Putnam County, Florida Genealogy

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

United States   Florida    Putnam County

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
For a list of record loss in Florida counties see: Florida Counties with Burned Courthouses

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)

Marriage

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

Family History Centers

 * 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.