Records & Resources: Pinellas County

The following records may be helpful to you when searching for information about Pinellas County residents. Remember to also check the Pinellas County FLGenWeb Archive.

African Americans

Carter G. Woodson Museum

Recovering and Discovering Our Past: The African-American Experience in St. Petersburg - a dissertation by James Anthony Schnur (1996)

Biographies

County biographies - submitted to the USGenWeb Archives

Births

• Centenarian Birthdays & Obituaries, 2001-2005 - compiled by the Pinellas Genealogy Society
• Florida Births and Christenings, 1880-1935 - FamilySearch.org

Cemeteries

• Pinellas County Cemetery Master Index - compiled by the Pinellas Genealogy Society
• Greenwood Cemetery burials - published by the Pinellas Genealogy Society (2002)
• Cemetery Listings @ FindAGrave
• Pinellas County Cemetery Listings - USGenWeb Archives

Census

• Census Records (Free at FamilySearch) - 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, and 1950
• 1850 Slave Schedule - notes are here
• 1850 Slave Schedule - FamilySearch
• 1850 Census (Mortality Schedule) - FamilySearch
• 1860 Agricultural Census
• 1885 Florida State Census - FamilySearch
• 1935 Florida State Census - FamilySearch
• 1945 Florida State Census - FamilySearch

Churches

• History of Church of the Isles, Congregational, United Church of Christ, 15th Anniversary, 1952-1967

Deaths/Obituaries

• Obituary & Death Notices - misc. listings; organized by surname
• St. Petersburg Times Obituary Index, 1990-1992 - compiled by the Pinellas Genelaogy Society
• 1901-1938 Accidental Deaths Recorded in Pinellas County
• Centenarian Birthdays & Obituaries, 2001-2005 - compiled by the Pinellas Genealogy Society
• Pinellas Genealogy Society Necrology Indexes
• Florida Death Index: 1877-1939
• Florida Deaths and Burials: 1900-1921
• Hillsborough County Public Library Obituary Database: 1905-present - enter the name of interest into the Search box. Then, go to the bottom right corner and change the database to “TRAILS”

Directories

• 1914 Polk's St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Vicinity City Directory
• 1920-21 R.L. Polk & Co.'s Clearwater City Directory
• 1924-25 Polk's Clearwater City Directory
• 1926 Polk's Clearwater and Pinellas County Directory
• 1931 Polk's Clearwater (Florida) City Directory
• 1926 Polk's Clearwater and Pinellas County Directory
• 1937 Polk's Clearwater (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory
• 1939 Polk's Clearwater (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory
• 1941 Polk's Clearwater (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory
• 1944 Polk's Clearwater (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory
• 1947 Polk's Clearwater (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory
• 1950 Polk's Clearwater (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory
• 1954 Polk's (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory
• 1955 Polk's Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory
• 1956 Polk's Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory
• 1957 Polk's Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory
• 1959 Polk's Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory
• 1960 Polk's Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory
• 1962 Polk's Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory
• 1968 Polk's Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory

History

• History of Tarpon Springs, Part 1 - 1964 by R.F. Pent
• History of Tarpon Springs, Part 2 - 1964 by R.F. Pent

Marriages/Divorces

• Marriage, Divorce, & Probate Records, 1905-1930 - non-sequential; compiled by the Pinellas Genealogy Society
• Marriage/Anniversary/Engagement Notices, 1970-1974 - compiled by the Pinellas Genealogy Society
• Florida Marriages, 1830-1993 - FamilySearch.org
• Florida Marriages: 1837-1974 - FamilySearch.org
• Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957 - FamilySearch.org

News Articles

• Pinellas County News Extracts

Newspapers

• Pinellas County Newspaper Index, 1938-1939 - a collection of books that index area papers for accidents, disaster, county & city government, and more; hosted on the Internet Archive
• Clearwater Sun: Historical Newspaper Issues, 1925-1989 (Clearwater Public Library)
• The Leader Newspaper of Tarpon Springs, 1910-1924 (Tarpon Springs Public Library)
• The Leader Newspaper of Tarpon Springs, 1914-1919 (Chronicling America)
• St. Petersburg Times: Digital Issues 1901-2007 (Google Newspapers)
• Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, FL), 1886-2020 - available with paid subscription at Newspapers.com
• Tarpon Springs Progressive newspaper, 1914-1919 (Tarpon Springs Public Library)

Photos

• Clearwater Sun Photograph Collection - photos selected from the 60,000+ item collection housed at the Clearwater Public Library
• Dunedin Public Library Photo Archive
• Largo Public Library Photo Archive
• Safety Harbor Public Library Photo Archive
• St. Pete Public Library Photo Archive

Probate Records

Probates, Pinellas County, Florida, 1912-1920 - compiled by the Pinellas Genealogy Society

Schools

Clearwater High School Yearbooks (Aqua Clara),1916-1990 - from the Clearwater Public Library

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