Citrus County, Florida Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
111 W Main Street Iverness, FL 34450 Phone: 352.637.9470

Office of Historical Resources has marriage records 1887-1945, Cemetery, probate, land and court records from 1887 and military discharge records 1919-1969; County Health Department has birth and death records

Parent County
1887--Citrus County created 2 June 1887 from the northern most part of Hernando County. The original county seat was Mannfield and it was not ever intended to be the permanent county seat. About 16 months later, the citizens decided to make the town of Inverness the county seat as it was centrally located within the county. Ironically, the Mannfield Town clerk suddenly moved the records in the middle of the night a few days before the scheduled move was to take place.

Currently all that is left of Mannfield is the rubble of a few house foundations and a small cemetery. County seat: Inverness

Description
The county was named for the county's citrus trees. The County Seat is Inverness and the county was created 1887. The County is located in the West area of the state.

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.

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:

Former towns

 * Mannfield (original county seat, now a ghost town)
 * Orleans
 * Stage Pond (Cemetery still remains)
 * Arlington
 * Fairmount (town site is now Meadowcrest Industrial Park)

Neighboring Counties
Hernando •  Levy  •  Marion  •  Sumter

Cemeteries
The following web sites may have additional information on Citrus  County cemeteries.


 * Interment.net Florida cemetery records

Court
GenWeb Court Records Inventory

Maps

 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)
 * Family Maps of Citrus County, Florida (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

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

 * 1917 - 1918 - Citrus County, Florida - 1917-18 Civilian Draft Registration (A-J) (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1917 - 1918 - Citrus County, Florida - 1917-18 Civilian Draft Registration (K-Z) (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1917 - 1920 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * Citrus County Army Enlistees, Names ADAMS - MAYNARD (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Citrus County Army Enlistees, Names MC CLAIN  - YON (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Citrus County World War II Honor Roll of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel (Genealogy Trails)
 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Korean War

 * Citrus County Korean War Casualty List (Genealogy Trails)

Vietnam War

 * Citrus County Vietnam War Casualty List (Genealogy Trails)

Probate
Online Probate 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

 * 1802 - 1998 - Florida, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1837 - 1974 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1830 - 1993 - at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1830 - 1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1822 - 1875 and 1927 - 2001 - at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1887-1917 - Citrus County Marriage Books 1 and 2 Index 1887-1917. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries

 * 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

Family History Centers

 * Lecanto Florida Family History Center

Websites

 * Citrus County, FL History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Florida Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Florida Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * The Citrus County FLGenWeb Project; a member of The FLGenWeb Project, an affiliate of USGenWeb
 * Citrus County, USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
 * Citrus County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Citrus County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Citrus County, Florida Genealogy Trails
 * Citrus County FL Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)
 * Citrus County FL Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)