Nassau County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Nassau County

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

County Courthouse
Nassau County Courthouse PO Box 456 Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 Phone: 904.321.5700

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1800’s.

Parent County
1824--Nassau County was created 29 December 1824 from Duval County. County seat: Fernandina 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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Populated Places
Amelia Island, a Sea Island that stretches along the east cost from South Carolina to Florida. It's county seat is Fernandina Beach, which is located on this island.

Neighboring Counties

 * Baker
 * Camden County, Georgia
 * Charlton County, Georgia
 * Duval

African American

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

Cemeteries

 * Nassau County Cemetery Burials - burials for about 60 cemeteries collected by the Amelia Island Genealogical Society
 * Florida Tombstone Transcription Project -  USGenWeb
 * Interment.net - Florida cemetery records by County
 * Veterans Administration National Cemeteries - Florida National Cemeteries
 * Bosquebello Cemetery, Fernandina Beach 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
 * - Includes sex, age, relationship, occupation, place of birth of each family member and parents. Also census for agriculture, manufacture and mortality.
 * 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

Land
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

Military

 * Civil War Pension Index for Nassau County - via the Amelia Island Genealogical Society
 * Civial War Muster Records for Nassau County - via the Amelia Island Genealogical Society
 * Florida State Military Files - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Pension Transcriptions -  Florida state pension records from various wars  -  USGenWeb Pension Project
 * Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict
 * Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War

Newspapers

 * Early Florida Newspapers at the Florida State Library

Obituaries

 * Nassau County Obituaries - various years between 1879 - 1949; transcribed by the Amelia Island Genealogical Society.
 * Florida Obituaries -  Obituary transcriptions from Florida counties -  USGenWeb Obituaries Project

Probate
Online Records
 * 1784 – 1990 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1810 – 1974 Florida Wills and Probate Records 1810-1974 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1870-1908 Index to Nassau County wills, 1870-1908 - via the Amelia Island Genealogical Society

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
 * 1867-1927 - Nassau County Marriage Books B-D, 1-4 Index 1867-1927 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1868-1894 - Nassau County Marriages, 1868-1894 - abstracted by the Amelia Island Genealogical Society. Can search by bride or groom's name.


 * Florida State Archives

Societies and Libraries
Amelia Island Genealogical Society P.O. Box 6005 Fernandina Beach, Florida 32035-6005 Email General Inquiry: [mailto:info@aigensoc.org info@aigensoc.org] Website If you've ever wanted to sit down with an AIGS member and get some direction to help solve genealogy questions that have come up in your research, now's your chance. An AIGS member will be available the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month, unless otherwise noted, in the Genealogy section of the Fernandina Beach Library from 6 to 8 p.m.

Web Sites

 * Nassau County, FL History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Florida Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Florida Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Nassau County FLGenWeb - free genealogical resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
 * Nassau County, Florida Genealogy &amp; History
 * State of Florida
 * USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Nassau County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Nassau County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Nassau County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.