Records & Resources: Hillsborough County

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

Advertisements (Historical)

• NEWKIRK, W.B.- Your Furniture Source (1901)
• SMITH, R.F. – Franklin Street Lunch Room (1897)

African Americans

African American Genealogy Resources - at the Hillsborough County Public Library

Glover School Campus - in the historic Bealsville Communty

Plant City Bing Rooming House African American Museum

Bible

• Roberts Family Bible

Biographies

• Oral Interviews: Hillsborough Remembers - Hillsborough County Public Library

Births

• Florida Births and Christenings, 1880-1935 - FamilySearch.org
• Midwife Birth Records from 1908-1939

Cemeteries

• Cemetery Listings @ FindAGrave
• City of Tampa Cemetery Database
• Hillsborough County Cemeteries

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

Court Records

• Cases in the Municipal Court – December 7, 1897

Deaths/Obituaries

• Obituary & Death Notices - misc. listings; organized by surname
• 1901-1938 Accidental Deaths Recorded in Pinellas County
• Pinellas County Genealogical Society Necrology Indexes
• Florida Death Index: 1877-1939 (FamilySearch)
• Florida Deaths and Burials: 1900-1921 (FamilySearch)
• Florida, Funeral Home Records, 1887-1971 (FamilySearch)
• 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”

Historic Places

• Map of Historic Places

Marriages

• Florida Marriages, 1830-1993 (FamilySearch)
• Florida Marriages: 1837-1974 (FamilySearch)
• Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957 (FamilySearch)
• Hillsborough County Marriages: 1846-1988
• Hillsborough County Marriages: 1965-present

Military

• Confederate Pension Applications - Florida Memory Project
• List of Conferedate Pension Applications - USGenWeb Archives

Newspapers

• Courier & Tribune (Plant City): Digital Issues 2007-2009
• Courier (Plant City): Digital Issues 2004-2007
• Drew Field Echoes Newspaper: Digital Issues 1942-1944
• Florida Peninsular: Digital Issues 1855-1871
• Florida Pennisular, 1855-1871 - Newspapers.com
• Gaceta: Digital Issues 1922-2011
• Morning Tribune: Digital Issues 1897-1898
• Sarasota Herald Tribune: Digital Issues 1925-2008
• Sarasota Journal: Digital Issues 1952-1989
• Seald-Sweet Chronicle: Digital Issues 1952-1982
• St. Petersburg Times: Digital Issues 1901-2007
• Sunland Tribune: Digital Issues 1877-1882
• Tampa Daily Journal, 1890-1892 - Newspapers.com
• Tampa Journal, 1878-1891- Newspapers.com
• Tampa Times, 1912-1982 - Newspapers.com
• Tampa Tribune: Digital Issues 1897-1899
• Tampa Tribune, 1895-2016
• Weekly Tribune (Tampa): Digital Issues 1897-1899
• Weekly Tribne (Tampa), 1871-1914 - Newspapers.com

Pictures

• Photographic Views of Tampa Bay Hotel – interesting book from 1895! Free online at the Internet Archive
• Florida Memory Project photos - search for Hillsborough County photos

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