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As I come across things that might be helpful I will add them. Also if you have anything to add please post it. Sometimes info about other counties can be helpful for the County you are hunting.
As I come across things that might be helpful I will add them. Also if you have anything to add please post it. Sometimes info about other counties can be helpful for the County you are hunting.
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Permalink Reply by Lori Deible Chaffin on
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Some Counties have had Courthouse fire's making it hard to find some records. Here is a list of the fire's and the date's for Ohio.
Ohio County Courthouse Fires
Adams.........1910
Belmont.......1980
Brown..........1977
Champaign...1948
Columbiana....1976
Crawford.......1831
Delaware........1835
Fayette...........1828
Franklin..........1879
Fulton.............pre- 1860
Gallia..............1981
Hamilton.........1814, 1849, 1884
Henry.............1847
Licking...........1875
Monroe...........1840, 1867
Seneca...........1841
Trumbull..........1895 -
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Ohio County Origins, the date they were formed and the County or Counties they were made from.
Adams, 1797, Hamilton & West Union
Allen, 1820, Shelby & Lima
Ashland, 1846, Wayne, Richland, Huron, Lorain & Ashland
Ashtabula, 1808, Trumbull, Geauga & Jefferson
Athens, 1805, Washington & Athens
Auglaize, 1848, Allen, Mercer, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Shelby,
Van Wert & Wapakoneta
Belmont, 1801, Jefferson, Washington & Saint Clairsville
Brown, 1818 Adams & Cleremont
Butler, 1803 Hamilton
Carroll 1833 Columbiana, Stark, Harrison, Jefferson,
Tuscarawas & Carrollton
Champaign 1805 Green, Franklin & Urbana
Clark 1818 Champaign, Madison, Greene Springfield
Clermont 1800 Hamilton & Batavia
Clinton 1810 Highland, Warren Wilmington
Columbiana 1803 Jefferson, Washington Lisbon
Coshocton 1811 Muskingum, Tuscarawas Coshocton
Crawford 1820 Delaware Bucyrus
Cuyahoga 1808 Geauga Cleveland
Darke 1809 Miami Greenville
Defiance 1845 Williams, Henry, Paulding & Defiance
Delaware 1808 Franklin Delaware
Erie 1838 Huron, Sandusky Sandusky
Fairfield 1800 Ross, Washington Lancaster
Fayette 1810 Ross, Highland Washington Court House
Franklin 1803 Ross, Wayne Co., MI Columbus
Fulton 1850 Lucas, Henry, Williams Wauseon
Gallia 1803 Washington, Adams Gallipolis
Geauga 1806 Trumbull Chardon
Greene 1803 Hamilton, Ross Xenia
Guernsey 1810 Belmont, Muskingum Cambridge
Hamilton 1790 Original County Cincinnati
Hancock 1820 Logan Findlay
Hardin 1820 Logan Kenton
Harrison 1813 Jefferson, Tuscarawas Cadiz
Henry 1820 Shelby Napoleon
Highland 1805 Ross, Adams, Clermont Hillsboro
Hocking 1818 Athens, Ross, Fairfield Logan
Holmes 1824 Coshocton, Wayne, Tuscarawas Millersburg
Huron 1815 Portage, Cuyahoga Norwalk
Jackson 1816 Scioto, Gallia, Athens, Ross Jackson
Jefferson 1797 Washington Steubenville
Knox 1808 Fairfield Mount Vernon
Lake 1840 Geauga, Cuyahoga Painesville
Lawrence 1815 Gallia, Scioto Ironton
Licking 1808 Fairfield Newark
Logan 1818 Champaign Bellefontaine
Lorain 1822 Huron, Cuyahoga, Medina Elyria
Lucas 1835 Wood, Sandusky, Huron Toledo
Madison 1810 Franklin London
Mahoning 1846 Columbiana, Trumbull Youngstown
Marion 1820 Delaware Marion
Medina 1812 Portage Medina
Meigs 1819 Gallia, Athens Pomeroy
Mercer 1820 Darke Celina
Miami 1807 Montgomery Troy
Monroe 1813 Belmont, Washington, Guernsey Woodsfield
Montgomery 1803 Hamilton, Wayne Co., MI Dayton
Morgan 1817 Washington, Guernsey, Muskingum McConnellsville
Morrow 1848 Knox, Marion, Delaware, Richland Mount Gilead
Muskingum 1804 Washington, Fairfield Zanesville
Noble 1851 Monroe, Washington, Morgan, Guernsey Caldwell
Ottawa 1840 Erie, Sandusky, Lucas Port Clinton
Paulding 1820 Darke Paulding
Perry 1818 Washington, Fairfield, Muskingum New Lexington
Pickaway 1810 Ross, Fairfield, Franklin Circleville
Pike 1815 Ross, Scioto, Adams Waverly
Portage 1808 Trumbull Ravenna
Preble 1808 Montgomery, Butler Eaton
Putnam 1820 Shelby Ottawa
Richland 1808 Fairfield Mansfield
Ross 1798 Adams, Washington Chillicothe
Sandusky 1820 Huron Fremont
Scioto 1803 Adams Portsmouth
Seneca 1820 Huron Tiffin
Shelby 1819 Miami Sidney
Stark 1808 Columbiana Canton
Summit 1840 Akron
Trumbull 1800 Warren
Tuscarawas 1808 Muskingum New Philadelphia
Union 1820 Franklin, Madison, Logan, Delaware Marysville
Van Wert 1820 Darke Van Wert
Vinton 1850 Gallia, Athens, Ross, Jackson, Hocking Mc Arthur
Warren 1803 Hamilton Lebanon
Washington 1788 Original County Marietta
Wayne 1808 Columbiana Wooster
Williams 1820 Darke Bryan
Wood 1820 Indian Lands Bowling Green
Wyandot 1845 Marion, Crawford, Hardin Upper Sandusky -
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Ohio Records - A table showing the earliest available dates of all
vital records (Birth, Marriage, Death, Land, Probate, Court), by
county.
County Birth Marriage Death Land Probate Court
Adams 1888 1910 1888 1797 1849 -
Allen 1867 1831 1867 1831 1835 1831
Ashland 1846 1846 1846
Ashtabula 1867 1812 1867 1798 1811
Athens 1867 1817 1867 1792 1800 1807
Auglaize 1867 1848 1867 1835 1852 1848
Belmont 1867 1803 1867 1800 1804 1804
Brown 1867 1818 1867 1818 1817 1818
Butler 1856 1803 1856 1803 1851 1803
Carroll 1867 1833 1867 1826 1833 1833
County Birth Marriage Death Land Probate Court
Champaigne 1867 1805 1867 1806 1804 1805
Clark 1867 1818 1867 1818 1818 1818
Clermont 1856 1801 1856 1800 1810 1801
Clinton 1868 1817 1867 1806 1810 1810
Columbiana 1867 1803 1867 1798 1803 1803
Coshocton 1867 1811 1867 1800 1811 1811
Crawford 1866 1831 1868 1816 1831 1831
Cuyahoga 1867 1810 1868 1810 1811 1823
Darke 1867 1817 1867 1822 1818 1817
Defiance 1867 1845 1867 1823 1845 1845
County Birth Marriage Death Land Probate Court
Delaware 1867 1835 1867 1812 1818
Erie 1856 1838 1856 1837 1838 1838
Fairfield 1867 1803 1867 1801 1803 1801
Fayette 1867 1810 1868 1810 1810 1882
Franklin 1867 1803 1867 1800 1805 1803
Fulton 1867 1864 1867 1835 1853
Gallia 1864 1803 1867 1803 1803 1811
Geauga 1867 1803 1867 1795 1806 1806
Greene 1869 1803 1870 1798 1803 1802
Guernsey 1867 1810 1867 1802 1812 1810
County Birth Marriage Death Land Probate Court
Hamilton 1863 1808 1881 1787 1790 1844
Hancock 1867 1828 1867 1820 1828 1828
Hardin 1867 1833 1867 1831 1830 1833
Harrison 1867 1813 1867 1812 1813
Henry 1867 1847 1867 1846 1847 1847
Highland 1867 1805 1868 1804 1809 1805
Hocking 1867 1818 1867 1818 1819 1818
Holmes 1867 1821 1867 1808 1825 1825
Huron 1867 1818 1867 1809 1815 1818
Jackson 1867 1816 1867 1816 1819 1816
County Birth Marriage Death Land Probate Court
Jefferson 1867 1803 1867 1795 1798 1803
Knox 1867 1808 1867 1808 1808 1808
Lake 1867 1840 1867 1839 1840 1840
Lawrence 1864 1817 1867 1818 1846 1817
Licking 1875 1809 1875 1800 1875 1809
Logan 1867 1818 1867 1810 1851 1804
Lorain 1867 1824 1867 1840 1824
Lucas 1867 1835 1868 1808 1835 1835
Madison 1867 1810 1888 1810 1810 1810
Mahoning 1856 1846 1856 1795 1846 1847
County Birth Marriage Death Land Probate Court
Marion 1867 1824 1867 1821 1825 1824
Medina 1867 1818 1867 1818 1818 1818
Meigs 1867 1819 1867 1819 1820 1819
Mercer 1867 1838 1867 1823 1824 1824
Miami 1853 1807 1867 1807 1807 1804
Monroe 1867 1866 1867 1836 1818
Montgomery 1867 1803 1866 1805 1803 1803
Morgan 1867 1819 1867 1795 1819 1819
Morrow 1867 1848 1867 1848 1848 1848
Muskingum 1867 1804 1867 1800 1804 1804
County Birth Marriage Death Land Probate Court
Noble 1867 1851 1867 1851 1851 1851
Ottowa 1867 1840 1869 1820 1840 1840
Paulding 1867 1839 1867 1835 1842 1839
Perry 1856, 1867+ 1818 1856, 1867+ 1818 1817 1818
Pickaway 1867 1810 1867 1810 1810 1810
Pike 1867 1815 1867 1799 1817 1815
Portage 1867 1808 1867 1795 1803 1809
Preble 1867 1808 1867 1805 1808 1808
Putnam 1857 1834 1867 1830 1835 1834
Richland 1856 1813 1890 1814 1813 1819
County Birth Marriage Death Land Probate Court
Ross 1867 1798 1867 1797 1797 1798
Sandusky 1867 1820 1867 1822 1820 1820
Scioto 1856 1804 1856 1803 1810 1809
Seneca 1867 1841 1867 1821 1828 1824
Shelby 1867 1824 1867 1819 1825 1819
Stark 1867 1809 1867 1809 1810 1809
Summit 1866 1840 1870 1840 1839 1840
Trumbull 1867 1803 1867 1795 1803 1807
Tuscarawas 1867 1808 1867 1809 1808
Union 1867 1820 1867 1811 1820 1820
County Birth Marriage Death Land Probate Court
Van Wert 1867 1840 1867 1824 1840 1837
Vinton 1867 1850 1867 1850 1852 1850
Warren 1867 1803 1967 1795 1803 1803
Washington 1867 1789 1867 1788 1789 1790
Wayne 1867 1813 1867 1813 1817 1812
Williams 1867 1824 1867 1824 1825 1824
Wood 1867 1820 1867 1820 1820 1823
Wyandot 1867 1845 1867 1826 1845 1845
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Ohio Genealogy Clickable County Map:
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Ohio Formation Maps
A formation map of the Counties of Ohio from 1788 - 1888. In 1800 there was no Warren, butler Clinton, Highland or Brown, among others, Counties. Clicking on the different years will show you when Counties came to be.
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Pioneer Migration Routes through Ohio
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maggieoh/Highways/1803.html... -
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Perry-Castañeda Library
Map Collection from the University of Texas
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Local Catholic Church History and Catholic Ancestors - Ohio
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