Escambia County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Escambia County

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

County Courthouse
Escambia County Courthouse 223 S Palafox Place Pensacola, FL 32501 Phone: 850.595.4310

Clerk County Court has marriage, probate and court records from 1821. County Health Department has birth and death records. Comptroller has land records from 1821.

Parent County
1821--Escambia County was created 21 July 1821 as an original county. County seat: Pensacola

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
Baldwin County, Alabama • Escambia County, Alabama •  Santa Rosa

African American

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

Cemeteries

 * Escambia County, Florida Cemetery Transcriptions - The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Florida Tombstone Transcription Project -  USGenWeb
 * Interment.net - Florida cemetery records by County
 * St. John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida (Sponsored by The Friends of St. John's Cemetery Foundation)
 * St. John's Cemetery, Pensacola BillionGraves
 * Veterans Administration National Cemeteries - Florida National Cemeteries

Individual cemeteries:


 * Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola BillionGraves

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
 * 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

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Pensacola

Court

 * [http://www.escambiaclerk.com/clerk/coc_online_public_records.aspx Clerk of the Court, Escambia County)

Land

 * [http://www.escambiaclerk.com/clerk/coc_online_public_records.aspx Clerk of the Court, Escambia County) - Plat Books and Old Deed Books Public Records Search
 * Florida Territorial Land Records

Maps



 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)
 * 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

Various Wars

 * Florida State Military Files - USGenWeb Archives Project


 * Pension Transcriptions - Florida state pension records from various wars - USGenWeb Pension Project

Civil War

 * The 1890 Census Veterans Schedules for Fort Barrancas in Escambia County are available on roll 118 of "Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War" (NARA M123). The schedules list veterans and their widows who served as Union soldiers in the Civil War. For more information on the 1890 Veterans Schedules see Union Census Records.

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


 * October 9, 1861 = Santa Rosa Island

Map showing Civil War battles in Florida.

Korean Conflict

 * Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict

Vietnam War

 * Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War

Newspapers

 * Early Florida Newspapers at the Florida State Library

Obituaries

 * Escambia County, Florida Obituaries -  Obituary transcriptions from Escambia, Florida -  USGenWeb Obituaries Project

Probate

 * Clerk of the Court, Escambia County - Probate Court Public Records Search

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

Taxation

 * Clerk of the Court, Escambia County - Tax Deed Sales Records

Birth Records

 * 1880 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1880-1907 - Pensacola Birth Index 1880-1907. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1891-1910 - Pensacola Birth Index 1891-1910. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Death Records

 * 1877 - 1939 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1900 - 1921 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1877 - 1998 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1876-1905 - Pensacola Death Index 1876-1905. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1891-1910 - Pensacola Death Index 1891-1910. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

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
 * 1822-1870 - Escambia County Marriage Books A thru F Index 1822-1870. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1869-1880 - Escambia County Marriage Books G thru J Index 1869-1880. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1870-1881 - Escambia County Marriage Books G thru J Index 1870-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1885 - Escambia County Marriage Books K thru N Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1896 - Escambia County Marriage Books K thru N Index 1881-1896. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1896-1907 - Escambia County Marriage Books O and P Index 1896-1907. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1907-1915 - Escambia County Marriage Books Q and R Index 1907-1915. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1915-1921 - Escambia County Marriage Books S and T Index 1915-1921. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1921-1927 - Escambia County Marriage Books U and V Index 1921-1927. Batch at FamilySearch - free.


 * Florida State Archives

Societies and Libraries

 * List of Florida Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies
 * The West Florida Genealogical Society
 * West Florida Genealogy Library

Family History Centers

 * Pensacola Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

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