Osceola County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Osceola County

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

County Courthouse
Osceola County Courthouse 2 Courthouse Sq Ste 2000 Kissimmee, FL 34741-5188 Phone: 407.343.3500

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1887.

Parent County
1887--Osceola County was created 12 May 1887 from Brevard County. County seat: Kissimmee

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

 * Brevard
 * Highlands
 * Indian River
 * Lake
 * Okeechobee
 * Orange
 * Polk

Cemeteries

 * Mount Peace Cemetery, St. Cloud BillionGraves

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


 * 1887-1928 - Osceola County Marriage Books A-D, 1-3 Index 1887-1928 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries
Osceola County Dept. of Genealogical Research 326 Eastern Ave. St. Cloud, FL 32769

The Genealogy Club of Osceola County PO Box 701295 St. Cloud, FL 34770-1295 Website

Web Sites

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