Flagler County, Florida Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Flagler County Courthouse 200 E Moody Blvd. Bunnell, FL 32110 Phone: 386.437.7414

Clerk Circuite has marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1917.

Parent County
1917--Flagler County was created 28 April 1917 from St. Johns County. County seat: Bunnell

Description
The county was named for Henry Morrison Flagler, who built the Florida East Coast Railway. The County Seat is Bunnell and the county was created April 28, 1917. The County is located in the Northeast area of the state.

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.

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:

Neighboring Counties
Putnam • St. Johns •  Volusia

African American

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

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


 * Interment.net Florida cemetery records

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
 * - 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

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

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

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1885-1955 - at FamilySearch — images only

World War I

 * Flagler County, Florida - 1917-18 Civilian Draft Registration (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Flagler County World War I Casualties (FLGenWeb Project)
 * 1917-1920 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * Flagler County Army Enlistees (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Flagler County World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel (Genealogy Trails)
 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Korean War

 * Korea and Vietnam Casualty List for Flagler County, Florida (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict

Vietnam War

 * Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War

Newspapers

 * Early Florida Newspapers at the Florida State Library

Obituaries

 * 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

 * 1802 - 1998 - Florida, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1837 - 1974 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1830 - 1993 - at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1830 - 1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1822 - 1875 and 1927 - 2001 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1917 - 1924 - Flagler County Marriage Index 1917-1924. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1917 - 1927 - Flagler County Marriage Book 1 Index 1917-1927. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1924 - 1928 - Flagler County Marriage Index 1924-1928. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * Florida State Archives

Societies and Libraries
Flagler County Genealogy Society of PO Box 35-4671 Palm Coast, FL. 32135-4671 Telephone Number: 386-445-3253 E-mail:[mailto:GSFCFL@gmail.com GSFCFL@gmail.com] Website

Flager County Historical SocietyPO Box 87 Bunnell, FL 32110-0087 Telephone Number: 386-437-0600 E-mail:[mailto:HFlaglerCounty1@cfl.rr.com HFlaglerCounty1@cfl.rr.com] Website


 * 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

 * Bunnell Florida Family History Center

Websites

 * Flagler County, FL History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Florida Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Florida Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Flagler County FLGenWeb
 * State of Florida
 * Flagler County, USGenWeb Archives
 * Flagler County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Flagler County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Flagler County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc. Archives and Digital Library
 * Flagler County, Florida Genealogy Trails
 * Flagler County FL Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)
 * Flagler County FL Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)