Preble County, Ohio Genealogy

United States &gt; Ohio &gt; Preble County

Parent County
1808--Preble County was created 15 February 1808 from Montgomery and Butler Counties. County seat: Eaton

Neighboring Counties

 * Butler
 * Darke
 * Montgomery
 * Union County, Indiana
 * Wayne County, Indiana

Genealogy
Miami Valley Genealogy Index is an Index to more than a half million pointers to records all over Miami Valley including Preble County.

Local Histories
Biographical History of Preble County, Ohio. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1900.

History of Preble County, Ohio : Her People, Industries and Institutions by R. E. Lowry. Indianpolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen, c1915. Reprint; Owensboro, Kentucky: Cook &amp; McDowll Publications, 1981.

History of Preble County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, 1798-1881. Cleveland, Ohio: H. Z. Williams &amp; Bro., 1881.

Preble County, Ohio. Eaton, Ohio: Preble County Historical Society, 1992.

Vital Records
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch – Pilot. 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.

An excellent source of early marriage and obituary information is the online database entitled Genealogical &amp; Historical Records of Preble County, Ohio, sponsored by the Preble County District Library. A searchable database of marriages, obituaries and some cemetery records links to the actual scanned image of the genealogical and historical documents, which date back into the 1800s.