Gulf County, Florida Genealogy

Guide to Gulf County Florida genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States   Florida    Gulf County

County Courthouse
Gulf County Courthouse 1000 Cecil G Costin Sr Blvd Port St. Joe. FL 32456 Phone: 850.229.6112

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage probate, divorce, court, land and military discharge records from 1925.

Parent County
1925--Gulf County was created 6 June 1925 from Calhoun County. County seat: Port St. Joe

Neighboring Counties

 * Bay
 * Calhoun
 * Franklin
 * Liberty

African American

 * Florida African American Griots Project -  USGenWeb
 * Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Cemeteries

 * Florida Tombstone Transcription Project -  USGenWeb
 * Interment.net - Florida cemetery records by County
 * Veterans Administration National Cemeteries - Florida National Cemeteries

Census

 * 1783 Spanish Census -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 1821 Census/Tax List Index -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 1823 Census/Tax List Index -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 1880 Census African Born Blacks and Mulattos -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * - Includes sex, age, relationship, occupation, place of birth of each family member and parents. Also census for agriculture, manufacture and mortality.
 * Federal Census Information from National Archives -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * State Census Information from Florida State Archives -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Census of Pensioners Revolutionary Military Service -  USGenWeb Archives Project

Land
Florida Territorial Land Records

Maps



 * 1870 Gray's Atlas Panhandle Portion of State - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 1882 Rand McNally Panhandle Portion of State -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Exploring Florida, FCIT Maps, University of South Florida

Military

 * Florida State Military Files - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Pension Transcriptions -  Florida state pension records from various wars  -  USGenWeb Pension Project
 * Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict
 * Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War

Newspapers

 * Early Florida Newspapers at the Florida State Library

Obituaries

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

Marriage

 * 1925-1940 - Gulf County Marriage Index 1925-1940. Batch at FamilySearch - free.


 * Florida State Archives

Societies and Libraries

 * Florida State Historical Societies -  Listing by County
 * Florida Family History Centers
 * Florida Historical Society
 * Florida State Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Gulf County FLGenWeb
 * Gulf County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.


 * State of Florida
 * USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Gulf County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Gulf County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)