Marion County, Florida Genealogy

United StatesFlorida Marion County

Guide to Marion County Florida 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.]: Black 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

Neighboring Counties

 * Alachua
 * Citrus
 * Lake
 * Levy
 * Putnam
 * Sumter
 * Volusia

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Ocala

Marriage

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Ocala Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Marion County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Marion County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc. - Genealogy and History
 * Marion County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc. - Genealogy and History