Walton County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Walton County

Quick Dates
Walton County's civil records start the following years:

County Courthouse


Walton County Courthouse 571 East Nelson Ave; PO Box 1260 De Funiak Springs, FL 32433-0000 Phone: 850.892.8118

CLerk Circuit Court has marriage recores from 1885, probate records from 1882, divorce, court and land records, newspaper records from 1905; County Health Department has birth and death records

Parent County
1824--Walton County was created 29 December 1824 from Escambia County. County seat: De Funiak Springs

Neighboring Counties

 * Bay
 * Covington County, Alabama
 * Geneva County, Alabama
 * Holmes
 * Okaloosa
 * Washington

African American

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

Cemeteries

 * Walton County Cemeteries ~ partial list of cemeteries/transcriptions  ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Elgin Air Force Base Tombstones ~ photos  ~  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Florida Tombstone Transcription Project -  USGenWeb
 * Interment.net - Florida cemetery records by County
 * Veterans Administration National Cemeteries - Florida National Cemeteries

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
 * 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
Florida Church Listing ~ Church Angel

Land

 * Davis Land Records, Walton County ~  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Florida Territorial Land Records

Local Histories

 * 1902 Medical Directories ~  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Walton County Biographies ~  USGenWeb Archives Project

Maps

 * 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

 * Some Military Land Grants In Walton Co. FL For Soldiers Of The War Of 1812~ USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Some Military Land Grants In Walton Co. FL For Soldiers Of The Indian Wars ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Some Military Land Grants In Walton Co. FL For Soldiers Of The Mexican War ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 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
 * Beach Breeze - paper combined with DeFuniak Herald. 17 full-text issues spanning 2005-2008 available via Google Newspaper Archive

Vital Records

 * Florida State Archives
 * Voters in First Florida Election 1845 ~  USGenWeb Archives Project

Societies and Libraries

 * The West Florida Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * DeFuniak Springs Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

 * The FLGenWeb Project
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Walton County, Florida Genealogy and FamilyHistory (Linkpendium)
 * Walton County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * USGenWeb Archives Project
 * USGenWeb Archives Project