Columbia County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Columbia County

County Courthouse
Columbia County Courthouse 145 N Hernando St; PO Box 2069 Lake City, FL 32055 Phone: 386.758.1041

Clerk Circuit Court has birth records from 1943, marriage and land records from 1875, divorce and court recordsc from 1892 and probate records from 1895; Public Health Unit has birth, death and burial records

Parent County
1832--Columbia County was created 4 February 1832 from Alachua County. County seat: Lake City

Record Loss
1860, 1867, and 1874 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research
 * http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Alachua
 * Baker
 * Clinch County, Georgia
 * Echols County, Georgia
 * Gilchrist
 * Hamilton
 * Suwannee
 * Union
 * Ware County, Georgia

African American

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

Cemeteries

 * Florida Tombstone Transcription Project -  USGenWeb
 * Interment.net - Florida cemetery records by County
 * Veterans Administration National Cemeteries - Florida National Cemeteries

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

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Lake City

Land
Florida Territorial Land Records

Maps

 * 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

 * Florida State Military Files - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Pension Transcriptions -  Florida state pension records from various wars  -  USGenWeb Pension Project
 * Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict
 * 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

Vital Records

 * Florida State Archives

Voters Registration
1845 voters registration list for Columbia County.

Societies and Libraries

 * Florida State Historical Societies -  Listing by County
 * Florida Historical Society
 * Florida State Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Lake City Florida Family History Center
 * Lake City, Florida

Web Sites

 * Columbia County FLGenWeb
 * Columbia County FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Columbia County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * State of Florida
 * USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.