Free Online Florida Birth Records and Indexes

One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, baptism, and/or christening information about their ancestors.  

Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, a great number of indexes to birth and baptism collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific birth, baptism, or christening information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth documents themselves. These free online collections have millions of records in them in total.

There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 32 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information

If you are interested in baptism indexes that may include the birth date as well as baptism information, make sure and check out Church Records.

The lists below are specific birth, baptism, and christening indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state.

Note: Some of the links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage, please make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.

Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.

(Updated March 2023)

Florida Birth Records

• Baker County Delayed Birth Certificates
• Bay County Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes
• Bay County, Birth Index
• Columbia County Petitions for Certificates and Certificates of Delayed Births, 1943-1962
• Columbia County, Birth Index
• Escambia County Pensacola Births and Deaths, 1891-1910
• Escambia County, Birth Index
• Florida Births and Christenings, 1880-1935
• Florida Pioneers Births and Deaths
• Florida Miscellaneous Records
• Florida, Miscellaneous Records, 1954
• Franklin County Delayed Birth Certificates, 1943-1960
• Gilchrist County Delayed Birth Certificates
• Gilchrist County Delayed Birth Certificates
• Gilchrist County Petitions for Delayed Birth Certificate 1953-1998
• Hernando County, Birth Index
• Hillsborough County, Delayed Birth Certificates Index
• Holmes County Births and Marriages
• Indian River County, Birth Index
• Lafayette County Delayed Birth Certificates, 1883-1941
• Leon County Genealogical Records
• Leon County, Delayed Birth Certificates Index, approx. 1874-1948
• Levy County Delayed Births
• Levy County Delayed Birth Certificates 1943-1980
• Manatee County Miscellaneous Record, 1859-1878
• Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
• Okaloosa County, Birth Index
• Sarasota County Birth and Death Index
• Sumter County General Index to Records, 1856-1933
• Suwanee County Delayed Birth Indexes
• Taylor County Delayed Birth Certificates, 1913-1945
• United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
• Volusia County, Birth Index
• Washington County Delayed Birth Certificates, 1913-1940