Calhoun County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Calhoun County

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

County Courthouse
Calhoun County Courthouse 425 E Central Avenue Blountstown, FL 32424-2242 Phone: 850.674.4545 County Judge has marriage and probate records County Clerk has divorce, court and land records

Parent County
1838--Calhoun County was created 26 January 1838 from Franklin County. County seat: Blountstown

Named for John C. Calhoun, member of the United States Senate from South Carolina and the seventh U.S. vice president, serving under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.

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
Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research
 * Burned Counties, by Michael John Neill

Populated Places
Altha

Neighboring Counties
Bay • Gadsden • Gulf • Jackson

African American

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

Cemeteries

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

Individual cemeteries:


 * Chipola Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Altha BillionGraves
 * Nettle Ridge Cemetery, Blountstown BillionGraves

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

The includes sex, age, relationship, occupation, place of birth of each family member and parents. Also census for agriculture and mortality.

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

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

Obituaries

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

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1784 – 1990 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1810 – 1974 Florida Wills and Probate Records 1810-1974 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

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

 * 1837 - 1974 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1830 - 1993 at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1822 - 1875 and 1927 - 2001 at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1862-1885 - Calhoun County Marriage Books 1 and 2 Index 1862-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1862-1912 - Calhoun County Marriage Books 1 and 2 Index 1862-1912. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1906-1910 - Calhoun County Marriage Index 1906-1910. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1909-1912 - Calhoun County Marriage Index 1909-1912. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1912-1917 - Calhoun County Marriage Index 1912-1917. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1912-1921 - Calhoun County Marriage Books 4 and 5 Index 1912-1921. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1917-1924 - Calhoun County Marriage Index 1917-1924. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1919-1927 - Calhoun County Marriage Index 1919-1927. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1921-1926 - Calhoun County Marriage Book 6 Index 1921-1926. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1924-1926 - Calhoun County Marriage Index 1924-1926. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1925-1927 - Calhoun County Marriage Index 1925-1927. Batch at FamilySearch - free.


 * Florida State Archives

Societies and Libraries

 * List of Florida Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies
 * Florida State Historical Societies -  Listing by County
 * Florida Family History Centers
 * Florida Historical Society
 * [htpp://www.flsgs.org/ Florida State Genealogical Society]

Web Sites

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