Pinellas County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Pinellas County

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

County Courthouse
Pinellas County Courthouse; 315 Ct St; Clearwater, FL 34616-5165; Phone: 727.464.3377

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorece, probate, court and land records from 1912.

Parent County
1911--Pinellas County was created 23 May 1911 from Hillsborough County. County seat: Clearwater

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

 * Hillsborough
 * Pasco

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * St. Petersburg

Maps



 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)

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

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

Societies and Libraries
The Pinellas Genealogy Society is allied with the Largo Public Library for the promotion of genealogical research and providing free genealogy education. The combined resources of the Library and the Society make the resulting Genealogy Center the most extensive in Pinellas County, Florida, and one of the top in the state. Pinellas Genealogy Society, Inc. c/o Largo Library 120 Central Park Drive Largo, Fl 33771-2110 Pinellas Genealogy Society Website Blog Facebook.

Suncoast Genealogy Society, Inc. PO Box 1294 Palm Harbor, FL 34682-1294

The Largo Public Library Genealogy Center Largo Library 120 Central Park Drive Largo, FL 33771-2110 Genealogy Help Desk (727) 586-7410 Genealogy Center

Family History Centers

 * St Petersburg Florida Family History Center (Largo)

Web Sites

 * Pinellas County, FL History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Florida Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Florida Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * FLGenWeb Project - free genealogy resources; part of the USGenWeb Project
 * Pinellas County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * FLGenWeb Project, Inc-Pinellas County Genealogy and History
 * FLGenWeb Project, Inc-Pinellas County Genealogy and History