Duval County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Duval County

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

County Courthouse
Duval County Courthouse 330 E Bay Street Jacksonville, FL 32202 Phone: 904.630.2028

Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, court and land records from 1921. County Judge has marriage and probate records.

Parent County
1822--Duval County was created 12 August 1822 from St. Johns County. County seat: Jacksonville

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
Civil War and 1901 Duval County Courthouse was burned both during the Civil War, and later in 1901. The extent of the record loss is unknown.

Neighboring Counties
Baker • Clay •  Nassau •  St. Johns

Biographies
Biographies at Duval Co, FLGenWeb

Acosta, William I. (see Scott &amp; Acosta below) Baker &amp; Holmes (Baker, John D. &amp; Holmes, J. Dobbin) - pp. 156-157 Baldwin, Dr. A. S. - pp. 148-150 Bryan, Captain James A. - pp. 184-185 Buckman, Henry H. - pp. 152-153 Campbell, A. B. - p. 163 Campbell. J. R. (Jeremiah Rockwell) - pp. 165-166 Carter, William R. - p. 161 Clark, Harrison W. - pp. 169-171 Coachman, Walter F. - p. 185 Da Costa, Charles W. - p. 172 Des Rochers, J. M. (John Mowbray) - p. 183 Doggett, John L. - p. 152 Driscoll, Captain W. J. (William J.) - pp. 181-182 Fleming, Ex-Governor (Francis P. Fleming) - pp. 151 Fletcher, Hon. D. U. (Duncan U.) - pp. 183-184 Greeley, Hon. J. C. (Jonathan C.) - pp. 180-181 Harkisheimer, Major William J. - p. 153-155 Hartridge, Augustus G. - p. 177 Hartridge, Hon. John E. - pp. 175-176 Hawthorne, F. W. - see Journals and Journalists Knight, Raymond D. - pp. 161-162 Livingston, C. O. (Charles Ondis) - pp. 174-175 Mattair, Captain L. H. (Lewis Henry) - pp. 182-183 McMurray, Hon. P. E. - pp. 157-158 Merrill, A. R. (Alexander R.) - p. 173 Merrill, J. E. (James Eugene) - p. 173 Metcalf, Lorrettus S. - pp. 186-188 Phillips, Judge Henry B. - pp. 155-156 Schumacher, James M. - pp. 158-160 Scott &amp; Acosta (Scott, John R. &amp; Acosta, William I.) - pp. 168-169 Scott, John R. (see Scott &amp; Acosta above) Stevens, A. D. (Arthur D.) - p. 174 Stillman, John E. - p. 188 Stockton Family, The - pp. 177-179 Stockton, Thomas T. - pp. 179-180 Towns, Charles B. - pp. 165-168 Turner, Major M. P. (Michael P.) - p. 165 Ware, William S. - pp. 163-165 Wurts, John - p. 160

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Arlington Cemetery, Jacksonville
 * Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville
 * Mandarin Cemetery, Mandarin
 * Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville

Findagrave.com lists over 130 cemeteries in Duval County, Florida

Census
The includes sex, age, relationship, occupation, place of birth of each family member and parents. Also census for agriculture, manufacture and mortality.

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Jacksonville
 * Panama Park
 * Springfield
 * Wesconnett

Cities and Towns
Cities and Towns of Duval Co, FLGenWeb

Atlantic Beach, Baldwin, Jacksonville,Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach

Local Histories
British West Florida at Duval Co, FLGenWeb

History of Duval Co, FLGenWeb

The Book of Jacksonville: a history, Brown, S. Paul, 1895

City Officials, 1893-95

Government Building, The

Jacksonville's Churches

Jacksonville's Hotels

Jacksonville's Mayors

Journals and Journalists

Maps



 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battle was fought in Duval County:


 * October 1-3, 1862 = St. John’s Bluff

Map showing Civil War battles in Florida.

Newspapers
African-American Newspapers of Florida

Probate

 * 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
 * 1823-1927 - Duval County Marriage Books 1-45 Index 1823-1927 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries

 * List of Florida Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Family History Centers

 * Jacksonville Florida East Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Duval County, FL History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Florida Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Florida Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Duval County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Duval County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Duval County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.