Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Volusia County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Daytona Beach Evening News (Daytona Beach, Fla.)1936-1986
- Daytona Beach Journal (Daytona, Fla.)1925-1927
- Daytona Beach Morning Journal (Daytona Beach, Fla.)1936-1986
- Daytona Beach News-Journal (Datona Beach, Fla.)1927-1936
- Daytona Beach Observer (Daytona Beach, Fla.)1940-1974
- Daytona Morning Journal (Daytona, Fla.)1915-1925
- Deland Daily News (Deland, Volusia County, Fla.)1915-1929
- Deland Sun News (Deland, Fla.)1929-1989
- Delandings (De Land, Fla.)1943-????
- Halifax Journal (Daytona, Volusia County, Fla.)1883-1922
- Halifax Journal (Daytona, Volusia County, Fla.; Daytona, Fla.)1883-1922
- Independent Merchants Bulletin (Daytona Beach, Fla.)1930-19??
- New Smyrna Beach Observer (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.)1940-????
- New Smyrna Daily News (New Smyrna, Volusia County, Fla.)1925-19??
- New Smyrna News (New Smyrna, Volusia County, Fla.)1913-1930
- New Smyrna Times (New Smyrna, Fla.)1936-????
- Orange City Times (Orange City, Fla.)1927-1929
- Orange City Times and Dispatch (Orange City, Volusia County, Fla.)1880-????
- Orange Ridge Echo (De Land, FL)1883-????
- South Florida Times (Orange City, Fla.)1880-1887
- The Coast Gazette (Ormond-On-The-Halifax, Fla.)1890-1895
- The Commonwealth (Daytona, Fla.)1896-1898
- The D.H.S. Growler (De Land, FL)1941-????
- The Daytona Beach News (Daytona Beach, Fla.)1925-1927
- The Daytona Beach Resorter (Daytona Beach, Fla.)1936-????
- The Daytona Daily News (Daytona, Fla.)1903-1925
- The Daytona Dauntless (Daytona Beach, Fla.)1943-????
- The Daytona Gazette-News (Daytona, Fla.)1901-1922
- The Deland News and Volusia County Record (Deland, Volusia County, Fla.)1921-19??
- The Deland Sun (Deland, Volusia County, Fla.)1922-192?
- The Deland Weekly News (Deland, Fla.)1887-190?
- The East Coast Messenger (Daytona, Fla.)1885-1891
- The Florida Agriculturist (Deland, Fla.)1878-1911
- The Florida Agriculturist (Jacksonville, Fla.)1878-1911
- The Florida Star (New Smyrna, East Fla.)1877-1???
- The Florida Sun (Orlando, Orange County, Fla.)1924-19??
- The Gazette-News (Daytona, Fla.)1898-1901
- The Gremlin (Daytona Beach, Fla.)1944-1946
- The Halifax Settler (Port Orange, Fla.)1875-1???
- The Inlet Advocate (New Smyrna, Volusia County, Fla.)1909-19??
- The Morning Hotel News (Daytona, Fla.)1916-19??
- The New Era (Enterprise, Fla.)1890-1???
- The New Smyrna Breeze (New Smyrna, Volusia County, Fla.)1887-19??
- The New Smyrna Inlet (New Smyrna, Volusia County, Fla.)1892-1???
- The Observer (Daytona Beach, Fla.)1934-1940
- The Orange City Dispatch (Orange City, Fla.)1892-????
- The Orange City Press (Orange City, Fla.)1926-19??
- The Orange City Sunshine (Orange City, Fla.)1922-19??
- The Southern Witness (Deland, Fla.)1905-1908
- The Supplement (Deland, Fla.)1891-1912
- The Townsendite (Deland, Fla.)1939-19??
- The Volusia County Herald (Orange City, Fla.)1891-1???
- The Volusia County Record (Deland, Volusia Co., Fla.)1888-1921
- Volusia County Herald (Deland, Volusia County, Fla.)1877-1878
- Volusia County Times (Orange City, Fla.)1929-19??
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
- Volusia 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, Volusia" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Orange County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Orange County
Later formed partly from Volusia County: Flagler County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1854, 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.