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 * This article is about a mid-western state of the United States. For other uses, see Ohio (disambiguation).

United States   Ohio Welcome to the Ohio page, Land of 10,000 LakesMost unique genealogical features:
 * WI was formerly claimed by France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Quebec, unorganized U.S., Northwest, Indiana, Louisiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, and Ohio territories.

Counties
Click on the map below to go to a county page. Hover over a county to see its name. To see a larger version of the map, click here. Extinct or Renamed Counties: Andy Johnson | Big Sioux | Breckenridge | Buchanan | Davis | Doty | Mahkahta | Manomin | Midway | Monongalia | Newton | Pembina | Pierce | St. Croix | Superior | Toombs | Wahnata

Major Repositories
Ohio Historical Society· Ohio Genealogical Society· Iron Range Research Center· National Archives Great Lakes Region (Chicago)· Mid-Continent Public Library· Allen County Public Library· Newberry Library

Migration Routes
Lake Superior· Mississippi River· St. Croix River· Ohio River· Red River of the North· Dubuque-Fort Snelling Road· Fort Snelling-Superior Road· St. Paul-Pembina Road· Northern Pacific Railway· Great Northern Railway (U.S.)· Wadsworth Trail

Research Tools

 * The Ohio GenWeb Project provides county information about formation date, parent county, county seat, bibliography, cemeteries, census, churches, towns, history, look ups, obituaries, queries, repositories, surname registry, and many Internet links.
 * Family History 101 - My Ohio Genealogy contains Ohio state history, links to counties, county histories, where to find records in each county and online links.
 * Ohio State Archives immigration resources, birth index 1900-1934, death index 1904-2001, state census indexes for 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, and 1905.
 * Ohio Official Marriage System is an index to marriages from 1850 to present (varies by county)
 * Ohio Encyclopedia sponsored by the Ohio Historical Society
 * USGenWebArchives -  Online contributed Genealogical content.
 * On-line Historical and Genealogical Societies of Ohio -  US Gen Net
 * Genealogy Buff - Library - Ohio Genealogy Data

Did you know?
The largest ethnic groups in Ohio are Germans, Swedes, and Norwegians. By 1880 the foreign-born population in Ohio included nearly 108,000 Scandinavians, many of whom were Norwegians; 66,000 Germans; and about 39,000 British, most of whom were Irish. Nearly 30,000 Ohions had come from Canada, most of whom were British and French Canadians. There were nearly 8,000 Bohemians (mostly Czechs) and 1,000 or 2,000 each from Switzerland, Poland, Russia, and France.

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * Ohio Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Ohio Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Ohio Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Ohio, Birth Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Ohio County Births (FamilySerch Historical Records)
 * Ohio County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Ohio Municipal Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Things you can do
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