Ohio, United States Genealogy

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Guide to Ohio ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Ohio (disambiguation).

Ohio Information

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern portion of the United States. Ohio became a state on 1 March 1803, having been created from the Northwest Territory, and it's capital is Columbus. It is divided into 88 counties.

Getting Started

Getting Started with Ohio Research Links to articles on getting started with Ohio research. Step-by-Step Ohio Research, 1880-Present How to Find Birth Records How to Find Marriage Records How to Find Death Records Research Strategies

Ohio Research Tools Links to articles and websites that assist in Ohio research. Ohio Record Finder Boundary Changes for Ohio Counties Ohio Archives and Libraries OHGenWeb Geographical Names Information System - U.S. gazetteer of places, cemeteries and post offices in Ohio.

Ohio Clickable Map

Many genealogy records are kept on the county level in the United States. Click on a county below to go to the county Wiki article listing more information.

Counties

Adams Allen Ashland Ashtabula Athens Auglaize Belmont Brown Butler Carroll Champaign Clark Clermont Clinton Columbiana

Coshocton Crawford Cuyahoga Darke Defiance Delaware Erie Fairfield Fayette Franklin Fulton Gallia Geauga Greene Guernsey

Hamilton Hancock Hardin Harrison Henry Highland Hocking Holmes Huron Jackson Jefferson Knox Lake Lawrence Licking

Logan Lorain Lucas Madison Mahoning Marion Medina Meigs Mercer Miami Monroe Montgomery Morgan Morrow Muskingum

Noble Ottawa Paulding Perry Pickaway Pike Portage Preble Putnam Richland Ross Sandusky Scioto Seneca Shelby

Stark Summit Trumbull Tuscarawas Union Van Wert Vinton Warren Washington Wayne Williams Wood Wyandot

Extinct jurisdictions:  Illinois (VA) · United States Military District · Virginia Military District · Connecticut Western Reserve

Ohio Migration Routes

Braddock's Road · Cumberland Road · Forbes Road · Erie Canal · Great Trail · Kanawha Trail · Lake Erie · Lake Shore Path (or Lake Trail)  · Maysville Turnpike · Miami and Erie Canal · Miami Trail · National Road  · Ohio and Erie Canal · Ohio River · Pennsylvania and Erie Canal · Scioto Trail · Tennessee, Ohio and Great Lakes Trail · Vincennes-Indianapolis-Detroit Road · Wabash and Erie Canal · Zane's Trace

FamilySearch Resources

Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.

• Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
• Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
• Historical Records - databases and record images on FamilySearch
• Family History Center locator map

Additional Resources

• 2001-2014 - Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014 at FamilySearch — index
• Cyndi's List - Ohio genealogy sites on the internet
• Ohio Genealogy Trails - collection of transcribed data for the state of Ohio
• Access Genealogy – Genealogy guide for Ohio
• Ancestorhunt.com - resources for Ohio genealogy research
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Guide to Ancestry and Family Tree Records for Ohio
• Ohio Research Outline – Original Family History Library research outline; contains many out of date links
• Ohio County Creation Dates and Parent Counties lists each county, date formed, and from which county formed.
• Ohio Memory primary sources from all parts of the state in an online scrapbook. Includes 200,000 pages of digital newspapers.
• The United States Vessel Enrollments for the Great Lakes region. The transcriptions are from a project that involved an attempt to transcribe all steamboat enrollments for Great Lakes ports prior to 1861, all vessels for Detroit and Cleveland up to 1861, and Buffalo up to 1841 are included in the file. The set includes 5741 enrolments in which just under 2000 individual vessels are named, over 6000 people were identified.
• County by County in Ohio Genealogy
• Every Name Index