Erie County, Ohio

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Erie County, Ohio
Map
Location in the state of Ohio
Location of Ohio in the U.S.
Courthouse
Address	Erie County Courthouse 323 Columbus Ave Sandusky, Ohio 44870 Erie County Website

Historical Facts

• Parent Counties: Formed from Huron and Sandusky Counties 15 March 1838.^[1]
• County Seat: Sandusky
• Neighboring Counties: Erie County, Ohio residents may also have records in ^[2]Huron (south) · Lorain (east) · Seneca and Sandusky (west) · Ottawa (northwest)

Boundary Changes

• See an interactive map of Erie County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

• Maple Grove Cemetery, Vermillion BillionGraves

Census

Church Records 

Catholic

• 1796–2004 Ohio, Diocese of Toledo, Catholic Parish Records, 1796-2004 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection includes images of parish registers recording the events of baptism, first communion, confirmation, marriage, and death in the Diocese of Toledo (Ohio), Roman Catholic Church. These records are accessed by browsing the images by county. In addition to traditional parish registers, this collection includes miscellaneous cemetery records, Books of the Elect, Professions of Faith, Sick Call registers, etc.
  

Court Records

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Land and Property

Maps

Military

War of 1812

• Altoff, Gerald T Deep water sailors, shallow water soldiers : manning the United States Fleet on Lake Erie - 1813 (Put in Bay, Ohio Perry Group, 1993) pages 203  FHL Book 973 M3
  Cherry, Marjorie Louise, Blockhouses and military posts of the Firelands (1968)  1 microfilm
  LDS Film 547548 Item 3
• Civil War service men from Erie County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Erie County.
• 107th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company F
• 123rd Regiment, Ohio Infantry , Companies G and K

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Erie County Courthouse
323 Columbus Avenue
Sandusky, OH 44870
Phone: 419.627.7705 

County Health Department has birth  records from 1908,
death and burial records; Probate Judge has marriage and
probate records; Clerk Court has divorce and court records
from 1870; County Recorder has land records^[1]

Clerk of Courts
Marriage & Probate Records
323 Columbus Avenue
Sandusky, OH 44870
Phone: (419) 627-7705

Erie County Recorder's Office
Land Records 
247 Columbus Avenue; Suite 225
Sandusky, OH 44870
Phone: (419) 627-7686

Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Sandusky Ohio Family History Center

Libraries

Museums

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

Death

• Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog

Places

Populated Places

• Kellys Island, Erie County, Ohio

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Erie County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).