Martin County, Florida Genealogy

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

United States   Florida    Martin County

County Courthouse
Martin County Courthouse 2401 SE Monterey Rd Stuart, FL 34995 Phone: 561.288.5576

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1925. County Health Department has birth, death and burial records.

Parent County
1925--Martin County was created 30 May 1925 from Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties. County seat: Stuart

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
For a list of record loss in Florida counties see: Florida Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties

 * Glades
 * Hendry
 * Okeechobee
 * Palm Beach
 * St. Lucie

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
 * Veterans Administration National Cemeteries - Florida National Cemeteries
 * Martin County Genealogical Society'sCemeteries with Burials.

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

Court
Martin Co. GenWeb's (FL-Inc.) Governmentalwebpage.

Land
Florida Territorial Land Records

Local Histories
Martin Co. GenWeb's (FL-Inc.) HistoricalInformation webpage.

Maps

 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)
 * 1870 Gray's Atlas Panhandle Portion of State - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 1882 Rand McNally Panhandle Portion of State -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Exploring Florida, FCIT Maps, University of South Florida

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
 * Microfilms of The Stuart News are kept in the Blake Library, 2351 SE Monterey Rd, Stuart. Phone 772-288-5702, website: www.library.martin.fl.us

Obituaries

 * Florida Obituaries -  Obituary transcriptions from Florida counties -  USGenWeb Obituaries Project
 * Martin County Genealogical Society'sObituaries Indexes from 1913.

Vital Records

 * Florida State Archives

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

Societies and Libraries

 * List of Florida Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies
 * Florida State Historical Societies -  Listing by County
 * Florida Family History Centers
 * Florida Historical Society
 * Florida State Genealogical Society
 * Martin County Genealogical Society is at http://mcgensociety.org

Web Sites

 * Martin County, FL History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Florida Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Florida Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Martin County FLGenWeb
 * State of Florida
 * USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Martin County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Martin County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Martin County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.