Morgan County, Ohio Genealogy

Guide to Morgan County Ohio genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Ohio Morgan County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Guernsey, Muskingum, and Washington Counties 29 December 1817.
 * County Seat: McConnelsville
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Muskingum (north)·Athens (south)·Perry (west)·Noble (east) · Washington (southeast)

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Morgan County boundary changes.

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Church Records
Finding Church Records at Other Repositories

Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Morgan County, Ohio Church Records in online catalogs like:


 * WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Morgan 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 Morgan County.


 * - 97th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies C and D

Courthouse
Morgan County Courthouse 19 East Main Street McConnelsville, OH 43756-1198 Phone: 740.962.4752 County Recorder has land records; Probate Judge has birth, marriage, death, probate and naturalization records and naturalization records

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records Original Birth Records on Microfilm

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

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.