Monroe County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Monroe County

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

County Courthouse
Monroe County Courthouse 500 Whitehead St; Key West, FL 33040 Phone: 305.292.3540 Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court and land records from 1853.

Parent County
1823--Monroe County was created 3 July 1823 from St. Johns County. County seat: Key West

FLGenWeb Project History of Monroe County

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.

Neighboring Counties

 * Collier
 * Miami-Dade

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

Directories
FLGenWeb Project Directories of Monroe Co.

1913 Burtz' Gainesville Directory 1913 1906-1907 Key West Directory 1906-1907 1912 Key West, The Old and the New 1912 Key West and Monroe County, FLorida

Immigration
Online Records 1834 - 1897 Immigration of Russians to the United States 1/12/1846 -12/31/1851 Irish Famine 1850 - 1897 Germans to the United States 1855 - 1900 Italians to the United States
 * 1908 - 1912 at | FamilySearch — index
 * 1944 - 1945 at | FamilySearch — images
 * NARA Ships Passenger Lists These passenger lists cover:

Letters
Letters Home, Monroe County, The FLGenWeb Project

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
 * Monroe Co FLGenWeb

Military
FLGenWeb Project
 * Florida State Military Files USGenWeb
 * Florida state pension records from various wars Pension Transcriptions USGenWeb
 * Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict distantcousin.com
 * Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War distantcousin.com

Newspapers

 * FLGenWeb Project Old Newspapers Monroe Co.
 * Early Florida Newspapers at the Florida State Library USGenWeb

Photos
Penny Postcards from Monroe Co., The FLGenWeb Project

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

Resources
Monroe Co FLGenWeb Resources

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
 * 1826-1931 - Monroe County Marriage Books A1-A2, 1-10 Index 1826-1931 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries

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

Family History Centers

 * Key West Florida Family History Center
 * Marathon Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

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