Marion County, Ohio Genealogy

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Parent County
1820--Marion County was created 12 February 1820 from Delaware County. County seat: Marion

Boundary Changes
Marion County gave up land for the formation of Morrow County in February 1848. The Townships of Canaan, Cardington, Washington and most of Gilead went to Morrow County (some of what is now Gilead was in Knox County).

Neighboring Counties

 * Crawford
 * Delaware
 * Hardin
 * Morrow
 * Union
 * Wyandot

Vital Records
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch – Pilot. 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.
 * Family History Library Catalog