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

Description
The county was named for Albert W. Gilchrist, Governor of Florida from 1909 to 1913. The County Seat is Trenton and the county was created December 4, 1925. The County is located in the Northwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Gilchrist County Courthouse 112 S Main Street Trenton, FL 32693 Phone: 352.463.3170

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1926.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cemeteries
The following web site may have additional information on Gilchrist County cemeteries.


 * Interment.net Florida cemetery records

Census Records

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


 * 1885 includes sex, age, relationship, occupation, place of birth of each family member and parents. Also census for agriculture, manufacture and mortality.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African American
 * USGenWeb African American Griots Project
 * Afrigeneas - African Genealogy

Land and Property Records
Florida Territorial Land Records

Maps and Gazetteers

 * 1821-1 97 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

Military Records

 * Gilchrist County Military Records (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Florida State Military Files USGenWeb
 * Florida state pension records from various wars Pension Transcriptions USGenWeb

Civil War
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry (free)
 * 1885-1955 - at FamilySearch  only

World War I
 * Index to Gilchrist County World War I Draft Registration by Surname - Scroll down to WWI. (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1917-1920 - at FamilySearch

World War II
 * Gilchrist County World War II Army Enlistees (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Gilchrist County World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel (Genealogy Trails)
 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch

Korean War
 * Gilchrist County Korean War Casualties (Genealogy Trails)
 * US Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Home-State-of-Record: Florida (Archives.gov)

Vietnam War Distantcousin.com Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War
 * Gilchrist County Vietnam War Casualties (Genealogy Trails)

Newspapers

 * Early Florida Newspapers at the Florida State Library

Obituaries

 * Florida Obituaries-Obituary transcriptions from Florida counties -USGenWeb Obituaries Project

Probate Records
Online Indexes and Records'' 
 * 1784 – 1 90 Florida Probate Records 1784-1990
 * 1810 – 1974 93 Ancestry Florida Wills and Probate Records 1810-1974 $

Birth

 * 1880-1935 - at FamilySearch

Marriage

 * 1802-1 98 - Florida, United States Marriages at FindMyPast $
 * 1837-1974 - at FamilySearch
 * 1830-1 93 - at FamilySearch
 * 1830-1957 - at FamilySearch
 * 1822-1875 and 1927 - 2001 - at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1877-1939 - at FamilySearch
 * 1900-1921 - at FamilySearch
 * 1877-1 98 - at FamilySearch

Divorce

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

Libraries
Gilchrist County Genealogical Society 105 Ne 11th Avenue Trenton 32693

Alachua County Genealogical Society Post Office Box 12078 Gainesville, FL 32604 E-mail:[mailto:mmurphy462@aol.com mmurphy462@aol.com] Website

Florida Historical SocietyWebsite Florida State Genealogical SocietyWebsite

Websites

 * Gilchrist County FLGenWeb
 * State of Florida
 * Gilchrist County, USGenWeb Archives
 * Gilchrist County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Gilchrist County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Gilchrist County, Florida Genealogy Trails
 * Gilchrist County FL Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.