Glades County, Florida Genealogy

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

Description
The county was named for Florida Everglades. The County is located in the Southcentral area of the state.

County Courthouse
Glades County Courthouse PO Box 10 Moore Haven, FL 33471 Phone: 863-946-0361 Glades County Website Clerk of Courts has marriage, divorce, land, probate and court records from 1921 and burial records from 1925. County Health Department has birth and death records from 1921.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cemeteries
The following web site may have additional information on Glades County cemeteries.


 * Interment.net Florida cemetery records

Census Records

 * 1885 includes sex, age, relationship, occupation, place of birth of each family member and parents. Also census for agriculture, manufacture and mortality.

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Maps and Gazetteers

 * 1821-1997 - Maps of Florida
 * 1870 - Gray's Atlas Panhandle Portion of State USGenWeb
 * 1882 - Rand McNally Panhandle Portion of State USGenWeb
 * Exploring Florida, FCIT Maps - University of South Florida
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Glades County Military Records (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Florida State Military Files USGenWeb
 * Florida state pension records from various wars Pension Transcriptions USGenWeb

Civil War
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry (free)
 * 1885-1955 - at FamilySearch

World War I
 * 1917-1920 - at FamilySearch
 * Index to Glades County World War I Draft Registration by Surname - Scroll down to WWI. (USGenWeb Archives)

World War II
 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch
 * Index to Glades County World War II Army Enlistment Records (Genealogy Trails)
 * Glades County World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel (Genealogy Trails)

Korean War
 * Glades County Korean War Casualties (Genealogy Trails)
 * distantcousin.com Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict

Vietnam War
 * Glades County Vietnam War Casualties (Genealogy Trails)
 * Distantcousin.com Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War

Probate Records
Online Indexes and Records
 * 1784 – 1990 at FamilySearch
 * 1810 – 1974 Florida Wills and Probate Records 1810-1974 at Ancestry $

Birth

 * 1880-1935 - at at FamilySearch

Marriage

 * 1802-1998 - Florida, United States Marriages at FindMyPast $
 * 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 - at FamilySearch
 * 1830-1957 - at FamilySearch
 * 1830-1993 - at FamilySearch
 * 1837-1974 - at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1877-1939 - at FamilySearch
 * 1877-1998 - at FamilySearch
 * 1900-1921 - at FamilySearch

Divorce

 * 1927-2001 - Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001 at Ancestry - index $

Societies
Glades County Historical Society PO Box 10 Moore Haven 33471-0100 Website

Florida Historical Society 435 Brevard Ave. Cocoa FL 32922 Phone: 321-690-1971 Website

Florida State Genealogical Society P.O. Box 940927 Maitland, FL 32794-0927 Phone: 407-494-3747 Website

Websites

 * Glades County FLGenWeb Project
 * Glades County, USGenWeb Archives
 * Glades County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Glades County, Florida Genealogy Trails
 * Glades County FL Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.