Online Florida Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Florida Death Records Indexes

Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 (at Ancestry/requires payment) records before 1917 are spotty
An Ancestry subscription also includes...
- Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 (requires payment) coverage varies for 1822-1875

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

Florida Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County

Alachua County Probate Search
Alachua County Virtual Cemetery Project
Bay County Genealogical Society Indexes for Obituaries, Death Notices, Cemetery Burials and other items
Boca Raton: see the Palm Beach County section below
Broward County...
- 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 Obituaries and Death Notices Index, July 28, 1927 to January 2008 (some years missing) from the Genealogical Society of Collier County
- Also: Collier County: Naples Daily News Obituary Index 1927-2008 (Excel file; some years missing) from the Collier County Public Library
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
Escambia County and Pensacola...
- Escambia County: St. John's Historic Cemetery Burial Search (Pensacola, Florida)
- Escambia County: St. Michael's Cemetery Burials (Pensacola)
- Escambia County Genealogy Indexes incudes Fisher-Pou Funeral Home index, obituaries indexes and more
- Pensacola News Journal Obituaries Indexes, 1825-1998
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 and Tampa...
- Hillsborough County: Index to Obituaries in the Tampa Tribune 1905-present when you get there change the "Using" menu to "TRAILS-Local History & Obits"
- City of Tampa Cemetery Database for Jackson Heights, Marti/Colon, Oaklawn, and Woodlawn Cemeteries
- Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library History and Genealogy Records includes Lord and Fernandez Funeral Home Records, and J L Reed Funeral Home Records
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 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
Nassau County: Fernandina Death and Burial Records, 1896-1916
Orange County and Orlando...
- Orlando Sentinel Obituary Indexes, 1949-1991 PDF files of handwritten indexes for each year
- 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 Official Records Search 1968-recent includes marriage licenses and some estate death certificates
- Palm Beach County Genealogy Indexes includes cemetery burials, death and obituary indexes, and more
- Palm Beach: Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery Burial Records Search
Pasco County: West Pasco Historical Society Obituary Database also has a burial list for Pine Hill Cemetery
Pensacola - see Escambia County above
Pinellas County...
- Pinellas County Genealogy Databases includes Pinellas County cemetery indexes, newspaper indexes (with obituaries) and a funeral home index
- Pinellas County Public Records Search circa 1980s to present; includes a probate case records index and other items
Putnam County Cemeteries
Santa Rosa County Obituary Indexes
Sarasota County...
- Sarasota County Obituary Index, 2000-recent
- Sarasota County: Cemeteries of Sarasota County Florida - A Record of Births, Deaths, and Burials PDF files
St. Johns County Deaths 1800-2011 also has other genealogy indexes; from the St. Augustine Genealogical Society
St. Petersburg - see Pinellas County above
Tallahassee - see Leon County above
Tampa - see Hillsborough County above
Volusia County Cemeteries
Wakulla County Cemeteries also includes some cemeteries in Franklin and Leon Counties

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