Suwannee County, Florida Genealogy

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

United States   Florida    Suwannee County

County Courthouse
Suwannee County Courthouse 224 Pine Ave; Live Oak, FL 32060 Phone: 940.364.3450

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, land, probate, military discharge and court records from 1859. County Health Department has death records.

Parent County
1858--Suwanne County was created 21 December 1858 from Columbia County. County seat: Live Oak

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

 * Columbia
 * Gilchrist
 * Hamilton
 * Lafayette
 * Madison

Florida African American Griots Project USGenWeb

 * Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Cemeteries

 * Florida Tombstone Transcription Project USGenWeb *Interment.net - Florida cemetery records by County

Individual Cemeteries:


 * Rock Cut Cemetery, Live Oak 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

Land
Florida Territorial Land Records

Local Histories
A history of the county and those who lived there is:


 * Suwannee 2000 County History Committee. Echoes of the Past: A History of Suwannee County, 1858-2000. St. Petersburg, Florida: Southern Heritage Press, 2000

Some historical photographs of the county have been published in:


 * Suwannee Valley Memories: Days Gone By - A Pictorial History of Suwannee, Hamilton, and Lafayette Counties. St. Petersburg. Florida: Southern Heritage Press, n.d.

Maps

 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)
 * Family Maps of Suwannee County, Florida (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * 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

Vital Records

 * Florida State Archives

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


 * 1859-1885 - Suwannee County Marriage Books 1-2 Index 1859-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries

 * List of Florida Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies
 * Florida State Historical Societies Listing by County
 * Suwannee Valley Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 967 Live Oak. FL 32604

Family History Centers

 * Live Oak Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Suwannee 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.
 * Suwannee County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Suwannee County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Suwannee County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.