Medina County, Ohio Genealogy

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

United States Ohio Medina County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Portage and County 18 February 1812.
 * County Seat: Medina
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Cuyahoga (north)·Wayne (south)·Ashland (west)·Lorain (northwest)· Summit (east)

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Medina 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 
 * 166th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard), Companies B, D, E, and F

Newspapers
The following newspapers are available at the Medina County District Library (1) Medina County Gazette 1855-present (2) Medina County Sentinel 1899-1961 (3) Seville chronicle 1948-1984

Courthouse
Medina County Courthouse 93 Public Square Medina, OH 44256 Phone: 330.723.3641

Probate Court has birth and death records to 1909, marriage and probate records; County Health Department Health Department has birth and death records from 1909; Clerk Court has divorce and Court Recordsc from 1818; County Recorder has land records

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Medina Ohio Family History Center

Libraries
Medina County District Library located at 210 South Broadway Street, Medina Ohio 44256. Tel: 330-725-0588 This library has a dedicated Local History Genealogy Collection located in the Franklin Sylvester Room of this library. This room has dedicated film readers and copy machines.

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: Has maps, name indexes, history, Census, County Records, Newspaper films, and other information for this county. ,Medina County