Marion County, Florida Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Marion County Courthouse 110 NW 1st Ave (zip 34475); PO Box 1030; Ocala, FL 34478 Phone: 352.620.3904

Recording Office has land, divorce, probate and court records. Clerk of Courts has marriage records. County Health Department has birth and death records.

History


The county is named after "The Swamp Fox" Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion(c1732-1795).

The Struggle for Survival: a partial history of the Negroes of Marion County, 1865-1976. edited and prepared by Central Florida Community College. - [Ocala, Fla.] : Blacek Historical Organization of Marion County, C 1977. 111 p. F317.M3 C46 1977

Parent County
1844--Marion County was created 14 March 1844 from Alachua County. County seat: Ocala

Description
The county was named for General Francis Marion of South Carolina, a guerilla fighter and hero of the American Revolutionary War. Ocala is the county seat and the county was created March 14, 1844. The County is located in the west central area of the state.

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

 * Alachua
 * Citrus
 * Lake
 * Levy
 * Putnam
 * Sumter
 * Volusia

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

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Ocala

Immigration
NARA Ships Passenger Lists These passenger lists cover: 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

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

Military

 * Florida State Military Files USGenWeb
 * Florida state pension records from various wars Pension Transcriptions USGenWeb

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1885-1955 - at FamilySearch — images only

Korean War

 * Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict distantcousin.com

Vietnam War

 * Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War distantcousin.com

Newspapers

 * Early Florida Newspapers at the Florida State Library USGenWeb

Obituaries

 * U.S. Hidden Ancestors Obituaries
 * USGenWeb Obituaries Project Obituary transcriptions from Florida counties

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1784 – 1990 Florida Probate Records 1784-1990
 * 1810 – 1974 Ancestry.com $ Florida Wills and Probate Records 1810-1974
 * Florida State Archives $

Birth Records

 * 1880 - 1935 at FamilySearch — index

Death Records

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

Divorce Records

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

Marriage Records

 * 1837 - 1974 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1830 - 1993 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1830 - 1957 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1822 - 1875 and 1927 - 2001 at FamilySearch — index

Societies and Libraries
Marion County Historical Society PO Box 1206 Ocala, Florida 34478-1206 Telephone: 352-897-0840 Website


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

Family History Centers

 * Ocala Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

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