Hernando County, Florida Genealogy

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

United States   Florida    Hernando County

County Courthouse
Hernando County Courthouse 20 N Main St; Brooksville FL 34601 Phone: 352.754.4201

Name changed to Benton 6 Mar 1844. Name changed back to Hernando 24 Dec 1850. Clerk County Court has marriage records. Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, probate, court and land records from 1877.

Parent County
1843--Hernando County was created 24 February 1843 from Alachua County. The name changed to Benton 6 March 1844 and was renamed Hernando 24 December 1850. County seat: Brooksville

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
1877 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged. For a list of record loss in Florida counties see: Florida Counties with Burned Courthouses

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


 * Burned Counties Research
 * 24-7 Family History Circle Burned Counties, by Michael John Neill

Neighboring Counties
Citrus • Pasco •  Sumter

Cemeteries

 * Hernando County Burials - records from 47 cemeteries in the county; posted online by the Brooksville Depot Museum
 * Lake Lindsey Cemetery, Brooksville BillionGraves
 * The Fountains Memorial Park, Spring Hill BillionGraves

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

1867 Florida State Population Census First Census to enumerate Black Heads of Household

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
 * Hernando Heritage Museum May - Stringer House

Family History Centers

 * Brooksville Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Hernando County, FL History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Florida Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Florida Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * The Hernando County FLGenWeb Project, a member of TheFLGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * Hernando County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Hernando County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Hernando County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.