Genealogically Oriented Pages
Birth, Death, & Marriage Records
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birth, death, or marriage information for any county in Florida, you
should be aware of the information maintained by the Florida
State Vital Records Office. You will need to use
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You can also find birth,
death, and marriage information at the site maintained by Ancestry.com.
Access to the information there will require a paid
subscription. It is located at: Florida
Vital Records Information. On the related page for
Marion County, Marion
County Vital Records, you will find the address and phone
number for the local office. And, also links to images for the Marion
County U.S. Federal Census for 1830 through 1930 (excluding 1890, of
course). Again, you will need to use your browser's backspace
key to return here.
Queries
through December 1998
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Historical & Background Items of Interest
Marion County History
Originally what is now known as Marion County was at one
time a part of Alachua County, Hillsborough, and Mosquito (current
Orange) Counties. On March 14, 1844 Marion County was born.
Named for General Francis Marion also known as the "Swamp
Fox" during the Revolutionary War. Marion County drew many of
its earliest settlers from South Carolina.
Marion County Today
If you would like to know more about Marion County today and
where you might find additional contemporary sources of genealogical
data, you might like to visit Marion
County, Ocala,
Dunnellon,
Belleview,
Reddick,
McIntosh,
and Citra.
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Links
![[Mayflower]](gnj/sailing-ship.gif) |
Florida
Mayflower Society
James Chilton Colony located in The Villages to our South.
William Mullins Colony located in Ocala and Gainesville.
Webmaster's Note:
We are fortunate to have two local colonies of the Florida
Mayflower Society.
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Genealogy of Marion County with shortcuts to Ancestor
Counties
Alachua Co (1824) Hillsborough Co (1834) Mosquito, now Orange Co (1824)
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Marion Co (1844)
Shortcuts to Neighboring Counties
Alachua Putnam
Levy Marion Volusia
Citrus Sumter Lake
One
of the oldest attractions in
Florida is Silver Springs
located east of Ocala. The famous Glass
Bottom Boats
made the attraction what it is. Visitors would board the boat
and
sit on benches along the outer area of the boat and peer over the knee
high wall to observe the fish as they swam under the middle of the
boat. A running commentary was provided by the boat Captain.
He would always have a large ball of bread that he tossed
overboard so the fish could play Football. This was a fun way
to
show everyone something of Florida wildlife. Often
alligators were sunning themselves on the banks or swimming
in
the water as well as birds, fish, snakes, otters, deer were visible.
A
wonderful place to spend the day. This horseshoe
shaped
palm tree is probably the most photographed site around here. ![[FLGenWeb]](gnj/FLGW16.gif)
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