Online Florida Death Indexes, Death Records & Obituaries

Online Florida Death Indexes

Florida Death Index 1877-1998 (records before 1917 are spotty) requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription, which also includes...
- Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001
- Florida Divorce Index 1927-2001

Alachua County Probate Search
Bay County Obituaries Index and Cemetery Burials obituaries & death notices are from the Panama City News Herald from 1 July 1987 to 20 April 2006
Broward County, Florida Cemetery Records ongoing project
Collier County: Naples Daily News Obituary Index 1927-1936 & 1947-2005
Duval County Public Records Search 1988-present
Duval County: Jacksonville Florida Times-Union Obituaries Archive 1997-present
Highlands County Obituaries Index early 1982-mid 2006
Hillsborough County: Index to Obituaries in the Tampa Tribune 1905-present
Indian River County: Vero Beach Press Journal Obituary Index 1919-2001 also has 2002-2005 in Excel format (downloadable)
Leon County: Tallahassee City-Owned Cemeteries Burial Records Index (Greenwood, Oakland, Old City, Roselawn, and Southside Cemeteries)
Miami-Dade County Recorder's Record Search 1974-present indexes some probate files and estate death certificates
Orange County Public Records Search includes death certificate index 1955-present
Palm Beach County Death Certificates 1968-recent includes online images and other records (note: DC is the document type for death certificate)
Pinellas County Databases includes Pinellas County cemetery indexes, newspaper indexes (with obituaries) and a funeral home index
Pinellas County: St. Petersburg Times Obituaries 2002-present also see the Florida Obituaries Archive below
Sarasota County: Cemeteries of Sarasota County Florida - A Record of Births, Deaths, and Burials PDF files
Volusia County Cemeteries

Florida Obituaries Archive - Recent (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes...
- Boca Raton News (3/2/2006-Current)
- Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel (1/1/1986-Current)
- Jacksonville Florida Times-Union (1/12/1996-Current)
- Miami Herald (1/1/1983-Current)
- Orlando Sentinel (4/1/1985-Current)
- Palm Beach Daily News (1/2/2000-Current)
- Palm Beach Post (1/1/1989-Current)
- Pensacola News Journal (1/1/1999-Current)
- St. Petersburg Times (1/1/1987-Current)
- Tallahassee Democrat (1/1/1994-Current)
- Tampa Tribune (8/13/1990-Current)
- And nearly 30 more Florida newspapers

Assorted Listings for Florida Cemeteries
- Cemeteries of Wakulla, Franklin & Leon Counties
- Names Found in Florida Cemeteries listings for some cemeteries in Jackson, Leon, St. Johns, Seminole, Sumter, Volusia, and Wakulla Counties

Ordering Florida Vital Records

Order Florida Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Certificates Online from Vitalchek for delivery by mail (fee required; there may be some restrictions on who can order the records) death certificates available from 1917 to present; birth certificates, 1930-present

Online Florida Death Records Indexes & Obituaries

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