Levy County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Levy County

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

County Courthouse
Levy County Courthouse 355 Court St Bronson, FL 32621 Phone: 352.486.5229

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from from 1850.

Parent County
1845--Levy County was created 10 March 1845 from Alachua County. County seat: Bronson

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

 * Alachua
 * Citrus
 * Dixie
 * Gilchrist
 * Marion

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Atsena Otie Cemetery, Cedar Key
 * Chiefland Community Cemetery, Chiefland
 * Rosemary Hill Cemetery, Bronson
 * Shiloh Cemetery, Cedar Key

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
 * 1854-1927 - Levy County Marriage Index 1854-1927 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Death

 * Levy County, Florida Obituary and Death Notices Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. From various funeral homes in the Chiefland, Williston, Inglis, Bronson, Ceder Key and surrounding area.

Societies and Libraries

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

Family History Centers

 * Chiefland Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Levy 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.
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 * &lt;a href="http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/FL/Levy/"&gt;Levy County, Florida Genealogy and Family History&lt;/a&gt; (Linkpendium)
 * &lt;a href="http://www.fl-genweb.org/levy/"&gt;Levy County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.&lt;/a&gt;