Seminole County, Florida Genealogy

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

United States   Florida    Seminole County

County Courthouse
Seminole County Courthouse 301 N Park Ave; Sanford, FL 32771 Phone: 407.665.4330

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

Parent County
1913--Seminole County was created 25 April 1913 from Orange County. County seat: Sanford

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

 * Brevard
 * Lake
 * Orange
 * Volusia

Maps

 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)

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

Family History Centers

 * Lake Mary Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

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