St. Johns County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    St. Johns County

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

County Courthouse
St. Johns County Courthouse 4010 Lewis Speedway Blvd; PO Box 300 Saint Augustine, FL 32085 Phone: 904.823.2333 Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records from 1900, court and land records from 1821, marriage and probate records.

Parent County
1821--St. Johns was created 21 July 1821 as an original county. County seat: Saint Augustine

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

 * Clay
 * Duval
 * Flagler
 * Putnam

Catholic
St. Augustine


 * 1784-1799 - St. Augustine Baptism Index 1784-1799. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

BillionGraves images and transcriptions:


 * Mission of Nombre de Dios, St. Augustine

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * St. Augustine

Maps



 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)

Military
Civil War

The 1890 Census Veterans Schedules for St. Francis Barracks in St. Augustine Florida are available on roll 118 of "Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War" (NARA M123). The schedules list veterans and their widows who served as Union soldiers in the Civil War. For more information on the 1890 Veterans Schedules see Union Census Records.

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
 * 1823-1880 - St. Johns County Marriage Book B Index 1823-1880. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1880-1885 - St. Johns County Marriage Book C Index 1880-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Obituaries

 * St. Johns County, Florida Obituary and Funeral Notice Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. From Various Funeral Homes in the St. Augustine, St. Augustine Beach, Hastings, Elkton, and Switzerland areas.

Societies and Libraries
St. Augustine Genealogical Society Mail:6670 US1 South St Augustine FL 32086 Meetings: St, Johns Public Library South Branch 6670 U.S.1 South St. Augustine, Florida Website

Family History Centers

 * St Augustine Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

 * St. Johns 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.
 * Saint Johns County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * St. Johns County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * St. Johns County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.