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Guide to Dixie County Florida genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Dixie County, Florida
Map
Location in the state of Florida
Location of Florida in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	April 25, 1921
County Seat	Cross City
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Dixie County Courthouse
PO Box 1206;
Cross City, FL 32628
Phone: 352.498.1200

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1973,
divorce, probate, court and land records^[1]

History

Parent County

1921--Dixie County was created 25 April 1921 from Lafayette County.
County seat: Cross City ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Gilchrist 
• Lafayette 
• Levy 
• Taylor 

Resources

African American

• Florida African American Griots Project  -  USGenWeb
• Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Cemeteries

• Florida Tombstone Transcription Project  -  USGenWeb
• Interment.net - Florida cemetery records by County
• Veterans Administration National Cemeteries - Florida National Cemeteries
• Cross City Cemetery BillionGraves

Census

For tips on accessing Dixie County, Florida census records online, see: Florida 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
• 1885 Florida State Population Census - Includes sex, age, relationship, occupation, place of birth of each family member and parents. Also census for agriculture, manufacture and mortality.
• 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

Church

Court

Land

Florida Territorial Land Records

Local Histories

Maps

• 1870 Gray's Atlas Panhandle Portion of State -  USGenWeb Archives Project
• 1882 Rand McNally Panhandle Portion of State  -  USGenWeb Archives Project
• Exploring Florida, FCIT Maps, University of South Florida

Military

• Florida State Military Files  -  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

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Marriage

• 1921-1942 - Dixie County Marriage Index 1921-1942. Batch M743066 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Death

• Florida State Archives
• Dixie County, Florida Obituary and Death Notices Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. From various funeral homes in the Cross City, Horseshoe Beach, Old Town, Suwannee and surrounding area.

Societies and Libraries

• Florida State Historical Societies  -  Listing by County
• Florida Family History Centers
• Florida Historical Society
• Florida State Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Dixie County FLGenWeb
• State of Florida
• USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Dixie County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Dixie County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dixie County, Colorado. Page 134 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/5/54/Igiflorida.pdf.

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