Suwannee County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Suwannee County

County Courthouse
Suwannee County Courthouse 224 Pine Ave; Live Oak, FL 32060 Phone: 940.364.3450

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, land, probate, military discharge and court records from 1859. County Health Department has death records.

Parent County
1858--Suwanne County was created 21 December 1858 from Columbia County. County seat: Live Oak

Neighboring Counties

 * Columbia
 * Gilchrist
 * Hamilton
 * Lafayette
 * Madison

Florida African American Griots Project USGenWeb

 * Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Cemeteries

 * Florida Tombstone Transcription Project USGenWeb *Interment.net - Florida cemetery records by County

Individual Cemeteries:


 * Rock Cut Cemetery, Live Oak 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

Land
Florida Territorial Land Records

Local Histories
A history of the county and those who lived there is:


 * Suwannee 2000 County History Committee. Echoes of the Past: A History of Suwannee County, 1858-2000. St. Petersburg, Florida: Southern Heritage Press, 2000

Some historical photographs of the county have been published in:


 * Suwannee Valley Memories: Days Gone By - A Pictorial History of Suwannee, Hamilton, and Lafayette Counties. St. Petersburg. Florida: Southern Heritage Press, n.d.

Maps

 * 1870 Gray's Atlas Panhandle Portion of State USGenWeb Archives Project *1882 Rand McNally Panhandle Portion of State USGenWeb Archives Project

Military

 * Florida State Military Files&amp;nbsp; 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

 * Florida Obituaries Obituary transcriptions from Florida counties USGenWeb Obituaries Project

Vital Records

 * Florida State Archives

Societies and Libraries

 * Florida State Historical Societies Listing by County
 * Suwannee Valley Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 967 Live Oak. FL 32604

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Live Oak Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

 * State of Florida


 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Suwannee County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Suwannee County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Suwannee County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.