Online Florida Death Indexes, Death Records & Obituaries

Online Florida Death Indexes and Obituaries

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

Flordia Death Indexes from FamilySearch (beta testing) part of their genealogy records search; includes...
- Florida Death Index 1877-1939
- Florida Deaths and Burials 1900-1921 (not complete)

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...
- For Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Obituaries 1986-Present, see the Florida Obituaries Archive listed below
- Broward County, Florida Cemetery Records (ongoing project)
- Broward County: Jewish Cemeteries (ongoing project) presently has Jewish burials in Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Lauderdale (Excel file)
Collier County: Naples Daily News Obituary Index 1927-1936 & 1947-2005
Dade County: see Miami-Dade County below
Duval County Public Records Search 1988-present
Duval County: Jacksonville Florida Times-Union Obituaries Archive 1997-present
Escambia County: St. John's Historic Cemetery Burial Search (Pensacola, Florida)
Flagler County Genealogy Indexes includes some obituaries and cemetery records
Highlands County Obituaries Index early 1982-mid 2006
Hillsborough County...
- Hillsborough County: Index to Obituaries in the Tampa Tribune 1905-present
- Hillsborough County: for copies of recent Tampa Tribune obituaries, see the Florida Obituaries Archive listed below
- Hillsborough County Cemeteries
Indian River County: Vero Beach Press Journal Obituary Index 1919-1997 also has 1997-2008 in PDF format (downloadable)
Leon County: Tallahassee City-Owned Cemeteries Burial Records Index (Greenwood, Oakland, Old City, Roselawn, and Southside Cemeteries)
Miami-Dade County: for Miami Herald Obituaries 1983-Present, see the Florida Obituaries Archive listed below
Miami-Dade County Recorder's Record Search 1974-present indexes some probate files and estate death certificates
Orange County: for Orlando Sentinel Obituaries 4/1/1985-Present, see the Florida Obituaries Archive listed below
Palm Beach County Death Certificates 1968-recent includes online images and other records (note: DC is the document type for death certificate)
Pinellas County...
- Pinellas County Genealogy 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
- Pinellas County Public Records Search circa 1980s to present; includes a probate court index, death certificates index and other items
Sarasota County: Cemeteries of Sarasota County Florida - A Record of Births, Deaths, and Burials PDF files
Sarasota County: for Sarasota Herald-Tribune Obituaries 1996-Present, see the Florida Obituaries Archive listed below
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)
- Daytona Beach News-Journal (3/27/1996-Current)
- Florida Keys Keynoter (Marathon, FL) - (11/6/2002-Current)
- Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel (1/1/1986-Current)
- Gainesville Sun (2/18/1995-Current)
- Jacksonville Florida Times-Union (1/12/1996-Current)
- Key West Citizen (10/31/1999-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)
- St. Petersburg Times (1/1/1987-Current)
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune (1/1/1996-Current)
- Tampa Tribune (8/13/1990-Current)
- Vero Beach Press Journal (12/2/1997-Current)
- And over 20 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

Where to Write for Vital Records - Florida (fees and restrictions may apply)

Online Florida Death Records Indexes & Obituaries

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