Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Pinellas County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Clearwater Evening Sun (Clearwater, Fla.)1914-1926
- Clearwater Gazette & Beach Views (Clearwater Beach, FL)1950-Current
- Clearwater Morning News (Clearwater, Pinellas County, Fla.)1893-????
- Dunedin Times (Dunedin, Fla.)1924-????
- Florida Bond News (Tampa, Fla.)1932-1933
- Florida Tax & Bond News (Clearwater, Fla.)1933-????
- Florida West Coast Truth (Tarpon Springs, Hillsborough Co., Fla.)1889-????
- Gulf Coast Herald (Tarpon Springs, Fla.)1884-????
- Gulfport Tribune (Gulfport, Fla.)1938-????
- St. Petersburg Advocate (St. Petersburg, Fla.)1927-19??
- St. Petersburg Daily Times (St. Petersburg, Fla.)1912-1921
- St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg, Fla.)1921-2011
- The Citizen (Gulfport, Fla.)1947-????
- The Clearwater News (Clearwater, Fla.)1894-1925
- The Clearwater Sun (Clearwater, Fla.)1926-1927
- The Clearwater Sun (Clearwater, Fla.)1928-19??
- The Clearwater Sun and Herald (Clearwater, Fla.)1927-1928
- The Evening Independent (St. Petersburg, Fla.)1907-1986
- The Herald (Point Pinellas, Fla.)1887-????
- The Indian Rocks Sentry (Indian Rocks, Fla.)1925-19??
- The Largo Sentinel (Largo, Fla.)1912-????
- The Pinellas American ([St. Petersburg, Fla.])1940-19??
- The Pinellas Negro Weekly (St. Petersburg, Fla.)1944-19??
- The Sea Breeze (Bonifacio, Fla.)1886-1???
- The Spectator Illustrated (St. Petersburg, Fla.)1924-19??
- The Tarpon (Tarpon Springs, Fla.)1886-????
- The Tarpon Springs Leader (Tarpon Springs, Fla.)1910-1973
- The Tarpon Springs News (Tarpon Springs, Fla.)1918-19??
- The Tarpon Springs Truth (Tarpon Springs, Hillsborough Co., Fla.)1889-????
- The Townsendite (Deland, Fla.)1939-19??
- The West Hillsboro Press (Clearwater, Fla.)1895-????
- Today in St. Petersburg ([St. Petersburg, Fla.])1924-19??
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected newspaper titles cataloged by the Library of Congress with explicit county geography. Priority is given to titles beginning by 1950; up to five later titles are included where no earlier dated title is listed for that county. Dates describe publication history, not the issues available at a library. Multiple format records with the same title, place and dates are grouped. The catalog may describe paper, microfilm or online resources. Open ends and the word Current reflect the catalog description; confirm present availability and exact holdings with the libraries listed on the linked record.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Pinellas County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the clerk of the circuit court, and any online record search the county offers.
- The clerk of the circuit court
In Florida the clerk keeps most county records: deeds and other official records, marriage licenses, probate and court cases.
- The State Archives of Florida
In Tallahassee: territorial and state records, Confederate pension files, and the state censuses.
- State Archives of Florida (Florida Memory)free
The State Archives' online collections: Confederate pension applications, Spanish land grants, photographs and more, with the archives in Tallahassee.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Florida, Pinellas" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Hillsborough County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Hillsborough County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1911, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Florida's statewide birth and death records begin in the late 1800s and are fullest from 1917. Florida took state censuses in 1885, 1935 and 1945, among others, which fill gaps between federal ones.