Ohio Death Index - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description

The collection consists of indexes to deaths from the Ohio Department of Health in Columbus. The index is provided by Ancestry.com.

Citation for this Collection
The following citation explains the original source of the data and images published on FamilySearch.org Historical Records. It may include the author, custodian, publisher and archive for the original records:

Information about creating source citations for FamilySearch Historical Collections is found in the wiki article Help:How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections.

Digital images of originals housed at various municipal archives throughout Ohio.

Record Content
The index lists the following information:


 * Age at Death
 * Estimated Birth Year
 * Date of Death
 * Certificate Number or page number
 * Name of Deceased
 * Name of Father
 * Name of Mother
 * Name of Spouse
 * Place of Death
 * Sex
 * Page Number

How to Use the Record
Begin your search by finding your ancestors in the index. Name indexes to deaths make it possible to access a specific record quickly. Remember that these indexes may contain inaccuracies, such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned.

When searching the index it is helpful to know the following:


 * The name of the person at the time of death
 * The place where the death occurred
 * The approximate death date

Use the locator information found in the index (such as page, entry, or certificate number) to locate your ancestor in the death records. Compare the information in the death record to what you already know about your ancestor to determine if this is the correct person. You may need to compare the information of more than one person to make this determination.

Related Websites
Online Ohio Death Records and Indexes http://www.deathindexes.com/ohio/

Related Wiki Articles
Ohio Vital Records

Contributions to This Article
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Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections
When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information. This will help you or others to find the record again. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records.

Citation Example for a Record Found in This Collection
"Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-1002" database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 21 March 2012). Hazel Henderson Johnson, 8 December 2000, citing Death Records, certificate number 400,034; Ancestry.com, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

A suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the Wiki Article: Help:How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections.