Projects of the Bay County Genealogical Society
About Our Projects
By charter, the Bay County Genealogical Society
is dedicated to the preservation and distribution of genealogical and historical records
related to Bay County, Florida, and surrounding areas.
Recently Completed Projects
Cemetery Index The Bay County Genealogical Society
transcribed every tombstone in Bay County between about 1990 and 1995. The data were
recorded in 38 separate files—one for each cemetery. Our Society merged all
these files were into a single, alphabetized file and up-loaded to our Web site in November 2005. Containing
about 21,502 inscriptions, ours is believed to be the first county society in Florida to do that.
Obituary Index Many hours of effort over a number of
years by Bay County Library staff members in the Local History and Technical Services Department,
some of whom were BCGS members, produced an index to all the death notices and obituaries
reported in the Panama City News Herald between 1 July 1987 and 20 April 2006, plus a few
additional scattered dates from earlier years. These data were integrated into an alphabetized
list of approximately 25,655 names, and uploaded to he BCGS Web site in May 2007.
Marriage Index Several BCGS volunteers transcribed
every marriage in the official Bay County Marriage Records for the periods 1913–1930, 1936–1940, and 1946–1955.
Many of these data were printed previously in several volumes, each containing five years of records.
In April 2007 these 9,500 records were merged into a single list, sorted alphabetically, and
uploaded to our Web site. Additional transcriptions brought the total to 15,140 by March 2008.
Current Projects
BCGS has six major transcription projects under way at present:
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