Glades County, Florida Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Glades County Courthouse PO Box 10; Moore Haven, FL 33471 Phone: 863.946.0361

Clerk of Courts has marriage, divorce, land, probate and court records from 1921 and burial records from 1925. County Health Department has birth and death records from 192. 1

Parent County
1921--Glades County was created 23 April 1921 from DeSoto County. County seat: Moore Haven

Description
The county was named for Florida Everglades. The County Seat is Moore Haven and the county was created April 23, 1921. The County is located in the Southcentral 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
Charlotte • DeSoto •  Hendry •  Highlands Lee •  Martin •  Okeechobee •  Palm Beach

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


 * Interment.net Florida cemetery records

Maps

 * 1821-1997 Maps of Florida
 * 1870 Gray's Atlas Panhandle Portion of StateUSGenWeb
 * 1882 Rand McNally Panhandle Portion of StateUSGenWeb
 * Exploring Florida, FCIT Maps University of South Florida

Military

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

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

 * Index to Glades County World War I Draft Registration by Surname - Scroll down to WWI. (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1917 - 1920 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * Index to Glades County World War II Army Enlistment Records (Genealogy Trails)
 * Glaes 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

 * Glades County Korean War Casualties (Genealogy Trails)
 * Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict distantcousin.com

Vietnam War

 * Glades County Vietnam War Casualties (Genealogy Trails)
 * Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War distantcousin.com

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 at FamilySearch — index

Death Records

 * 1877 - 1939 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1900 - 1921 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1877 - 1998 - at FamilySearch — 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 — index
 * 1830 - 1993 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1830 - 1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1822 - 1875 and 1927 - 2001 - at FamilySearch — index

Societies and Libraries
Glades County Historical Society PO Box 10 Moore Haven 33471-0100 Website


 * Random Acts of Kindness List of Florida Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical Genealogical Societies
 * FamilySearch Find a Family History Center
 * Florida Historical Society
 * Florida State Genealogical Society

Websites

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