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

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Palm Beach County, Florida
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Location in the state of Florida
Location of Florida in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	April 30, 1909
County Seat	West Palm Beach
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Palm Beach County Courthouse
301 N Olive Ave;
West Palm Beach, FL 33401-4705
Phone: 561.355.2754

County Judge has marriage and probate records.
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, court and land records. ^[1]

History

>>History @ Palm Beach FLGenWeb

Index page at the Palm Beach FLGenWeb

Parent County

1909--Palm Beach County was created 30 April 1909 from Dade County.
County seat: West Palm Beach ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Broward
• Glades
• Hendry
• Martin
• Okeechobee

Resources

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Palm Beach, FLGenWeb

Individual cemeteries:

• Jupiter Cemetery, Jupiter BillionGraves

Census

Census Records available onsite at the Palm Beach, FLGenWeb

For tips on accessing Palm Beach County, Florida census records online, see: Florida Census.

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Palm Beach W.

Cities and Towns

Cities and Towns, Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Court

Directories

1923 Directory, Palm Beach FLGenWeb

American-Finish, 1956; Palm Beach FLGenWeb

Phone Directory of Finnish Speaking Population of Lake Worth - Lantana Area, 1978; Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb
Jupiter, 1954 Phone Book; Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Land

Land Grants of Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Local Histories

Hurricanes, The Case of the Disappearing Ancestor; Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Maps

Military

Military Records of Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Newspapers

Current Newspapers of Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Courtesy of The Boca Raton Historical Society Archives:

• Boca Raton News: 1955-1970
• The Spanish River Papers: Member Reports of the Historical Society and Women in Boca Raton:
• "50 Years of History", 1993
• The Pelican: 1948-1953
• The Weekly Tattler: June-September 1938

Obituaries

Obit Index of Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Obituaries of Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Death Notices and Obituaries, Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County

Sources of Obituaries in Palm Beach County, Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Vital Records of the Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Birth

Marriage

• 1909-1939 - Marriages (1909-1939) of Palm  Beach Co, FLGenWeb
• 1909-1915 - Palm Beach County Marriage Book 1 Index 1909-1915. Batch M747120 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1915-1921 - Palm Beach County Marriage Books 2-3 Index 1915-1921. Batch M747121 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1921-1928 - Palm Beach County Marriage Books 4-5 Index 1921-1928. Batch M747133 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Death

Death Records of Palm Beach Co, FLGenWeb

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Boca Raton Florida Family History Center
• Jupiter Florida Family History Center
• Palm Beach Florida Family History Center (West Palm Beach)
• Wellington Florida Family History Center

Genealogical Societies

• Boca Raton Historical Society
• Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County

Libraries

• Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County Library

Web Sites

• Palm Beach County Florida GenWeb Project, Inc.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Palm Beach County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Palm Beach County, Florida Page 136 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. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/3/3f/Igifloridamz.pdf.

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