Online Florida Death Indexes, 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

Florida Death Records Index 1877-1939 from FamilySearch part of their genealogy records search

Alachua County Probate Search
Alachua County Virtual Cemetery Project
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
Charlotte County: Scanned Cemetery Books includes Charlotte Harbor Cemetery; Indian Springs Cemetery (Punta Gorda, Florida); Charlotte Memorial Gardens (Punta Gorda, Florida); Lt. Carl A. Bailey Memorial Cemetery and Other Early Black Burials; and the Cemeteries of Fort Ogden (DeSoto County)
Collier County: Naples Daily News Obituary Index 1927-2008 (not yet complete for all years)
Dade County: see Miami-Dade County below
DeSoto County: see Charlotte County above for one cemetery book
Duval County...
- Duval County Public Records Search 1988-present
- Jacksonville Area Obituary Collection, 1851-2009 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes scanned copies of over 105,000 obituaries - many are from the Jacksonville Florida Times-Union, but other newspapers from nearby counties may also be included
- Duval County: for copies of recent Jacksonville Florida Times-Union obituaries, see the Florida Obituaries Archive listed below
Escambia County: St. John's Historic Cemetery Burial Search (Pensacola, Florida)
Flagler County Genealogy Indexes includes some obituaries and cemetery records
Ft. Lauderdale - see Broward County above
Gainesville - see Alachua County above
Highlands County Obituaries Index early 1982-present
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 Library Obituary Indexes 1916-recent PDF files (for the Vero Beach Press Journal, Sebastian Sun, Indian River Farmer, Fellsmere Farmer and Fellsmere Tribune; coverage may vary by newspaper)
Jacksonville - see Duval County above
Lee County Genealogical Society Obituaries and Death Notices Index from the Fort Myers News-Press
Leon County: Tallahassee City-Owned Cemeteries Burial Records Index (Greenwood, Oakland, Old City, Roselawn, and Southside Cemeteries)
Miami-Dade County...
- 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
Nassau County Cemeteries and Obituaries from the Amelia Island Genealogy Society
Orange County...
- Orange County: for Orlando Sentinel Obituaries 4/1/1985-Present, see the Florida Obituaries Archive listed below
- Orange County: Carey Hand Funeral Home Records (Orlando and central Florida area) from the Central Florida Memory Collection
Palm Beach County...
- Palm Beach County Obituaries & Death Notices Index, 1980-early 2011; and Cemetery Records from the Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County
- Palm Beach County: also see the Florida Obituaries Archive below for recent obituaries
- Palm Beach County Official Records Search 1968-recent includes marriage licenses and some estate death certificates
Pinellas County...
- Pinellas County Genealogy Databases includes Pinellas County cemetery indexes, newspaper indexes (with obituaries) and a funeral home index
- Pinellas County: for copies of recent St. Petersburg Times obituaries, see the Florida Obituaries Archive listed below
- Pinellas County Public Records Search circa 1980s to present; includes a probate court index, death certificates index and other items
Sarasota County...
- 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
St. Petersburg - see Pinellas County above
Tampa - see Hillsborough County above
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

A Genealogy Records Guide