Madison County, Ohio Genealogy

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

United States Ohio Madison County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Franklin County 16 February 1810.
 * County Seat: London
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Union (north)·Champaign (northwest)·Fayette (south)·Pickaway (southeast)· Clark (west)· Franklin (southwest)

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

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

See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Church Records
Finding Church Records at Other Repositories

Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Madison County, Ohio Church Records in online catalogs like:


 * WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Madison 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 with men from Madison County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Company K
 * - 113th Regiment, Companies A and G

Courthouse
Madison County Courthouse 1 N Main Street London, OH 43140 Phone: 740.852.9776

Probate Court has birth and death records 1867-1908, marriage and probate records from 1810 and naturalization records; County Health Department has birth records from 1908; County Recorder has land and military records; Clerk Court has divorce and court records

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

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.