Columbia County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Columbia County

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

County Courthouse
Columbia County Courthouse 145 N Hernando St; PO Box 2069 Lake City, FL 32055 Phone: 386.758.1041

Clerk Circuit Court has birth records from 1943, marriage and land records from 1875, divorce and court recordsc from 1892 and probate records from 1895; Public Health Unit has birth, death and burial records

Parent County
1832--Columbia County was created 4 February 1832 from Alachua County. County seat: Lake 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
1848, 1860, 1867, and 1874 -- Columbia County Courthouses were burned by arsonists in 1848, 1860, 1867, and 1874. Most early records were destroyed.

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


 * Burned Counties Research
 * http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties
Alachua • Baker •  Clinch County, Georgia •  Echols County, Georgia •  Gilchrist  Hamilton •  Suwannee •  Union •  Ware County, Georgia

African American

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

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
 * - Includes sex, age, relationship, occupation, place of birth of each family member and parents. Also census for agriculture, manufacture and mortality.
 * 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
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Lake City

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

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 Records

 * 1837 - 1974 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1830 - 1993 at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1822 - 1875 and 1927 - 2001 at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1874-1885 - Columbia County Marriage Books A thru C, 3 Index 1874-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1885-1893 - Columbia County Marriage Books D, 2 Index 1885-1893. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1886 - Columbia County Marriage Books A thru C, 3 Index 1886. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1893-1899 - Columbia County Marriage Book E Index 1893-1899. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1904-1913 - Columbia County Marriage Book F Index 1904-1913. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1913-1929 - Columbia County Marriage Books G and H Index 1913-1929. Batch at FamilySearch - free.


 * Florida State Archives

Voters Registration
1845 voters registration list for Columbia County.

Societies and Libraries

 * List of Florida Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies
 * Florida State Historical Societies -  Listing by County
 * Florida Historical Society
 * Florida State Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Lake City Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

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