Marion County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Marion County

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

County Courthouse
Marion County Courthouse 110 NW 1st Ave (zip 34475); PO Box 1030; Ocala, FL 34478 Phone: 352.620.3904

Recording Office has land, divorce, probate and court records. Clerk of Courts has marriage records. County Health Department has birth and death records.

History


The county is named after "The Swamp Fox" Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion(c1732-1795).

The Struggle for Survival: a partial history of the Negroes of Marion County, 1865-1976. edited and prepared by Central Florida Community College. - [Ocala, Fla.] : Blacek Historical Organization of Marion County, C 1977. 111 p. F317.M3 C46 1977

Parent County
1844--Marion County was created 14 March 1844 from Alachua County. County seat: Ocala

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
 * Lake
 * Levy
 * Putnam
 * Sumter
 * Volusia

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Ocala

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
 * 1844-1931 - Marion County Marriage Books A-E, 1-9 Index 1844-1931 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries

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

Family History Centers

 * Ocala Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Marion County, FL History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Florida Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Florida Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Marion County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Marion County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc. - Genealogy and History
 * Marion County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc. - Genealogy and History