Putnam County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Putnam County

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

County Courthouse
Putnam County Courthouse 410 St Johns Ave; PO Box 758 Palatka, FL 32178; Phone: 386.329.0361

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, probate, court and land records from 1849, naturalization records 1849-1914, miscellaneous from 1800, cemetery record survey.

Parent County
1849--Putnam County was created 13 January 1849 from Alachua County. County seat: Palatka

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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Alachua
 * Bradford
 * Clay
 * Flagler
 * Marion
 * St. Johns
 * Volusia

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Palataka
 * San Mateo

Maps



 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)

Probate
Online 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


 * 1849-1974 - Putnam County Marriage Index 1849-1974 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries
Putnam County Genealogical Society P. O. Box 2354 Palatka, Florida 32178-2354 Website

Family History Centers
Family History Center 1414 Husson Ave. (w/s of building) Palatka, Fl 386-329-9317


 * Palatka Florida Family History Center
 * List of Florida Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical Genealogical Societies

Web Sites

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