Bay County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Bay County

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

County Courthouse


Bay County Courthouse 300 E 4th St; PO Box 2269; Panama City, FL 32402; Phone: 850.763.9061

Heatlh Deptment has bird and death records; Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, probate, divoce, Court ircuit has marriage, probate, divorce, ct &amp; land rec from 1913

Bay County Health Department 597 W. 11th Street Panama City, FL 32401 (850) 872-4720 x1122 FAX (850) 872-4824

Parent County
1913-- Bay County was created 24 April 1913 from Calhoun County. County seat: Panama City

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
Calhoun • Gulf • Jackson • Walton • Washington

African American

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

Cemeteries

 * Millville Cemetery ~  transcription  ~  Interment
 * Greenwood Cemetery ~ transcription  ~  Interment
 * Florida Tombstone Transcription Project -  USGenWeb
 * Interment.net - Florida cemetery records by County
 * Veterans Administration National Cemeteries - Florida National Cemeteries

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
 * 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

 * First Baptist Church of Southport History ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Catholic Churches in Bay County Florida ~   The Catholic Directory
 * Florida Churches by City ~  Church Angel

Land

 * Florida Territorial Land Records

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

Vital Records

 * Florida State Archives (paid resource)

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
 * Northwest Regional Library System

25 W Government Street Panama City, FL 32412 Phone: (850) 872-7500


 * Lynn Haven Public Library

901 Ohio Avenue Lynn Haven, FL 32444 Phone: (850) 265-2781


 * The West Florida Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Mexico Beach Florida Family History Center
 * Panama City Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

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