Wood County, Ohio Genealogy

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Hamilton and County in 1803.
 * County Seat: Bowling Green
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Lucas (north)·Hancock (south)·Henry (west)· Seneca (southeast)·Ottawa (northeast) ·Putnam(southwest corner) and Sandusky (east)

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

Church Records

 * Ministers of Wood County Ohio

Military
War of 1812


 * Fort Meigs, Ohio's War of 1812 Battlefield
 * Excursion of veterans of the War of 1812 to Fort Meigs, June, 1870 (Lexington, Kentucky 1871 - 1953) pages 34
 * Nelson, Larry L. .Men of patriotism, courage, &amp; enterprise : Fort Meigs in the War of 1812 (Canton, Ohio: Daring Books 1985) pages 156 pages FHL Books 977.116/P3 M2


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


 * - 100th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company A
 * - 111th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies B, D, I, and K

Repositories
Wood County Courthouse 1 Courthouse Square Bowling Green, OH 43402-2473 Phone: 419.354.9230 Clerk Court has divorce records from 1851 and court records; Pro Judge has birth records to 1908, marriage, death and probate records; County Health Department has birth records from 1908; County Recorder has land records

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Toledo Ohio Family History Center (Perrysburg)

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.

Places
Bowling Green

Neighboring Counties

 * Hancock
 * Henry
 * Lucas
 * Ottawa
 * Putnam
 * Sandusky
 * Seneca