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Guide to Broward 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 Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, Governor of Florida from 1905 to 1909. The County Seat is Fort Lauderdale and the county was created 1915. The County is located in the Southeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Broward County Courthouse 201 SE 6th Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Phone: 954.765.4578

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, probate divorce, court and land records from 1915

Populated Places
Broward County The following are locations in the county:

Cemeteries
The following web sites may have additional information on Broward  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

Church Records
Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


 * Fort Lauderdale
 * Pompano

Emigration and Immigration
Online Indexes and Records''  These passenger lists cover: 1834-1897 Immigration of Russians to the United States 1/12/1846 -12/31/1851 Irish Famine 1850-1897 Germans to the United States 1855-1900 Italians to the United States
 * 1944-1945 Florida and South Carolina, Airplane Arrival Manifests
 * NARA Ships Passenger Lists

Maps and Gazetteers

 * 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

Military Records

 * 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
 * 1917-1920 - at FamilySearch

World War II
 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch

Korean War
 * Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict distantcousin.com

Vietnam War


 * Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War distantcousin.com

Newspapers

 * Early Florida Newspapers at the Florida State Library USGenWeb

Probate Records
Online Indexes and Records'' 
 * 1784-1990 Probate Records
 * 1810-1974 Florida Wills and Probate Records Ancestry.com $

Vital Records

 * FLGenWeb Executions in Broward Co

Birth

 * 1880-1935 - at FamilySearch

Marriage

 * 1802-1998 - Florida, United States Marriages at FindMyPast $
 * 1837-1974 - at FamilySearch
 * 1830-1993 - at FamilySearch
 * 1830-1957 - at FamilySearch
 * 1822-1875 and 1927 - 2001 - at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1877-1939 - at FamilySearch
 * 1900-1921 - at FamilySearch
 * 1877-1998 - at FamilySearch

Divorce

 * 1927-2001 - Florida, Divorce Index at Ancestry

Family History Centers

 * Cocoa Florida Family History Center (Rockledge)
 * Coral Springs Florida Family History Center
 * Plantation Florida Family History Center

Libraries
Broward County Genealogical Society PO Box 485 Ft. Lauderdale 33302

Oakland Park Historical Society 3976 NE Sixth Ave. Oakland Park, FL 33334

Old Fort Lauderdale Village and Museum, Fort Lauderdale Historical Society 219 WS 2nd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Telephone Number: 954-463-4431 Website

Jewish Genealogical Society of Broward County PO Box 17251 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33318 website

Florida Historical SocietyWebsite Florida State Genealogical SocietyWebsite

Websites

 * Florida Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Broward County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Broward County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc
 * Broward County, USGenWeb Archives
 * Broward County, FLGenWeb Project
 * Broward County, Florida Genealogy Trails
 * Broward 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.