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Guernsey County, Ohio
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Location in the state of Ohio
Location of Ohio in the U.S.
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Address	Guernsey County Administration Building 801 E. Wheeling Ave Cambridge, Ohio 43725 Guernsey County Website

Historical Facts

• Parent Counties: Formed from Belmont and Muskingum Counties 31 January 1810.^[1]
• County Seat: Cambridge
• Neighboring Counties: Guernsey County, Ohio residents may also have records in ^[2]Tuscarawas (north) · Noble (south) · Muskingum (west) · Harrison (northeast) · Coshocton (northwest) · Belmont (east)

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Guernsey County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

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Business Records and Commerce

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Cemeteries

LDS Cemetery Records
Vol. 1 page 101 - Claysville Cemetery

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Census

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Church Records

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Court Records

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Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

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Gazetteers

Genealogy

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Guardianship

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History

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Land and Property

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Maps

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Military

• Civil War
  Civil War service men from Guernsey 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 Guernsey County.

- 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Company B, also known as "Laughlin's Cavalry"

- 97th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A and B

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Naturalization and Citizenship

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Newspapers

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Obituaries

Pensions

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Periodicals

Probate

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Repositories

Courthouse

Guernsey County Courhouse
801 Wheeling Avenue
Cambridge, OH 43725-2335
Phone: 740.432.9230 

Clerk Court has divorce records from 1850 and court records
from 1810; Probate Judge has birth, marriage, and probate
records;  County Recorder has land records City-County Health
Department has death records^[1]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

Museums

Societies

Taxation

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Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

Death

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• Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953

Ohio Statewide Death Certificates

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog for Guernsey County, Ohio
• The Guernsey County OHGenWeb Project
• The USGenWeb Archives Project Guernsey County Ohio (main site)
• The USGenWeb Archives Project Guernsey County Ohio (mirror site)
• Linkpedium Guernsey County Genealogy and Family History
• Kindred Trails for Guernsey County Genealogy
• CensusFinder for Guernsey County, Ohio

Places

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Guernsey County, Ohio County seat: Cambridge Cities Cambridge Villages Byesville | Cumberland | Fairview | Lore City | Old Washington | Pleasant City | Quaker City | Salesville | Rensselaerville | Senecaville Townships Adams | Cambridge | Center | Jackson | Jefferson | Knox | Liberty | Londonderry | Madison | Millwood | Monroe | Oxford | Richland | Spencer | Valley | Washington | Westland | Wheeling | Wills Unincorporated Communities Boght Corners | Birmingham | Buffalo | Derwent | Kimbolton | Kipling Neighboring Counties Belmont | Coshocton | Harrison | Muskingum | Noble | Tuscarawas

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