Hillsborough County, Florida Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Hillsborough County has a number of addresses for their Clerks of the  Circuit Court:

Clerk of Circuit Court George E. Edgecomb Courthouse 800 Twiggs Street Tampa, FL 33602 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

Clerk of Circuit Court CCC Accounting 419 Pierce Room 130 Tampa, FL 33602 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

Clerk of Circuit Court Tax Deeds George E. Edgecomb Courthouse 800 Twiggs Street Room #103 Tampa, FL 33602 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM) Clerk of Circuit Court Marriage License, Recording, Records Library, Passports 419 Pierce Room 140 Tampa, FL 33602 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

Clerk of Circuit Court Courthouse Annex Felony / Circuit Criminal Room 202 401 N. Jefferson Street Tampa, FL 33602 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM) (Public access via Edgecomb Courthouse at 800 E. Twiggs Street)

Clerk of Circuit Court Annex Tower Tampa, FL 33602 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

Clerk of Circuit Court Misdemeanor / County Criminal 7th Floor Room 752 700 Twiggs Street Tampa, FL 33602 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

Clerk of Circuit Court County Center 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33602 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

Brandon Office

Clerk of Circuit Court Brandon Regional Service Center 311 Pauls Drive Suite 110 Brandon, FL 33511 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM) Maps and Directions

SouthShore Office

Clerk of Circuit Court SouthShore Regional Service Center 410 30th St. S.E. Ruskin, FL 33570 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

Plant City Office

Clerk of Circuit Court Plant City Courthouse 302 North Michigan Avenue Plant City, FL 33563 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

North Tampa

Clerk of Circuit Court (Traffic Court ONLY after July 31,2009) 9309 N. FLorida Avenue Suite 103 Tampa, FL 33612 Monday - Friday (8 AM - 5 PM)

History
A brief history of Hillsborough County is given on this website, along with links to other sources.

Parent County
1834--Hillsborough County was created 25 January 1834 from Alachua County. County seat: Tampa

Neighboring Counties

 * Hardee
 * Manatee
 * Pasco
 * Pinellas
 * Polk

Cemeteries
Hillsborough County Florida Cemeteries. This site has information from 8 volumes published by the Florida Genealogical Society as well as information on cemetery information added since the publication of these volumes.

Some Hillsborough County Funeral Home records have been microfilmed by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and are available for viewing at the Salt Lake City facility or one of their affiliated Family History Centers. They are listed in the Family History Library catalog through the Keyword Search, with the name of the Funeral Home, These records are listed as following:  A P Boza (1929-1965); B Marion Reed (1916-1928), J L Reed and Son (1887-1969); Lord and Fernandez (1925-1969), Stowers (1961-1966), Wells (1918-1939).

Additional Funeral Home records can be found in the Special Collectionsof the University of South Florida.

Church
There are over 300 Hillsborough Churches listed on this website, with their location indicated

LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Tampa

Probate
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has been able to film many of the Hillsborough County Judge's Court records, and copies of these films are available in Salt Lake City or in any of its affiliate Family History Centers.

Vital Records 
Hillsborough County Vital Records Office:

Vital Statistics Office 13601 North 22nd Street Tampa, Florida 33613 Telephone: (813) 307-8002

Hours of Operation Monday through Friday (7:30am to 4:30pm)

The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has microfilmed some of the earlier vital records of the Hillsborough County County Judge and Circuit court which are available for viewing in Salt Lake City or in any of its affiliate Family History Centers.

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Hillsborough County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Hillsborough County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.