Okeechobee County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Okeechobee County

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

County Courthouse
Okeechobee County Courthouse 304 NW 2nd Street Okeechobee, FL 34972 Phone: 863.763.6441

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1917 and land records from 1880’s. County Health Department has birth and death records.

Parent County
1917--Okeechobee County was created 8 May 1917 from Brevard County. County seat: Okeechobee

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Florida county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Florida County Boundary Maps" (1821-1997) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Glades
 * Hendry
 * Highlands
 * Indian River
 * Martin
 * Osceola
 * Palm Beach
 * Polk
 * St. Lucie

Maps



 * 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

Probate
Online Records
 * 1784 – 1990 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1810 – 1974 Florida Wills and Probate Records 1810-1974 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Birth Records

 * 1880 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index

Death Records

 * 1877 - 1939 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1900 - 1921 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1877 - 1998 at FamilySearch.org — index

Divorce Records

 * 1927 - 2001 Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage Records

 * 1837 - 1974 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1830 - 1993 at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1822 - 1875 and 1927 - 2001 at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1917-1942 - Okeechobee County Marriage Books 1-2 Index 1917-1942. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Obituaries

 * Okeechobee County, Florida Obituary Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. From Various Funeral Homes in the Okeechobee area.

Societies and Libraries
Genealogical Society of Okeechobee County PO Box 371 Okeechobee, FL 34973-0371 (863) 467-2674 E-mail:[mailto:bordmama@earthlink.net bordmama@earthlink.net] Website

The Genealogical Society of Okeechobee is a non-profit organization devoted to genealogical research and to the preservation of genealogical, biographical and historic records. The Society meets the second Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at the Okeechobee County Public Library.

Family History Centers

 * Okeechobee Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Okeechobee County, FL History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Florida Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Florida Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Okeechobee County Florida GenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Okeechobee County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Okeechobee County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)