Geauga County, Ohio Genealogy

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

United States Ohio Geauga County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Trumbull County 31 December 1805.
 * County Seat: Chardon
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Lake (north)·Portage (south)·Ashtabula and Trumbull (east)·Cuyahoga (west)

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

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

See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Geauga 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 Geauga County.
 * 1st Regiment, Ohio Light Artillery, Batteries B and C
 * 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies B and G
 * 105th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies B, C, E, F, and I

Repositories
Geauga County Courthouse 231 Main Street Chardon, OH 44024-1243 Phone: 216.285.2222 Probate  Judge has birth, marriage, death and probate records; County Health Department has burial records; Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1806; County Recorder has land records

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Vital Records

 * Geauga County Birth, Marriage &amp; Death records

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.