Bay County, Florida:
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Projects

• Bay County Florida INDEPENDENT History & Genealogy Page 
• Bay County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Bay County, FL      (Source: The FLGenWeb Project, Inc.)
• Bay County, Florida GenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Calhoun County, FL  to the east
• Gulf County, FL  to the east
• Jackson County, FL  to the northeast
• Walton County, FL  to the west
• Washington County, FL  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• 1920's Biographical Sketches of Old Soldiers of Lynn Haven      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
• Bay Co, Florida, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Bay County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Bay County GEDCOM Index 
• Bay County, Florida      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)

Cemeteries (15)

Census Records and Indexes (14)

Directories

• Classified Buyers' Guide of the city of Panama City, Florida  1955     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Classified Buyers' Guide of the City of Panama City, Florida  1953     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Classified Buyers' Guide, Panama City Beach Section, Florida  1953     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Polk's Panama City, Bay County, Florida, City Directory  1955     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Polk's Panama City, Florida, Classified Business Directory  1953     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Polk's Panama City, Florida, Classified Business Directory  1955     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

History (22)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Panama City and Pensacola  Florida Passenger Lists, 1927-1939     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Index to Reconstructed Federal Land Tract Book      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Bay County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Bay, Washington Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (10)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Bay County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Bay County, FL Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• FLBAY-L Bay County genealogy

  • FLBAY-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • FLBAY-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • FLBAY-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

• Civil War

  • Confederate Pension Application Files Index      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)

• Korean War

  • Korean War Casualties      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

  • 1917-18 Civilian Draft Registration, Surnames A-F      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
  • 1917-18 Civilian Draft Registration, Surnames G-O      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
  • 1917-18 Civilian Draft Registration, Surnames P-Z      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Bay County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Bay County, Florida  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Bay County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Bay County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Bay County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Bay County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Chronicling America  Bay County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Panama City Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Panama City News (Panama City, Florida)  1952-1970     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Panama City News-Herald (Panama City, Florida)  1940-1972     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• A Complete Index to Obituaries in the Panama City, Bay County, Florida, News Herald 1987-2006 
• Obituaries From The St. Andrews Bay News, 1916 - 1934      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
• Obituaries From The St. Andrews Buoy, 1893 - 1910      (Source: USGenWeb Florida Archives)
• Panama City News Herald  Panama City, FL     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Southerland Family Funeral Homes  Panama City and Port St. Joe, Florida
• Wilson Funeral Home  Panama City, Florida
• Yorkshire Funeral Care  Lynn Haven, Florida

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Bay County Digitized Photo Archive 
• Florida--Tyndall Field.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Bay County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Panama City Postcards 
• West Florida Photohistory 

School Records and Histories

• Gulf Coast Community College Memory Collection 

Societies

• Bay County Genealogical Society 
• Historical Society of Bay County 
• Panama City Chapter      (Source: National Society Sons of the American Revolution)
• St. Andrews Bay Chapter  Panama City     (Source: Wayback Machine)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (60)

Transportation and Industry

• Bay County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Building histories of Bay County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Patents  Bay County, Florida     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Bay County Health Department  Vital Statistics
• Bay County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• A Complete Index to Marriages in Bay County, Florida, Official Records 1913-1920, 1936-1940, and 1946-1955 
• Official Records Search  includes Death Certificates (December 1986-now) and Marriage Records (June 1997-now)

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