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Records Of The Family History Library
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Biography
Cemeteries
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Emigration And Immigration
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Taxation
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HISTORYLook this term up in the glossary.

The following are important dates in the history of Ohio that affected political boundaries, record keeping, and family movements:

1763

The British took possession of the area but discouraged settlers.

1787

The United States government established the Northwest TerritoryLook this term up in the glossary. with the intent to open the land to Revolutionary WarLook this term up in the glossary. veterans and other settlers.

1788

The first permanent white settlement was established at Marietta.

1803

Ohio gained statehood.

1810-1840

Many more settlers came by steamboat on the Ohio River and Lake Erie and by new canals, roads, and railroads.

1861-1865

310,000 Ohio men served in the UnionLook this term up in the glossary. armed forces during the Civil WarLook this term up in the glossary..

Several multivolume histories of Ohio were written between 1890 and 1945. Two examples are:

Howe, Henry. Historical Collections of Ohio. . . . 2 vols. N.p.: The State of Ohio, 1908, c1888. (FHL book 977.1 H2hh 1908; film 1698149 item 5.) The set has been produced by a number of publishers since 1847. Many editions exist. An index to this book is:

Day, Sandra H., comp. Index to Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio. Wintersville, Ohio: S.H. Day, 1987-89. (FHL book 977.1 H22d; fiche 6088090.)

Wittke, Carl F., ed. The History of the State of Ohio. 6 vols. Columbus, Ohio: The Society, 1941-1944. (FHL book 977.1 H2wi.)

You may want to study local histories for areas such as the Maumee, Miami, Hocking, Muskingum, Scioto, and Mahoning Valleys.

A bibliography of local histories is:

Adams, Marilyn, comp. Ohio Local and Family History Sources in Print. Clarkston, Ga.: Heritage Research, 1984. (FHL book 977.1 H23o.)

For an every-name index to the biographical sections of Ohio county histories, see the Ohio Surname Index, described in the “Biography” section of this outline.

Histories are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:

OHIO - HISTORYOHIO, [COUNTY] - HISTORYOHIO, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - HISTORY

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