Hillsborough County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Hillsborough County

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

County Courthouse


Hillsborough County Courthouse 419 N Pierce Street Tampa, FL 33602 Phone: 813.276.8100

County Judge has marriage and probate records. Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and land records. Hillsborough County has a number of addresses for their Clerks of the Circuit Court

Clerk of Circuit Court George E. Edgecomb Courthouse 800 Twiggs Street Tampa, FL 33602 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

Clerk of Circuit Court Tax Deeds George E. Edgecomb Courthouse 800 Twiggs Street Room #103 Tampa, FL 33602 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

Clerk of Circuit Court Marriage License, Recording, Records Library, Passports 419 Pierce Room 140 Tampa, FL 33602 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

Clerk of Circuit Court Courthouse Annex Felony / Circuit Criminal Room 202 401 N. Jefferson Street Tampa, FL 33602 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM) (Public access via Edgecomb Courthouse at 800 E. Twiggs Street)

Clerk of Circuit Court Annex Tower Tampa, FL 33602 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

Clerk of Circuit Court County Center 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33602 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

Brandon Office

Clerk of Circuit Court Brandon Regional Service Center 311 Pauls Drive Suite 110 Brandon, FL 33511 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM) Maps and Directions

SouthShore Office

Clerk of Circuit Court SouthShore Regional Service Center 410 30th St. S.E. Ruskin, FL 33570 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

Plant City Office

Clerk of Circuit Court Plant City Courthouse 302 North Michigan Avenue Plant City, FL 33563 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

History
A brief history of Hillsborough County is given on this website, along with links to other sources.

Parent County
1834--Hillsborough County was created 25 January 1834 from Alachua County. County seat: Tampa

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
Hillsborough County Courthouse, a small log cabin, was burned by Native Americans during the Second Seminole War.

Populated Places
Tampa is one of the larger communities in Hillsborough.

Neighboring Counties
Hardee • Manatee •  Pasco •  Pinellas •  Polk

Cemeteries and Funeral Homes
The Florida Genealogical Society of Tampa has transcribed the contents of its 8-volume cemetery survey of Hillsborough County (originally published between 1986 and 1990) into the Find A Grave cemetery database website.

Hillsborough County Florida Cemeteries. This site has information from 8 volumes published by the Florida Genealogical Society as well as information on cemetery information added since the publication of these volumes.

Some Hillsborough County Funeral Home records have been microfilmed by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and are available for viewing at the Salt Lake City facility or one of their affiliated Family History Centers. They are listed in the Catalog/frameset_fhlc.asp FamilySearch Catalog through the Keyword Search, with the name of the Funeral Home, These records are listed as following:  A P Boza (1929-1965); B Marion Reed (1916-1928), J L Reed and Son (1887-1969); Lord and Fernandez (1925-1969), Stowers (1961-1966), Wells (1918-1939).

Additional funeral home and cemetery records can be found in the Special Collections of the University of South Florida Tampa Library.

Individual cemeteries:


 * Little Union Baptist Church, Fish Hawk BillionGraves. Just south of CR 672 on CR 39.

Church
There are over 300 Hillsborough Churches listed on this website, with their location indicated

LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Tampa

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1944 - 1945 at | FamilySearch — images

Maps



 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)

Civil War Battles
The following Civil War battles were fought in Hillsborough County:


 * June 30-July 1, 1862 = Tampa, also known as the Yankee Outrage at Tampa
 * October 16-18, 1863 = Fort Brooke

Map showing Civil War battles in Florida.

Probate
The in Salt Lake City has been able to film many of the Hillsborough County Judge's Court records, and copies of these films are available in Salt Lake City or in any of its affiliate Family History Centers.

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

Vital Records
Some Hillsborough County marriage records are available at the University of South Florida Tampa Library's Special Collections department, and some years have been digitized and indexed on their site.

Hillsborough County Vital Records Office:

Vital Statistics Office 13601 North 22nd Street Tampa, Florida 33613 Telephone: (813) 307-8002

Hours of Operation Monday through Friday (7:30am to 4:30pm)

The in Salt Lake City has microfilmed some of the earlier vital records of the Hillsborough County County Judge and Circuit court which are available for viewing in Salt Lake City or in any of its affiliate Family History Centers.

Birth Records

 * 1880 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — inde
 * 1888-1938 - Hillsborough County Birth Index Books 1-40 (1888-1938) in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

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
 * 1846-1928 - Hillsborough County Marriage Index 1846-1928 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Divorce Records

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

Death Records

 * 1877 - 1939 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1900 - 1921 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1877 - 1998 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1899-1921 - Tampa Death Index, Volumes 1-3, 1899-1921. Batches and  at FamilySearch - free.

Public Libraries
The following libraries in Hillsborough County have collections of particular interest to genealogists.


 * John F. Germany Public Library 900 N. Ashley Dr. Tampa, Florida 33602-3788 Telephone: (813) 273-3652 The History and Genealogy Department has a large collection with emphasis on Florida, the southeast region, the original thirteen colonies and all other states bordering on the Mississippi River.

Web Sites

 * Hillsborough County, FL History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Florida Genealogical Society, Inc. (Tampa)
 * Hillsborough County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Hillsborough County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Hillsborough County Genealogy (Florida Genealogy)
 * Hillsborough County Genealogy (Florida Genealogy)