(This page's most recent update is
August 2024)
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Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific death information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include death information that is not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers and obituaries have death info, but most times obituary indexes include the date of the obituary but not the date of death. To find out which types of other records may include death information, please see:
The lists below are specific death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Florida.
Note: Some 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 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.
Florida Death Records
- Alachua County, Deaths
- Alachua County, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Cemetery Records
- Baker County, Deaths
- Bay County, Deaths
- Brevard County, Deaths
- Collier County Death Index
- Collier County Death Search
- Columbia County, Deaths
- Duval County, Deaths
- Escambia County Pensacola Births and Deaths, 1891-1910
- Fernandina Deaths 1896-1916
- Flagler County Deaths
- Florida Death and Marriage Search by County
- Florida Death Certificates, 1877-1939
- Florida Death Index, 1877-1998
- Florida Deaths and Burials, 1900-1921
- Florida Deaths, 1877-1939
- Florida Federal and State Census Mortality Schedules 1850-1885
- Florida Pioneers Births and Deaths
- Florida Miscellaneous Records
- Florida, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, Deaths, 1917-1919
- Franklin County, Cemetery Records
- Gilchrist County Deaths
- Glades County, Deaths
- Hamilton County Death and Marriage Indexes
- Hamilton County, Riverside Cemetery, Cemetery Records
- Jacksonville Record of Death Certificates, August 1945-July 1950
- Jacksonville, Record of Death Certificates, August 1945-July 1950
- Jefferson County, Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Cemetery Records
- Key West Deaths, October 1880-October 1913
- Key West Key West Deaths, October 1880-October 1913
- Key West, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Church Records, 1876-1894
- Lake County Death Reports, Death Certificates and Inquests, 1915-1971
- Lee County Death Index
- Leon County Genealogical Records
- Madison County Deaths
- Madison County, Deaths
- Manatee County Miscellaneous Record, 1859-1878
- Manatee County, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Cemetery Records
- Marion County, McIntosh Cemetery, Cemetery Records
- Miami, Dade County, Death Records
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Naples Death Index
- Nassau County Area Deaths
- Ocala, Record of Deaths, 1890-1903
- Okaloosa County, Deaths
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
- Orlando Register of Deaths, 1922-1929
- Orlando, Register of Deaths, 1922-1929
- Osceola County, Deaths
- Palm Beach County Death Notices
- Pasco County Death Index
- Pasco County, Death Indexes
- Pensacola Births and Deaths, 1891-1910
- Pinellas County Death Index
- Pinellas County, Deaths
- Saint Johns County, Deaths
- Sarasota County Birth and Death Index
- Sarasota County Death and Obituary Index
- St Johns County Marriage and Death Indexes
- St. Augustine Record of Deaths, 1888-1920
- St. Augustine, Catholic Church, Record of Deaths, 1888-1920
- St. Johns County Deaths and/or Burials 1800-1899
- St. Johns County List of Deaths and/or Burials, 1800-1899
- St. Johns County, Cemetery Records
- St. Johns County, List of Deaths and/or Burials, 1800-1949
- St. Petersburg Times Death and Obituary Index
- Sumter County General Index to Records, 1856-1933
- Sumter County, Stewart Chapel Cemetery, Cemetery Records
- Tampa Death and Cemetery Records, 1896-1921; Index, 1896-1958
- Tampa, Death and Cemetery Records, 1896-1921; Index, 1896-1958
- Union County Death Certificate Index
- United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
- United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
- United States Social Security Death Index
- United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
- Volusia County Births and Deaths 1888-1893
- Volusia County, Death Indexes
- Walton County, Deaths
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!