published in:

Suwannee Valley Memories: Days Gone By - A Pictorial History of Suwannee, Hamilton, and Lafayette Counties. St. Petersburg. Florida: Southern Heritage Press, n.d.

Maps

• 1870 Gray's Atlas Panhandle Portion of State USGenWeb Archives Project
  *1882 Rand McNally Panhandle Portion of State USGenWeb Archives Project

Military

• Florida State Military Files  USGenWeb Archives Project
  *Pension Transcriptions Florida state pension records from various wars USGenWeb Pension Project
  *Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict
  *Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War

Newspapers

• Early Florida Newspapers at the Florida State Library

Obituaries

• Florida Obituaries Obituary transcriptions from Florida counties USGenWeb Obituaries Project

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

• Florida State Archives

Societies and Libraries

• Florida State Historical Societies Listing by County
  *Florida Family History Centers

• Suwannee Valley Genealogical Society
  

P.O. Box 967
Live Oak. FL 32604

Web Sites

• State of Florida

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Suwannee County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Suwannee County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).