Palm Beach County, Florida Genealogy

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

United StatesFlorida Palm Beach County

County Courthouse
Palm Beach County Courthouse 301 N Olive Ave; West Palm Beach, FL 33401-4705 Phone: 561.355.2754

County Judge has marriage and probate records. Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, court and land records.

History
Like a mighty Banyan: contribution of Black people to the history of Palm Beach County. editor, Vivian Reissland Rouson-Gossett ; associate editor, C. Spencer Pompey. - Palm Beach County, FLA.: Palm Beach Junior College, [1982]. - 96 p. F317.P2 L54 1982

History Palm Beach
Index page at the Palm Beach FLGenWeb

Parent County
1909--Palm Beach County was created 30 April 1909 from Dade County. County seat: West Palm Beach

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

 * Broward
 * Glades
 * Hendry
 * Martin
 * Okeechobee

Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Palm Beach, FLGenWeb

Individual cemeteries:


 * Jupiter Cemetery, Jupiter BillionGraves

Census
Census Records available onsite at the Palm Beach, FLGenWeb

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Palm Beach W.

Cities and Towns
Cities and Towns, Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Directories
1923 Directory, Palm Beach FLGenWeb

American-Finish, 1956; Palm Beach FLGenWeb

Phone Directory of Finnish Speaking Population of Lake Worth - Lantana Area, 1978; Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb Jupiter, 1954 Phone Book; Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Land
Land Grants of Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Local Histories
Hurricanes, The Case of the Disappearing Ancestor; Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Maps



 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)

Military
Military Records of Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Newspapers
Current Newspapers of Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Courtesy of The Boca Raton Historical Society Archives:


 * Boca Raton News: 1955-1970
 * The Spanish River Papers: Member Reports of the Historical Society and Women in Boca Raton:
 * "50 Years of History", 1993
 * The Pelican: 1948-1953
 * The Weekly Tattler: June-September 1938

Obituaries
Obit Index of Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Obituaries of Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Death Notices and Obituaries, Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County

Sources of Obituaries in Palm Beach County, Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County

Vital Records
Vital Recordsof the Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Birth Records

 * 1880 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — 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
 * 1909-1939 - Marriages (1909-1939)of Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb
 * 1909-1915 - Palm Beach County Marriage Book 1 Index 1909-1915. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1915-1921 - Palm Beach County Marriage Books 2-3 Index 1915-1921. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1921-1928 - Palm Beach County Marriage Books 4-5 Index 1921-1928. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Divorce Records

 * 1927 - 2001 Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001 at Ancestry.com — index $

Death Records

 * 1877 - 1939 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1900 - 1921 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1877 - 1998 at FamilySearch.org — index

Death Records of Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Family History Centers

 * Boca Raton Florida Family History Center
 * Jupiter Florida Family History Center
 * Palm Beach Florida Family History Center
 * Wellington Florida Family History Center

Genealogical Societies

 * List of Florida Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies
 * Boca Raton Historical Society
 * Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County

Libraries

 * Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County Library

Web Sites

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