DeSoto County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    DeSoto County

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

County Courthouse
De Soto County Courthouse 115 Oak Street Arcadia, FL 33821 Phone: 862.993.4876

County Judge has probate records from 1887. Clerk Ciruit Court has divorce, court and land records from 1887.

Parent County
1887--DeSoto County was created 19 May 1887 from Manatee County. County seat: Arcadia

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
Charlotte •  Glades  •  Hardee  •  Highlands  •  Manatee  •  Sarasota

African American

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

Census
Desoto County Federal Census Index-FLGenWeb Project,Inc.


 * 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
 * - Includes sex, age, relationship, occupation, place of birth of each family member and parents. Also census for agriculture, manufacture and mortality.
 * 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
[ Churches of Desoto Co link title-http://www.fl-genweb.org/decole/desoto/church/Index.html -[

Land
Florida Territorial Land Records

Maps



 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)
 * 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
Military Index, Desoto County,Fl.-FLGenWeb Project,Inc.


 * 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

Obituaries
Desoto County Florida, Obituary Index- FLGenWeb Project,Inc.


 * Florida Obituaries -  Obituary transcriptions from Florida counties -  USGenWeb Obituaries Project

Probate
Online Probate 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
 * 1887-1905 - DeSoto County Marriage Book 1 Index 1887-1905. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1905-1912 - DeSoto County Marriage Book 2 Index 1905-1912. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1906-1925 - DeSoto County Marriage Books 1 and 3 Index 1906-1925. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1912-1916 - DeSoto County Marriage Book 3 Index 1912-1916. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1920-1926 - DeSoto County Marriage Book 5 Index 1920-1926. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1926-1936 - DeSoto County Marriage Book 6 Index 1926-1936. Batch at FamilySearch - free.


 * Florida State Archives

Societies and Libraries

 * List of Florida Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies
 * Florida State Historical Societies -  Listing by County
 * Florida Historical Society
 * Florida State Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Arcadia Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

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