Wyandot County, Ohio Genealogy

Guide to Wyandot County, Ohio ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Crawford, Hardin and Marion Counties in 1845.
 * County Seat: Upper Sandusky

Description
The county name comes from the Wyandot Indians and is variously translated from their language as "around the plains" and "dwellers on the peninsula". It's county seat is Upper Sandusky and was founded February 3, 1845. It is located in the Northwest area of the state.

Neighboring Counties
Seneca County • Crawford County • Marion County • Hardin County • Hancock County

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Ohio county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Ohio County Boundary Maps" (1788-1940) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

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

Catholic

 * 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.

Local Histories

 * Baughman, A. J., Past and Present of Wyandot County, Ohio : A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement. (Chicago : S. J. Clarke, 1913).


 * Brinkerhoff, A.W. and Carol E. Swihart, Pioneer Life and History of Wyandot County, by A. W. Brinkerhoff : published in Wyandot County Republican Newspaper, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, 1871.(Harpster, Ohio : C.E. Swihart, 1988).


 * The History of Wyandot County, Ohio. (Chicago :Leggett, Conaway, 1884). Digital copy at Google Books Internet Archive Ancestry ($)(Indexed)


 * Ohio Genealogical Society. Wyandot Tracers Chapter, An Index to personal names in The History of Wyandot County, Ohio, 1884.

Maps

 * Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military

 * Civil War service men from Wyandot 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 Wyandot County.


 * - 123rd Regiment, Ohio Infantry
 * Company A
 * Company F


 * - Men from Wyandot County served in many other regiments, even those of other states, though usually only one or two in a company. For a list of these men by regiment, see History of Wyandot County, Ohio, pages 472-479. Internet Archive.


 * Baker, Scott.Civil War Soldiers Buried in Wyandot County, Ohio: War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. ([Ohio] : Ohio Genealogical Society. Wyandot Tracers Chapter, 2000)

Newspapers
Online Newspapers Online Newspaper Abstracts Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1786 - 1998 Ohio Wills and Probate Records 1786-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1789 - 1996 at FamilySearch.org — images
 * 1790–1967 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection consists of probate records and estate files from county courthouses in Ohio. The content and time period varies by county, with more records being added as they become available. This Collection will include records from 1789 to 1996. Currently, (September 2012) the collection is only searchable by browsing the images. A list of Fires that have destroyed records in the courthouses of several counties are listed on the Record Description page.

Courthouse
Wyandot County Courthouse County Courthouse Upper Sandusky, OH 43351- Phone: 419.294.1432 County Health Department has birth records 1845-1908; Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1845, death and burial records 1845-1908; Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1845; County Recorder has land records from 1845

Family History Centers
For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory. Put your town name in the top search box.

Clear Fork Ohio Family History Center

Libraries
Upper Sandusky Community Library 310 N. Sandusky Ave. Upper Sandusky, Ohio 43351 Telephone: 419-294-1345 Website Heritage Room with online Obituary Index and Catalog

Museums
Wyandot County Historical Society maintains two museums:

Wyandot County Museum


 * P.O. Box 372
 * Upper Sandusky, OH 43351
 * Phone: 419-294-3857
 * E-mail: [mailto:curator@wyandothistory.org curator@wyandothistory.org]

The museum is now home to artifacts and documents relating to the history of Wyandot County.

Overland Inn Contact WCHS at


 * Phone: 419-294-3857
 * E-mail [mailto:wycohs@sbcglobal.net wycohs@sbcglobal.net]

Societies
Wyandot County Genealogical Society--Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society


 * Wyandot Tracers OGS
 * Corresponding Secretary
 * PO Box 414
 * Upper Sandusky, Ohio 43351-0414

Please enclose a self addressed stamped envelope or an e-mail address for reply.

Society meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 PM in the Upper Sandusky Community Library

Taxation
Finding Tax Records at Other Repositories

Additional tax records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Wyandot County, Ohio Tax Records in online catalogs like:


 * WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * 1789-2013 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1800-1958 - at FamilySearch — free; Index.
 * 1800-1942 - at FamilySearch — index

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * 1840-2001 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1908-1953 - 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.

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Web Sites

 * Wyandot County, OH History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Wyandot County OH Genealogy
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Crawford
 * Hancock
 * Hardin
 * Marion
 * Seneca