Broward County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Broward County

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

County Courthouse
Broward County Courthouse 201 SE 6th Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Phone: 954.765.4578

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, probate divorce, court and land records from 1915

Parent County
1915- Broward County was created 30 April 1915 from Dade and Palm Beach Counties. County seat: Fort Lauderdale

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
For a list of record loss in Florida counties see: Florida Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties
Collier • Hendry • Miami-Dade • Palm Beach

Cemeteries
FLGenWeb Broward Co. Cemeteries

Census
FLGenWeb Broward Co. 1920 Census

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Fort Lauderdale
 * Pompano

Cities
FLGenWeb Broward Co. Cities

Education

 * Broward College yearbooks - various yearbooks from about 1961 to 2000 are freely available at the Internet Archive.

Maps

 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)

Military
FLGenWeb Broward Co. Military

&gt;&gt;&gt;World War I

1917 Draft Registrations @ learnwebskills.com World War I Veterans @ learnwebskills.com

&gt;&gt;&gt;World War II

Robert B. Conlon - Medal of Honor &amp; Distinguished Service Cross Recipient...Broward Co, FLGenWeb

World War II, Missing and Dead (Army and Army Air Force) Broward Co, FLGenWeb

World War II Veterans @ learnwebskills.com

&gt;&gt;&gt;Korean War

Korean War Fatal Casualties, Broward Co, FLGenWeb

Vital Records
Executions in Broward Co.(FLGenWeb)

Societies and Libraries

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

Family History Centers

 * Cocoa Florida Family History Center (Rockledge)
 * Coral Springs Florida Family History Center
 * Plantation Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

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