Hamilton County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Hamilton County

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

County Courthouse
Hamilton County Courthouse 207 NE 1st Street Jasper, FL 32052 Phone: 904.792.1288

County Judge has marriage and probate records. Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records from 1881 and land records from 1837.

Parent County
1827--Hamilton County was created 26 December 1827 from Jefferson County. County seat: Jasper

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
1836 -- Courthouse may have been destroyed by a tornado prior to 1836. 1929 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

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


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

Neighboring Counties
Columbia • Echols County, Georgia Lowndes County, Georgia •  Madison •  Suwannee

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

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
 * 1824-1939 - Hamilton County Marriage Index 1824-1939 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries

 * List of Florida Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Web Sites

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