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Fulton County, Ohio
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Location of Ohio in the U.S.
Courthouse
Address	Fulton County Courthouse 210 S. Fulton Wauseon, Ohio 43567-1355 Fulton County Website

Historical Facts

• Parent Counties: Formed from Henry, Lucas, and Williams Counties 28 February 1850.^[1]
• County Seat: Wauseon
• Neighboring Counties: Fulton County, Ohio residents may also have records in ^[2]Lenawee County, Michigan (north) · Henry (south) · Williams (west) · Lucas (east)

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Fulton County boundary changes.

Record Loss

A courthouse fire in July 1864 destroyed many of the county records. Those saved were located in the Court of Common Pleas such as Chancery, Plaintiff and Defendant indexes, plus the court cases. Probate Court records such as the wills, estates, and guardianship's were lost. The Recorder's Office lost the land records, but those have been reconstructed using Barber's Abstracts.

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

• Archibold Cemetery, Archibold BillionGraves

Census

Church Records

Court Records

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Land and Property

Maps

Military

• Civil War

Civil War service men from Fulton 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 Fulton County.

Ohio Genealogical Society. Fulton County Chapter. Civil War soldiers discharge abstracts, Fulton County, Ohio. ([Ohio] : Ohio Genealogical Society. Fulton County Chapter, 1993) FHL Book 977.1115 M2c

- 100th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies E and H

- 111th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Comapanies C and F

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Fulton County Courthouse
210 South Fulton Street
Wauseon, OH 43567-1355
Phone: 419.337.9230 

Probate Court has birth and death records 1867-1908,
marriage, probate and naturalization records; Clerk Court
has divorce and court records; County Recorder has military
and burial records; County  Auditor  has land records^[1]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Wauseon 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.
• Ohio Deaths, 1954-Present Death certificates from 1954 to the present are held by the Ohio Department of Health.  These records can be ordered in person or by mail.
  

Walk In Address: Ohio Department of Health
Vital Statistics
225 Neilston Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215

Mail your request to:
Ohio Department of Health
Vital Statistics
P.O. Box 15098
Columbus, Ohio 43215-0098

Additionally, Ohio death records can be obtained from the city or county health department where the death occurred.  Some cities and counties can issue all death certificates from the State of Ohio if that city or county has been granted statewide issuance access.

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Fayette

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, "Fulton County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).