DeSoto County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    DeSoto County

County Courthouse
De Soto County Courthouse 115 Oak Street Arcadia, FL 33821 Phone: 862.993.4876

County Judge has probate records from 1887; Clerk Ciruit Court has divorce, court and land records from 1887 &lt;ref name="HBG"&gt;Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), De Soto County, Florida. Page 133 ; .&lt;/ref&gt;

Parent County
1887--DeSoto County was created 19 May 1887 from Manatee County. County seat: Arcadia

Neighboring Counties

 * Charlotte
 * Glades
 * Hardee
 * Highlands
 * Manatee
 * Sarasota

African American

 * Florida African American Griots Project -  USGenWeb
 * Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Cemeteries
[http://www.fl-genweb.org/decole/desoto/cemetery/cemetery.htm '''FLGenWeb Project,Inc. Desoto County''']cemetery Index


 * Cemeteries of Fort Ogden
 * Florida Tombstone Transcription Project -  USGenWeb
 * Interment.net - Florida cemetery records by County
 * Veterans Administration National Cemeteries - Florida National Cemeteries

Census
Desoto County Federal Census Index-FLGenWeb Project,Inc.


 * 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

Church
Churches of Desoto County,Fl.-FLGenWeb Project,Inc.

Land
Florida Territorial Land Records

Maps

 * 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
Military Index, Desoto County,Fl.-FLGenWeb Project,Inc.


 * 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
Desoto County Florida, Obituary Index- FLGenWeb Project,Inc.


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

Vital Records

 * Florida State Archives

Societies and Libraries

 * Florida State Historical Societies -  Listing by County
 * Florida Historical Society
 * Florida State Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Arcadia Florida Family History Center
 * Arcadia, Florida

Web Sites

 * DeSoto 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.
 * De Soto County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Desoto County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Desoto County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.