Gilchrist County, Florida Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Gilchrist County Courthouse 112 S Main Street Trenton, FL 32693 Phone: 352.463.3170

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1926.

Parent County
1925--Gilchrist County was created 4 December 1925 from Alachua County. County seat: Trenton

Description
The county was named for Albert W. Gilchrist, Governor of Florida from 1909 to 1913. The County Seat is Trenton and the county was created December 4, 1925. The County is located in the Northwest area of the state.

Boundary Changes
1821-1997 MapofUS.org Rotating Formation Florida County Boundary Maps

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
Alachua • Columbia •  Dixie •  Lafayette •  Levy •  Suwannee

African American

 * USGenWeb African American Griots Project
 * Afrigeneas - African Genealogy

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


 * Interment.net Florida cemetery records

Census

 * 1783 Spanish Census USGenWeb
 * 1821 Census/Tax List Index USGenWeb
 * 1823 Census/Tax List Index USGenWeb
 * 1880 Census African Born Blacks and Mulattos USGenWeb
 * Federal Census Information from National Archives USGenWeb
 * State Census Information from Florida State Archives USGenWeb
 * Census of Pensioners Revolutionary Military Service USGenWeb

Land
Florida Territorial Land 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

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

World War II

 * Gilchrist County World War II Army Enlistees (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Gilchrist 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

 * Gilchrist County Korean War Casualties (Genealogy Trails)
 * US Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Home-State-of-Record: Florida (Archives.gov)

Vietnam War

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

Newspapers

 * Early Florida Newspapers at the Florida State Library

Obituaries

 * Florida Obituaries -  Obituary transcriptions from Florida counties -  USGenWeb Obituaries Project

Probate
Online Records
 * 1784 – 1990 Florida Probate Records 1784-1990 — images
 * 1810 – 1974 Ancestry.com Florida Wills and Probate Records 1810-1974 — index and images $

Birth Records

 * 1880 - 1935 - 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
Gilchrist County Genealogical Society 105 Ne 11th Avenue Trenton 32693

Alachua County Genealogical Society Post Office Box 12078 Gainesville, FL 32604 E-mail:[mailto:mmurphy462@aol.com mmurphy462@aol.com] 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

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